Tagged: Facebook & News
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Facebook rolls out new threaded conversations feature News
26.03.2013 Social network Facebook has released a new conversation threads feature that lets users and readers reply to individual comments. -
Weekend news round-up: Bill Gates’ US$100k condom; no more power-downs on airplanes? News
25.03.2013 In our gathering of some of the best tech news from the weekend, we discover that in the US rules on turning off electronic devices during flights might finally be relaxed; Bill... -
Apple rolls out two-factor authentication, iForgot service is back up News
23.03.2013 Apple’s iForgot password reset page is back up and running after a security hole that allowed unauthorised resets was discovered. In recent days Apple launched two-factor...Categories: Apps, Digital Business, Internet, Mobile, Mobility, Security, Software, Software & Web Development, Wireless Communications -
Dublin Airport picks up a gong for its use of social media News
23.03.2013 Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) picked up the Communications Award at the 2013 Irish Logistics and Transport Awards this week. -
The psychology of social networking (infographic) News
03.08.2012 Are we obsessed with social media or are we obsessed with ourselves? asks a new infographic. With 80pc of social media posts being about the poster, the latter just may be the... -
Cloud player Zendesk’s European data centre goes live in Dublin News
20.03.2013 Cloud-based customer service software platform Zendesk’s European data centre in Dublin has been officially launched. The facility will employ 30 people.Categories: Software & Web Development, Social Media, Hosting Services, Digital Business, Data Centre, CRM, CIO -
Career memes of the week: digital marketing News
19.03.2013 Traditional marketing roles are fading away while digital marketing is taking over, thanks to more and more social media channels in which to promote products or services. -
One-third of all page views in UK come from mobiles and tablets News
15.03.2013 Around 44.8m people in the UK used the internet in December 2012, up 5pc on last year and around a third of these accessed the web from mobile phones and tablet computers – an... -
Is social media bad for your phone? (infographic) News
18.03.2013 Social media is really worse for your wallet and mental health than it is for your phone, judging from a new infographic.Categories: Wireless Communications, Social Media, Security, Phones, Mobile, Financial, Consumer Tech -
Facebook is once again updating your timeline, focusing on About section News
14.03.2013 Facebook’s new timeline design is an improved, cleaner layout, but most of the changes are happening in the section that tells other users all about you. -
Mom jailed for allegedly trying to sell her kids on Facebook News
13.03.2013 In an attempt to raise money to bail her boyfriend out of jail, a 22-year-old woman in the US has allegedly tried to sell her two youngsters for up to US$5,000 (€3,900) on... -
Most marketers can’t measure impact of social media ads (infographic) News
09.03.2013 Despite three-quarters of brands adopting social advertising into their integrated marketing budget, 62pc of marketers actually don’t know how to measure the impact or reach of... -
Firms urged to quash cyberbullying in the workplace News
11.03.2013 Law firm McDowell Purcell has urged companies to clamp down on cyberbullying in the workplace and has warned that unlimited access to Facebook and Twitter by employees carries a... -
Facebook’s ‘personalised newspaper’ news feed built on mobile-first principles News
07.03.2013 Facebook has just revealed its new-look news feed, which CEO Mark Zuckerberg described as “the best personalised newspaper that we can create.” The new news feed will be...Categories: Web, Social Media, Phones, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Internet, Digital Media, Development, Design, Consumer Tech, Computers, Apps -
Why we need the ‘I don’t care’ button on Facebook (infographic) News
07.03.2013 If you’re sick of scrolling through meaningless, nonsensical and eye-roll inducing status updates on Facebook, you're not alone. A new infographic makes a humourous case for why... -
Facebook expected to reveal new content-specific news feeds on Thursday News
06.03.2013 It’s been well over a year since Facebook last updated its news feed, and it seems a major one is coming tomorrow that will introduce content-specific feeds focused on photos... -
Golfing gadget backed by Silicon Valley’s finest launches IndieGoGo campaign News
05.03.2013 Game Golf, a technology invented by Irishman John McGuire of Active Mind Technology and designed by Jawbone’s Yves Béhar, today launched its IndieGoGo campaign to bring the...Categories: Software & Web Development, Investments, Hardware, Games/Entertainment, Funding, Financial, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, Apps -
The online marketing model is broken, says HubSpot CEO Brian Halligan News
05.03.2013 HubSpot CEO Brian Halligan has told Siliconrepublic.com that his company’s new European HQ in Dublin that will employ 150 people will in effect be a mirror of its HQ in the...Categories: Social Media, Search Engines, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Marketing, Digital Media, Digital Marketing, Digital Business -
Start-ups Conker and Trustev enter Wayra accelerator, gleaning €40k each News
05.03.2013 Two new Irish ventures – Conker and Trustev – have been chosen to join the Wayra academy in Dublin that’s run by Telefónica. The two companies will each get an investment... -
Titanic II to ban social media, email News
04.03.2013 There will be no emailing, Facebooking or tweeting about the voyage aboard the Titanic II in order help replicate how passengers may have experienced life aboard the original...