Irish Times An Irish subsidiary of Google is forwarding multimillion investments to data centres in such locations as Vienna, Kuala Lumpur, Cairo and Bermuda, according to company filings Colm Keena. http://tinyurl.com/23uxpfs Sony has begun a roll-out of its “cloud-based” music streaming service with an initial launch in the UK and Ireland, in what it hopes [...]
Irish Times Thousands of people trying to make it home for Christmas were given a boost this morning when Dublin airport resumed operations – http://tinyurl.com/3adhpbo. The dangers of talking on a mobile phone while driving were highlighted by a coroner yesterday at an inquest into the death of a man who was on the phone [...]
Irish Times Main Paper An Irish language version of the so-called online ‘Nigerian scam’ email is doing the rounds, in which an unlikely sum of money is promised to the recipient of the email if they send their personal banking details to someone, usually based in Nigeria. – Karlin Lillington http://tinyurl.com/324m2hl Green Party Minister of [...]
Anyone who has seen The Social Network will be more than a little surprised to see Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg announced as TIME magazine’s person of the year. This proves that perhaps you don’t have to make friends to make it to the top…unless it’s Facebook friends of course. http://tinyurl.com/3altt3s The WikiLeaks story continued to unfold [...]
Irish Times Main Paper Paris is gearing up for an electric car-sharing scheme modeled on its successful three-year-old bicycle-sharing scheme, Velib. The 3,000 car service will be launched in the city by the end of 2011. http://tinyurl.com/38s6elb Business Twitter is expanding its operations outside of the US and may set up an office in Dublin. [...]
Irish Independent The Irish economic crisis has led to a huge drop in the standard of living. Eurostat findings show prices are 31pc higher than the EU average – Aideen Sheehan. http://tinyurl.com/33e2x4y The success of ‘The Tudors’ and ‘The Secret of Kells’ has been central to a record year for the Irish film and TV [...]
Irish Independent Shops set to re-open on Stephen’s Day in an attempt to boost sales following a rough year – Aideen Sheehan. http://tinyurl.com/3897yjc Ryanair will slash the number of flights it operates from a number of German airports next summer in response to the German government’s €8 passenger travel tax that takes effect from next [...]
With the recent budget cuts, many will be forced tighten their belts a few extra notches from January. Before you decide travel is a luxury you can no longer afford, try these clever budget-busting travel tips from lastminute.com . You may be pleasantly surprised that it’s still possible to take a break without breaking the [...]
Irish Times Kevin Cardiff, the secretary general at the Department of Finance, told officials from the US embassy in Dublin in late 2008 that he was confident the Government would not have to bail out our banks. This has emerged from the latest batch of secret US cables released by WikiLeaks – Ciaran Hancock. http://tinyurl.com/2a4q7qg [...]
Irish Independent: Freeze set to return on Friday – Fiona Ellis and Paddy Clancy. http://tinyurl.com/28bozee Metro: 48% of people surveyed in Metro Herald’s Urban Life survey will give to charity this Christmas. 36% say that they will be spending less this Christmas than they did last year. Only 56% of workers say they are definitely [...]
