Darren McCarra, Author at McCarra.co

Leaked video gives us a sneak-peak of what to expect from the new Gmail A leaked Gmail preview video shows-off its new cleaner interface and some additional product features that users can expect in the near future. The video features Jason Cornwell, a user experience designer on Gmail, who talks about Gmail's major upcoming changes. No responses 23rd October 2011
iPhone 4S pre-orders go live in 22 additional countries, including Ireland The iPhone 4S is now available to pre-order in 22 additional countries, including Ireland, ahead of its second-phase launch on October 28th. No responses 21st October 2011
Today's events in Libya show potential of Google+ real-time search Events of historical significance like the killing of Osama bin Laden in May, and most recently the murder of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, show the importance of real-time search and retrieval of news. 5 responses 20th October 2011
Google+ to support Google Apps accounts in "coming days", relaxing real name policy Google+ Senior Vice President Vic Gundotra and Google co-founder Sergey Brin revealed on stage yesterday at The Web 2.0 Summit in California that Google's new social network will begin to support Google Apps accounts in the "coming days". No responses 20th October 2011
German satellite ROSAT will fall to earth this weekend Here we go again. An out of service German satellite is hurtling towards Earth and may re-enter its atmosphere this weekend, according to the German Aerospace Centre. Last month small pieces of NASA's Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS) crash-landed somewhere in the Pacific Ocean. No responses 19th October 2011
Google and Samsung unveil first Android 4.0 smartphone – the Galaxy Nexus Google and Samsung teamed-up early this morning in Hong Kong to unveil the first smartphone designed for Android 4.0 - the Samsung Galaxy Nexus. Android 4.0 or Ice Cream Sandwich is the ninth release of Android and marks the third anniversary of the HTC Dream, the first ever Android phone. No responses 19th October 2011
Twitter sees threefold increase in sign-ups following iOS 5 integration Since Twitter became officially integrated into iOS 5 on its release last Wednesday, Twitter has witnessed a threefold increase in sign-ups over the past six days. No responses 18th October 2011
Wahooly: Use your social media influence to gain equity in start-ups for free One of the hardest things start-ups face is getting that initial marketing boost or user-base that often ultimately determines their success or failure. Now, a unique and innovative start-up Wahooly attempts to solve this. 4 responses 18th October 2011
Google proves the secret to success is failure, 36% of the time The secret to Google's success is in its failures. According to some nice research undertaken by The Next Web, 36% of all Google products since 1998 have failed. Out of a total of 251 independent Google products launched since then, 90 have subsequently been shelved, while the rest remain operational. 2 responses 17th October 2011
YouTube to begin selling merchandise, music and concert tickets YouTube has announced plans to allow artists to begin selling merchandise, music and concert tickets directly within their own YouTube channel. The video sharing site also revealed that they receive a massive 800 million visits per month. No responses 17th October 2011