Darren McCarra, Author at McCarra.co

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. No responses 29th May 2012
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. No responses 28th May 2012
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. 3 responses 25th May 2012
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. No responses 24th May 2012
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". 3 responses 23rd May 2012
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. 2 responses 22nd May 2012
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. No responses 21st May 2012
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. No responses 20th May 2012
Twitter adopts Do Not Track privacy preference Twitter has agreed to adopt Do Not Track, a privacy preference enabled by users who do not want their browsing behaviour tracked across websites. Twitter is the first major social service to endorse Do Not Track in this way. No responses 18th May 2012
Winners of the 2012 Social Media Awards announced From a packed Round Room in Dubin's Mansion House tonight, attended by over 400 individuals, Vodafone Ireland takes home the grand prize at the second annual Bord Gáis Energy Social Media Awards. Vodafone Ireland also won the award for best non-broadcast video/video campaign and best customer care using social media. 10 responses 17th May 2012