Darren McCarra, Author at McCarra.co

Instagram continues to abandon mobile-only approach, further expands to desktop web Instagram is continuing to abandon its mobile-only approach as the company's co-founder, Kevin Systrom, today announced that, for the first time, users' feeds can be viewed on the desktop web. One response 5th February 2013
Facebook now has 50 million brand Pages, 10 million apps Facebook now has more than 50 million brand Pages and 10 million apps, according to a mandatory annual report filed by the company on Friday with the Securities and Exchange Commission. No responses 3rd February 2013
Sony’s announcing something big next month. Could it be the PS4? Sony has released a teasing video and summoned world media to an elusive event on February 20 in New York City, leading to rumours that the company may unveil its next-generation gaming console, the PlayStation 4, sooner than expected. No responses 1st February 2013
Pub Summit series expands to 100 cities worldwide in 2013 The organisers of the acclaimed Web Summit series have announced big and ambitious plans to expand their Pub Summit series to 100 cities across 40 countries and five continents in 2013. No responses 31st January 2013
Internet outages in Bangladesh may soon become a thing of the past National Internet outages in Bangladesh may soon become a thing of the past as recent evidence suggests that the country is no longer reliant on a single submarine fibre-optic cable connecting it to the rest of the world. No responses 30th January 2013
Social media measurement conference to be held in Dublin next month Measurement, a social media measurement conference due to be held in Dublin next month, has announced its final lineup, with speakers from all over Ireland (even Cork), London and New York confirmed. No responses 28th January 2013
New video format, H.265, to ease Internet bandwidth burden The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has approved a new video coding standard known affectionately as H.265, and informally as High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC), that will "considerably ease the burden" on global networks. No responses 26th January 2013
Facebook finishes 2012 as number one smartphone app Despite trailing Google Maps for most of 2012, Facebook catapulted in popularity through the final quarter to become the number one mobile app in terms of monthly unique users. No responses 23rd January 2013
The Tweeties: an awards night for top Irish Twitter talent Our regular readers may have become accustomed to us raving about the Web Awards, Social Media Awards, or Blog Awards Ireland, but this year we'll also likely be ranting about an alternative addition to the Irish online awards scene - The Tweeties. No responses 22nd January 2013
Facebook photo uploads double during New Year 2013, new record set New Year 2013 set an all-time Facebook record as 1.1 billion photos were uploaded during the 48-hour period beginning New Year's Eve and continuing through New Year's Day. No responses 18th January 2013