Industry News
May 21st, 2012
Facebook denies under-13s will be able to join network
Facebook is not changing its rules and allowing children under the age of 13 to join the social networking site, the company said in response to a contrary report.
May 21st, 2012
Robin Gibb Dies: Bee Gees Singer Succumbed To Cancer
62-year old Robin Gibb, one of the founding members of the disco supergroup the Bee Gees, has died after a long and drawn-out battle with colon and liver cancer. Gibb lapsed into a coma earlier this year after contracting pneumonia …
May 21st, 2012
Mashable Weekend Recap: 50 Stories You Might Have Missed
What a weekend! As we sprinted through a lively slate of monumental stories such as the Facebook IPO and an impending launch of the first commer…
May 21st, 2012
Optical fibre pioneer to speak in Dublin tomorrow
Australian entrepreneur and academic Dr Simon Poole will be at Dublin City University tomorrow to give a lecture about his 30-year experience in the area of photonics and start-ups.
May 21st, 2012
Newsletter.ie Facebook apps add email sign-up and surveys to pages
Email marketing firm Newsletter.ie has introduced two new apps for Facebook that allow brands to easily add email sign-up and surveys to their pages.
May 21st, 2012
Tremor Video Launches Platform For Building Ads That Work On Any Mobile Phone
Until recently, mobile video ads have mostly been pretty boring. That's because, frankly, they're difficult to make and scale across all the different devices that brands, agencies and marketers want to serve them in. So instead, they serve up boring old display ads, or maybe pre-rolls, against...
May 21st, 2012
How Social Video Could Kill YouTube
Startups like SocialCam and Viddy, two of the fastest growing social networks for sharing video on smartphones, may be on a collision course with Google-owned YouTube. While initial indicators are far from conclusive, rumblings of a possible market tsunami are afoot.
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RTÉ’s new digital strategy revealed – new Player in works
Siliconrepublic.com got a first look at RTÉ’s new digital strategy that will see every facet of Ireland's national broadcaster utilised for digital products. On the way is a new-look RTÉ Player and an RTÉ Shop for buying digital content.
May 21st, 2012
Wearable tech: the new wave (infographic)
From bionic contact lenses to self-cleaning fabrics, a new infographic outlines some of the coolest wearable tech its makers are hoping will become the next big things with consumers.
May 21st, 2012
Deals done this past week
An overview of the week in deals in the Irish and global technology sector.