Facebook introduces contextual sharing with new Send button

15 years ago

On the first anniversary of Facebook’s now ubiquitous Like button, Facebook have introduced a new Send button. The Send button…

What happened in Chernobyl’s nuclear reactor 25 years ago?

15 years ago

This year marks the 25th anniversary of world's worst nuclear disaster. In the early hours of April 26 1986 a…

How radioactive is your home?

15 years ago

Following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Japan which crippled the Fukushima nuclear power plant it is surprising to…

Less than 1% of Firefox users activate “Do not track” feature

15 years ago

Less than 1% of Firefox users have activated the "Do not track" option in the latest version of the browser…

Social networking may “come back to haunt teachers”, says teachers’ union

15 years ago

Teachers who friend students or their parents on social networking sites may find their activities "come back to haunt them",…

Sony confirms hackers are responsible for PlayStation Network outage

15 years ago

Sony have posted an update to their European PlayStation blog confirming that hackers are to blame for the on-going PlayStation…

Prolonged PlayStation Network outage enters second day

15 years ago

Sony PlayStation 3 owners are experiencing a prolonged PlayStation Network (PSN) outage that has more persisted for more than twenty-four…

Amazon “all hands on deck” but many social networking sites still down

15 years ago

Amazon says that they are "all hands on deck" try to resolve the massive cloud server failure in North Virginia…

How did Amazon bring down some of the world’s largest social networks?

15 years ago

Amazon's outage has brought down Reddit, Foursquare, Quora, paper.li, Hootsuite, LiveFyre and possibly Publishers Weekly website as well as many…

Friendly for Facebook iPad app attracts 3 million monthly users

15 years ago

Friendly for Facebook, the unofficial Facebook iPad app developed by Oecoway and first released in August 2010, now attracts over…

Apple continuously tracking and storing iPhone location data

15 years ago

The Apple iPhone and iPad with 3G connectivity constantly record and store location data to a file on the user’s…

Irish & British teens safest users of Facebook, but many breaking law to use site

15 years ago

Ireland & the UK have some of the most secure teenage users of Facebook despite having some of the highest…

RTÉ Player coming to Android and iPhone later this year

15 years ago

RTÉ will release Android and iOS versions of their popular video-on-demand RTÉ Player service later this year. According to Silicon…

Twitter picks London over Dublin for its European offices

15 years ago

Dublin has lost out to London as Twitter’s European Headquarters. The news came as Twitter announced that it will begin…

Of course there is a royal wedding iPad, iPhone and Android app

15 years ago

Do you want to take Kate Middleton down the aisle (or the nave if you want to be pedantic)? Well…

Smartphones disruptive technology for teens, replacing Nokia; Arekibo report

15 years ago

Smartphone such as iPhones and Blackberries are changing how Irish teens communicate, socialise and even sleep; a white paper released…

Google to permanently shut down Google Video by May 13

15 years ago

Google have announced via an email sent to Google Video users that it is shutting down the service permanently next…

YouTube Copyright School – Lessons for pirates

15 years ago

YouTube is sending copyright infringers to school, copyright school that is. The video sharing site has set up an online…

Free live TV from Magnet WebTV available to stream on 99% of devices

15 years ago

Live TV streaming service Magnet WebTV have recently extended the availability of their service to 99% of all devices. Launched…

BBC confirms reduced online services with revised service license

15 years ago

Following on from budget cuts announced by the BBC at the start of this year regarding the national broadcaster’s online…