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6 world changing tweets on Twitter’s birthday
Twitter turned six today and to mark the birthday we look at six tweets or Twitter events that helped define the microblogging service’s stratospheric rise. 1. First tweet. On March 21st 2006, founder Jack Dorsey made the first tweet “just setting up my twttr”. The original idea was to have a way to connect with...
Friends Reunited targets middle aged Britons
As we all know, Facebook is the Big Daddy in social media. However, there are plenty of other social networks attempting to get a slice of the social pie. Friends Reunited, for example, is to relaunch in the UK and by the looks of it is determined to target Mums and Dads, aunties, uncles …...
Irish communications consortium wins €40m EC contract
Irish communications consortium ASCENT Communications has won a “multiple framework contract with the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Enterprise and Industry (DG Enterprise and Industry)”. WHPR won the contract along with joint partners Animo Communications and Conference Partners. The three firms will work together as ‘ASCENT Communications’. The work will be around “promoting the sustainable competitiveness...
Chrome on top but just for one day
Google’s Chrome web browser became the world’s top browser for the first time on Sunday, March 18, 2012. However, it was just for one day, says StatCounter, the web analytics company. The top spot was soon regained by Internet Explorer. “While it is only one day, this is a milestone,” says Aodhan Cullen, CEO, StatCounter....
Google Analytics – it’s not just about the hits, idiots
This is useful. Google recently posted a Google+ hangout dedicated to Google Analytics. If you want to get the most from Google Analytics, study this. “You’re looking to grow your business, and we offer a ton of tools to help you do just that. But sometimes, you need a little help learning all the options...
Dublin games studio wins a BAFTA
An iPad game, developed in a Dublin studio by a team led by a Sligo native recently won a BAFTA. The award was collected by Paul O’Donnell from Strandhill, Sligo, who was the lead software engineer on the game – Peggle HD for the iPad, developed for PopCap games. “Winning a BAFTA is a huge...
App developers have faith in Google+ and HTML5
Mobile app developers still believe Google + could overtake Facebook and nearly 40% of them say that the network effects of Google’s broad range of assets are more important to their social strategies in 2012 than Facebook’s social graph. The surprise findings come from a survey of 2,173 mobile app developers from around the globe...
Tripbirds – have friends, will travel
Social media travel sites have, to date, struggled to make an impact mainly as it’s difficult to have useful recommendations without a critical mass of users. However, Sweden’s Tripbirds claims to have solved the problem. By using your friends’ previous geo-tagged posts on other social media platforms like Instagram, Foursquare and Facebook, Tripbirds creates an...
Why retail giants are eyeing social media apps
If there’s one thing, apart from money, that giant retail companies love, it’s data … information … insights. The more retailers know about their customers the easier it is to target them and the easier it is to drive sales. Therefore, it makes perfect sense that big retailers like Tesco, Walmart in the US (owners...
Google sponsors businesses to create mobile sites
The Google-sponsored ‘GoMo’ campaign is being extended in the US and will expand into another 25 countries. The campaign is designed to encourage businesses, especially small ones, to offer their customers mobile-enabled sites. GoMo was launched in the town of Mobile in Alabama (see what Google did there) and over 500 local businesses availed of...
Electric Media to sell ads on Skype
Digital ad firm Electric Media has landed a contract to sell advertising space on the Skype website. Microsoft, the owner of Skype, says the agreement will allow Irish brands and advertisers to reach a large and growing global audience through the Skype website. Skype currently has over 244 million subscribers and is nine years old....
10 retina display apps for your new iPad
The iPad will be on sale in Ireland next week (that’s if they have any left to sell). The new retina display on the device means app developers have to upgrade their iPad apps so users can experience the sharpest graphics ever seen. Below is a collection of apps already in tune with the powerful...
