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Facebook reveals IPO share price of $28-$35
Facebook has announced the price for its initial public offering at $28 to $35 per share. The company will offer 337,415,352 shares of Class A common stock at a yet-unspecified date. The IPO was thought to be scheduled for May 19th but recent rumours suggest that the flotation could be delayed until June. A statement...
Google News gets the Google+ treatment
Google’s news service has received a lick of paint and an upgrade. Its pages will now feature bigger images, real time stories and of course Google+ comments posted beside the news articles. As Google continues to integrate Google+ into all its products & apps, it also continues to justify doing so. In a blog post,...
Warning on increase in online identity theft
Online identity theft in Ireland, and indeed across Europe, is on the rise. There has been a marked increase in scams by criminals intent on tricking respondents into parting with personal and banking details. These include false job ads and fake websites offering goods at knock down prices. Over 64% of the Irish population use...
Google maps to peer inside Irish businesses
Ever wondered what goes on behind the closed doors of Irish banks or government institutions? Google’s new project could give you a bird’s eye view of goings on … well what the corridors and rooms look like anyway. Google’s Business Photos program which enables business owners to add 360 degree panoramic photos of their locations...
Crowd funding site Kickstarter comes of age
There are many crowd funding sites on the web, but one of the first and probably most successful is Kickstarter, a US-based start-up founded by Charles Adler, Perry Chen and Yancey Strickler. While Kickstarter was founded initially as a place where people could try and get funding for more off-beat projects like documentaries or children’s...
Facebook’s new organ donor tool could save lives
Facebook has announced a new organ donor feature that it claims could save lives. Starting today, Facebook users can add an organ donor status to their timelines, and share the story about when, where or why they decided to become a donor. If you’re not already registered with your state or national registry and want...
Aertv.ie launches Irish sports channel
Aertv and the multimedia news agency Ballywire have teamed up to launch Aertv Sports. Aertv Sports will have a particular emphasis on Irish sporting communities. One target audience of the new channel is the Irish diaspora who are looking to support home teams from around the globe. Extreme sport features from Red Bull TV will...
Facebook app helps people to register to vote
The Referendum Commission has launched a campaign encouraging people to check the register to make sure they will have a vote on the Fiscal Stability Treaty on May 31st. The Commission has set up an app on Facebook that will direct people to where they can check the register and provides them with links to...
Storyful teams up with Demotix
The social media driven news agency Storyful has teamed up with user generated photo and video curator Demotix to create a novel newswire service. The channel will deliver a stream of ‘high-value and rights-cleared’ images and video to news organisations. Demotix’s content will be available on a dedicated channel on StoryfulPro, the subscription section of...
Citizen journalists to provide alternative Olympic coverage – #media2012
Are you more interested in the Olympic movement and its impact on society than the action at the sports stadia? Then tune in to #media2012 – a network of citizen journalists that plans to provide alternative coverage focusing on different dimensions of the London 2012 Olympics. The network’s website claims it is ‘curating a social...
Ireland’s top media stars on Twitter
98FM recently launched its Twitter-O-Meter, a fun tool to see what DJs are generating the most traffic on the social media site. With this in mind we have put together a list of Ireland’s top ten media tweeters (which is dominated by radio presenters) ranked in order of followers – as well as a list...
Nintendo posts first losses in 30 years
Nintendo blamed poor console sales for its 43.2 billion yen (€404m) net loss and 36% drop in revenue. The figures for the financial year ending on March 31st are the gaming giant’s first losses in more than three decades. A year ago when it posted a 77.6 billion yen (€725m) profit, Nintendo expected to sell...
