- Twitter growth slow among adults, but engagement has doubled The percentage of online adults using Twitter is growing at a slow pace, although engagement among this demographic has doubled in 10 months, according to a recent Pew Research study.
- Dublin gets an alternative angle with new 45° aerial imagery Google Maps has released an update this week that includes 45° imagery of 26 new cities and locations in Europe and the United States, including Dublin City.
- Explore Ireland's Euro 2012 journey Street View style Euro 2012 kicks-off next week with Ireland in the tournament for the first time in 24 years. To help build excitement ahead of its opening, Google has published 360° imagery of all eight Euro 2012 stadiums, including the two stadiums where Ireland take on Croatia, Spain and Italy.
- Up to one million malware-infected users face internet blackout on July 9 Up to one million users face an internet blackout on July 9 as managed malicious DNS servers are due to be shut down. The rogue DNS servers are currently in the control of the FBI, having been commandeered late last year.
- BBC iPlayer coming to Windows Phone, possibly next month The BBC's hugely popular video on-demand service, BBC iPlayer, will be coming to Windows Phone users in the "next few weeks", according to a report by The Inquirer.
- Facebook introduces Camera, a standalone photo sharing app Facebook is increasingly being used solely as a photo sharing service by a lot of its users and today Facebook has somewhat proved this to be true by releasing a standalone photo sharing app known as Camera.
- Eric Schmidt defends Google+, says it's "absolutely" a success Google's executive chairman Eric Schmidt has defended the company's social strategy at its Big Tent event in London today. When questioned whether he believed that Google+ was a success or not, Schmidt replied "absolutely".
- Search Twitter from Google Chrome's omnibox with SocialBro An update to SocialBro's Chrome app today means that Google Chrome users can now use the browser's address bar (omnibox) to search people on Twitter.
- Four Irish students among regional finalists of Google Science Fair Google has today announced 90 regional finalists of its second Google Science Fair and, for the first time, two Irish entries have been shortlisted.
- Google's Motorola Mobility purchase to be completed next week Google's acquisition of Motorola Mobility is expected to be completed early next week as Chinese regulators approved last August's $12.5 billion deal yesterday, Saturday.