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Google set to upgrade its OnePass system
paidContent has reported that Google will make some major upgrades to its OnePass paid content system. OnePass, a payment system that lets publishers set the terms for people to access their digital content, is just a year old and hasn’t recruited as many publishers as it first hoped. The changes to the system are, no...
Sega sponsors new YouTube channel
Sega is to be the first sponsor of a new YouTube channel launched by IGN, a game publisher owned by News Corp. IGN joins a growing army of channel creators for YouTube as the video streaming site bids to become a home for professional as well as user generated content. IGN will produce five original...
EU toughens its stance on web privacy
Digital giants like Facebook and Google are facing another bid by the European Commission to prevent them from using people’s data without their ‘explicit consent’. Companies like Facebook and Google make billions of dollars a year from collecting data on people who use their services. This data is analysed and packaged in such a way...
‘We built you a new Vimeo’
Video sharing site Vimeo is undergoing a long-awaited re-design. “We started by re-imagining the video page, and designed the entire user experience around it to minimise distractions and put the focus where it belongs — on your videos,” said the company. The video player on the video pages will soon be twice as big as...
Independent.ie claims to be leading Irish online news site
Independent.ie says it is now the largest online news publishing site in Ireland. The claim is based on the November 2011 comScore Media Metrix Newspaper category report. Independent.ie is now recognised by comScore as being bigger than its nearest competitor, Irishtimes.com. Independent.ie believes the growth is a result of a number of initiatives to drive...
End piracy, not liberty says Google
Google is demonstrating its strong opposition to the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) by placing a link on its US homepage detailing its concerns about SOPA and PIPA. Unlike hundreds of other websites – including Wikipedia, WordPress and Mozilla – Google will not be shutting down its service in the US in protest against the...
So much content, so little time – the future of TV
The digital planet is awash with content. Never before in our history have we been able to access such a variety of content so instantly and across so many different connected devices. We all know this. What’s less clear is where this sea of content is leading us and how we will choose to consume...
Should Irish newspapers band together to make money online?
2012 is going to be another challenging year for Irish newspapers, both national and regional, as more readers fall by the wayside, advertising budgets move online and fewer people buy print editions for their news and commentary. While most of the country’s biggest papers have solid digital platforms, they simply don’t pay enough to cover...
A record 173,000 dot ie sites registered in 2011
The dot ie Domain Registry (IEDR) has published its stats for 2011 which show further growth for the .ie domain. Overall the total number of .ie domains grew by 12.9% net in 2011 to 173,145 at year end. Registration levels were stronger in the first six months of 2011 with 20,995 registrations recorded between January...
Here’s hoping for a better iTunes store
Every time we hear that Apple is going to hold an ‘event’ the tech blogosphere goes wild with speculation. This time, with an event scheduled for the end of January in New York, the rumour mill initially talked up a new iPad before eventually settling on it being ‘something’ to do with Apple’s publishing arm...
The applications revolutionising the magazine industry
There are a raft of applications for smartphones and tablets that aim to replicate the magazine reading experience but in a way that reflects the user’s preferences. Google’s Currents application, for example, allows Google account holders to download content from a variety of preselected publications such as the Daily Beast and Fast Company. It also...
Newspapers gaining millions of readers – but fewer people buy papers
Very few people are now in doubt as to the future of the newspaper industry. Very few people believe its future lies in print. 2011 was another year of newspaper casualties, both local and national, all across the western world. However, some newspapers are still smiling, due mainly to their enormous online reach. The Guardian...
