Darren McCarra, Author at McCarra.co

Firefox OS to be supported initially by 18 carriers, first official devices announced Mozilla is quick out of the gate at Mobile World Congress 2013 as the company announces a number of important updates to its HTML5-only operating system - Firefox OS - and, most notably, a list of 18 carriers that have pledged their commitment to the ambitious project. No responses 25th February 2013
Meet Google's new flagship, and very expensive, touch-friendly Chromebook Google today unveiled its new flagship, and very expensive, Chromebook - known simply as Pixel - for "power users who have fully embraced the cloud". 4 responses 21st February 2013
More and more spam now comes from people you know, Google says Each day, more and more "illegal, fraudulent or spammy" email messages originate, or at least appear to, from those you know, says Google. No responses 19th February 2013
Facebook is expanding its workforce in Ireland, 100 new jobs available Facebook is expanding its workforce at its international headquarters in Ireland, adding 100 new positions and growing the company's total head count to 500 at its base in Ireland's capital, Dublin. No responses 18th February 2013
PlayStation 4 will be backwards compatible, sort of Sony's next generation games console will be backwards compatible, but not in the sense that we're accustomed to. The PlayStation 4 (PS4), Sony’s eagerly-awaited entertainment device, won't play current PS3 optical games discs. Instead, backwards compatibility will be delivered using a streaming service whereby games are delivered in real-time over the internet from remote servers. No responses 16th February 2013
Opera Web browser reaches 300 million users, adopts WebKit layout engine Big changes are afoot at Opera - the alternative Internet browser software developer - as the Norwegian company announced its "fastest acceleration in user growth" in recent times to 300 million monthly users, and the beginning of a transition to the WebKit layout engine. 2 responses 13th February 2013
Seismic activity from North Korea's latest nuclear test recorded in Ireland Energy generated from North Korea's latest nuclear test has been recorded as far away as Ireland, with Irish seismometers in Donegal and Dublin picking-up an "explosion-like" event early this morning. No responses 12th February 2013
Twitter now supports LOLCAT language. KTHXBYE! Twitter has added lolcat to its list of supported languages, bringing an extra layer of localisation and personalisation to the service that many users will undoubtedly appreciate. 4 responses 9th February 2013
Ireland's Data Protection Commissioner confirms deletion of Facebook facial recognition data in the EU Both the Irish Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) and the Hamburg Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information in Germany have independently confirmed today that all Facebook facial recognition data of European Union citizens has been deleted by the social network. No responses 7th February 2013
iTunes has sold more than 25 billion songs, 15,000 downloaded every minute Music lovers have purchased and downloaded more than 25 billion songs from the iTunes Store, Apple, as creators of "the world's most popular online music, TV and movie store", announced recently. No responses 7th February 2013