1. Apple has overtaken Google as the world’s most valuable brand. Its estimated value has seen an 84 per cent increase to $153bn. 2. Facebook is increasingly influential in determining what online news is being read. That’s according to a new study which looked at the flow of traffic to the web’s 25 largest news [...]
Tech 10 3 May 2011 1.Sony has been hit by a second major security breach. The company announced that another 25 million users’ details have been stolen after Sony Online Entertainment was hacked, in an attack that predates the PlayStation Network hacking. 2.Twitter has bought Tweetdeck for $40-$50 million, according to reports. Tweet Deck had [...]
1. The official Steve Jobs biography will be published next year. Jobs has been unenthusiastic about unofficial bios in the past – when Wiley & Son published a book about him in 2005, all the publisher’s material, including the ‘For Dummies’ range was pulled from Apple retail stores. http://tinyurl.com/3ch5owl 2. Meteor profits fell by 75 [...]
Karen is a freelance journalist, specialising in travel. She is editor of the Sunday Independent Travel Magazine and reports on travel for national radio and television also. She’s mastered the art of packing and has travelled all around the globe but she never leaves home without some Lyons tea bags. How did you get into [...]
We thought we’d wallow in the glory of the results achieved for two recent surveys by lastminute.com, which demonstrates once again the value of this PR tactic and the direct impact it can have on website traffic and sales.
1. College students deprived of their mobile phones and laptops experienced cravings comparable with drug addiction, according to a new survey. Participants reported feelings of paranoia, depression and anger http://tinyurl.com/6hwvuug 2. Apple is set to dominate the tablet market until 2015, say Gartner analysts. While it will not maintain this, it’s predicted that 63 percent [...]
1. Obama’s 2012 re-election campaign has begun and it’s making strategic use of social networking. The focus is on Facebook, as opposed to Twitter, and a YouTube video started off proceedings. http://preview.tinyurl.com/3ershmj 2. Millions of customer details were stolen by hackers following an attack on US marketing company Epsilon. It’s been described as one of [...]
Dick O’Brien is the technology industry correspondent at the Sunday Business Post. Previously he has worked as a business reporter with the Sunday Tribune and was deputy editor with Business Plus. Here, he talks about his favourite interviewees – Irish entrepreneurs – as well as the future of the tech sector and how, if he [...]
1. Global SMS traffic is due to hit 3 trillion by 2015 with more banks and financial institutions turning to it, not just to deliver alerts but also for appointment reminders, loyalty programmes and payments. http://tinyurl.com/6eogqdp 2. Amazon’s music streaming, Cloud Drive service preempts Apple and Google versions and there’s a free introductory offer for [...]
1. Firefox 4 went on worldwide release this week, after missing earlier target dates. The Mozilla browser has been revamped and features anti-tracking privacy and HTML 5 compatibility. http://tinyurl.com/4fodsjl 2. The much hyped iPad2 goes on sale in 25 countries, including Ireland, this Friday at 1am at an expected price of €479 including VAT. http://tinyurl.com/4ltb8g3 [...]
