Google donates $5 million to encourage innovation in digital journalism

14 years ago

Google are donating $5 million in grants to non-profit organisations in an effort to encourage innovation in digital journalism. The…

Google launches Boost, a local business advertising solution

14 years ago

In an official blog post Google have announced the availability of Google Boost, an online advertising solution that aims to…

And now you’re done: Amazon’s $269 million tax bill

14 years ago

The state of Texas is persuing online retailer Amazon for $269 (€192.61) million in unpaid taxes according to Publishers Weekly.…

#newtwitter is down, again [Breaking News]

14 years ago

Twitter's status blog reports that the social network's new interface is down. Users currently logging into Twitter are seeing blank…

3 simple ways to protect your privacy on Facebook

14 years ago

From accusations that it has outed gay users to poor security that allowed apps to leak user information to advertising…

Irish Data Protection Commission to quiz Facebook over user ID leaks

14 years ago

Speaking in response to an information request from this site the Irish Data Protection Commission said that as Facebook's Europe,…

Is Facebook Places about to launch in Ireland?

14 years ago

Rumours have been circulating around Twitter in the last few days speculating that Facebook Places is about to launch in…

Microsoft announces new browser-based game marketplace

14 years ago

Microsoft have announced Games for Windows Marketplace, a new browser-based PC game store that combines Microsoft’s Windows Games on Demand…

Bloomberg: Google’s Dublin offices saving Google billions in US and Irish tax

14 years ago

Bloomberg has published a damning article accusing Google of using “a complicated structure” of overseas accounts, including its Dublin offices,…

Google’s 1 gigabyte broadband trial

14 years ago

In a blog post today, Google announced their plans to trial an ultra-high speed broadband network on part of Stanford…

Apple’s “Back to the Mac” event in brief

14 years ago

Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveiled several new products at the “Back to the Mac” special event in California yesterday. We've…

There is a Mozilla App store for that

14 years ago

Mozilla, the makers of Firefox, have released specifications for an open app store standard in the hopes to combat Apple’s…

Google to digitise and publish Dead Sea Scrolls

14 years ago

Google and the Israeli Antiquities Authority (IAA) have reached a deal that will allow Google to scan the complete collection…

Your Facebook privacy questions answered

14 years ago

As you have no doubt read Facebook is in the middle of another privacy scare, but what exactly happened and…

Ubisoft release new trailer for Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood [VIDEO]

14 years ago

Ubisoft, the makers of Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood, have released another excellent trailer to their forthcoming installment in the Assassin’s Creed…

Opera calls for open addon standards

14 years ago

The makers of Opera are calling for the creation of web opera browser addon standards. Håkon Wium Lie, the chief…

2010 Irish Web Awards winners announced

14 years ago

Congratulations to all the finalists and winners at last night's Irish Web Awards in the Mansion House, Dublin. The Irish…

Cut the Rope: Fastest selling iOS game, ever

14 years ago

From the makers of Angry Bird comes another highly addictive mobile game for iOS: Cut the Rope. The game which…

Skype for Windows gets Facebook integration and group video calling

14 years ago

In a blog post yesterday Skype announced that their latest version of Skype for Windows includes a number of deep…

CNN tries to woo advertisers with social media research

14 years ago

In an effort to stimy falling revenue CNN are anxious to understand how they can monitise social media content. By…