1. Five new RTÉ channels have been given the go ahead by Minister for Communications Pat Carey. They’re set to run on the Saorview free-to-air digital terrestrial television (DTT) network, which will launch in May of this year. http://tinyurl.com/68gjyrn 2. Loss making music streaming service, Spotify, has been valued at $1bn. The company, which plans [...]
1. Rumours of its death have been exaggerated but is print finally dead? AOL’s purchase of The Huffington Post for $315m continues to fuel discussions as to whether free news aggregators finally means the end of old media and if making news content free is a sustainable business model. http://tiny.cc/vjyg7 2. Another Google Vs Apple battle [...]
The latter half of 2010 saw some 100.9m smartphones sold, proving it’s a handset trend that’s very much on the increase http://tinyurl.com/5tx47k7. It’s a trend, however, that comes with some risks, as mobile security firm AdaptiveMobile warns of the security dangers smartphones are open to. http://tinyurl.com/67hoh7q On the online security breaches we are already familiar [...]
1. They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery but that hasn’t been the case for search giant Google. It claims that Microsoft’s Bing is “copying” its query results. http://tinyurl.com/5tja5kg Some bad news for Yahoo’s Flickr as it accidentally deleted 4,000 photos built up over five years by one user. http://tinyurl.com/5tja5kg Be wary of [...]
Niamh Hennessy is a journalist with the Irish Examiner. As well as writing for the business section, she also manages the popular Talk the Talk business profile. Your educational background is in Government and Public Policy. How did you get into journalism? I did a four-year degree in Government and Public Policy in UCC and [...]
