Twitter warns of “serious chilling effect on free expression” posed by governments

12 years ago

As more governments request access to Twitter's data the company warns that such requests are having "a serious chilling effect…

How Trustev is fighting fraud with social data

12 years ago

One Irish start-up is fighting fraud with with the social web. We speaking to Trustev to see how they're doing…

Google+’s very basic photo analytics can be quite useful

12 years ago

Social networks don't give you many options for analytics but with Google+ you can get an impression of how popular…

New video format, H.265, to ease Internet bandwidth burden

12 years ago

The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has approved a new video coding standard known affectionately as H.265, and informally as High…

Twitter gets animated with its latest acquisition, Vine

12 years ago

Twitter has announced its first acquisition of the year - a short video creation service called Vine.

Google Street View & Photo Sphere reveal what it’s like to work in Google

12 years ago

If you've ever wondered what it's like to work in Google then have a look at these Photo Spheres and…

Google calls on governments to be transparent about how & why they request access to citizens’ data

12 years ago

Google has asked international governments to be more open with how they use legal means to get access to users'…

Update: Cuban Internet speeds vastly improve today but access still limited

12 years ago

Updating news from last week, Internet traffic in Cuba was vastly improved today but the country is still far behind…

The Tweeties: an awards night for top Irish Twitter talent

12 years ago

Our regular readers may have become accustomed to us raving about the Web Awards, Social Media Awards, or Blog Awards…

Profile: bitSmith Games. How one start-up is gaming mythology on its road to success

12 years ago

One gaming start-up turned to ancient Celtic mythology for the inspiration for its most successful release - and plans to…

LG: The Nexus 4’s poor release isn’t our fault, Google completely underestimated demand

12 years ago

LG blames Google for the delays in the Nexus 4's roll out but "doesn't want to throw stones." Expects shipments…

Has Cuba activated a dormant undersea cable connecting it to the global Internet?

12 years ago

Has Cuba activated a dormant two year old undersea data cable, connecting the island directly to the global Internet? if…

NASA just beamed the Mona Lisa to the Moon – and this is a good thing

12 years ago

Why did NASA and MIT send a copy of the 500 year old Mona Lisa into space? And how can…

Facebook photo uploads double during New Year 2013, new record set

12 years ago

New Year 2013 set an all-time Facebook record as 1.1 billion photos were uploaded during the 48-hour period beginning New…

Bing brings five times more of your friends’ Facebook to search

12 years ago

Following on from Facebook's Graph Search announcement Tuesday, Microsoft has given its second-rate search engine, Bing, a social update with…

New media, old issues: Why we need a more modern debate about social & mainstream media

12 years ago

The Irish debate over the use of social media might be new but the issues & grievances are not, so…

WordPress.com courts photographers, graphic artists

12 years ago

WordPress.com is courting photographers, videographers, illustrators and other artists to its publishing platform by launching a dedicated portfolio section on…

Google: No, our Street View car didn’t knock over a donkey

12 years ago

Nope, Google's Street View car didn't knock over a donkey in Botswana - and here's the evidence, says the search…

Since we’re used to not being able to properly search social sites, why release Graph Search now?

12 years ago

Facebook's Graph Search lets us search our personal online archives but why did it take so long for Facebook to…

Twitter employs sentiment analysis to try and predict who will win at the Oscars

12 years ago

Can Twitter, using sentiment analysis, predict who will win at the 2013 Academy Awards? The company wants to find out…