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...

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,...

1. Could Facebook become your new video rental store? Warner Bros are trialling a new service where US users have 48 hours to watch ‘Batman: The Dark Knight’ with a $3 Facebook app. http://tinyurl.com/6cb9kms 2. Mentoring programme, Startupbootcamp, is...

Conor Pope is a travel and consumer affairs journalist with The Irish Times. As well as writing the Pricewatch section of the paper he also runs a Pricewatch blog. Here, he discusses his Twitter addiction, how he talks to...

1. Whether you think he’s deranged or you secretly admire his chutzpah, actor Charlie Sheen has become a media sensation, breaking world records by becoming the fasted followed tweeter ever. He attracted up more than a million followers in...

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....

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...

1. 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...
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1. 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
2. Some bad news for Yahoo’s Flickr as it...
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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...