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...

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 Read More

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....