Darren McCarra, Author at McCarra.co

Day one of the Dublin Web Summit [Gallery] Day one of the Dublin Web Summit has almost ended. Now the largest tech conference in Europe, the scale of this year's event is evident - over 200 speakers, 370 exhibiting startups and 4,000 in attendance. Our day one gallery should give you a flavour of the day's proceedings. No responses 17th October 2012
Microsoft unveils new "all-in-one" music service Microsoft has unveiled its "all-in-one" music service, Xbox Music, that it hopes will rival the likes of already established players Spotify, Amazon and iTunes. One response 16th October 2012
Blog Awards Ireland 2012 winners – meet the 30 best blogs in Ireland Bloggers and blog owners from all over the country packed-out the Osprey Hotel in Naas, Co. Kildare tonight to witness ?? take home the Grand Prix at the first-ever Blog Awards Ireland event, designed to recognise the "passion and enthusiasm that blogging brings to the Irish media landscape". 9 responses 13th October 2012
Dublin introduces new fleet of Wi-Fi-enabled buses Ireland's National Transport Authority has funded the introduction of a fleet of 80 new Wi-Fi-enabled buses to Dublin city, representing a €26 million investment in the Dublin Bus fleet replacement programme. 6 responses 11th October 2012
Google.ie and Yahoo.ie unavailable after "unauthorised change" to nameservers Both google.ie and yahoo.ie became unavailable for a prolonged period this afternoon after an "unauthorised change" was made to the domains' nameservers. 6 responses 9th October 2012
BBC launches standalone iPlayer Radio app, expands video partnership with YouTube The BBC has launched a new standalone iPlayer Radio app for iPhone, iPad and desktop that grants users access to live audio streams of all of the BBC's radio stations, as well as on-demand archive content. No responses 8th October 2012
Finalists announced for next weekend's Blog Awards Ireland Almost 150 finalists for this year's Blog Awards Ireland have been announced, with the categories Best Newcomer, Best Personal and Best Fashion/Beauty amongst the most popular. One response 7th October 2012
As expected, Facebook reaches one billion monthly active users A few weeks later than this site previously suggested back in January, and again in July, Facebook has reached one billion monthly active users as of September 14, 2012. No responses 4th October 2012
Google taking full advantage of Apple Maps debacle, Street View mobile web app arriving tomorrow Google is taking full advantage of Apple's recent Maps app debacle (yes, the one that gifted south Dublin a shiny new airport), and rightly so. While there's still no announcement to be made regarding a native Google Maps app for iOS yet, its browser app is excelling ahead with the introduction of Street View tomorrow. One response 3rd October 2012
Europe unveils new cloud computing strategy The European Commision has published a new digital strategy aimed at "enabling and facilitating faster adoption of cloud computing" across all sectors that will boost EU GDP by €160 billion, or 1%, by 2020. No responses 2nd October 2012