Darren McCarra, Author at McCarra.co

Will Zynga IPO tomorrow with a $20 billion valuation? Social gaming company Zynga may file for an IPO as early as tomorrow, according to a tweet from CNBC reporter Kate Kelly. Kelly states that the IPO could value Zynga at between $15 - $20 billion. No responses 28th June 2011
Even Google’s chairman Eric Schmidt is complaining about Irish broadband While the current state of broadband infrastructure in Ireland in nothing short of disgraceful, it’s a relief somewhat to hear that a person held in such regard as Google’s executive chairman Eric Schmidt thinks so too. Speaking in Dublin yesterday, Schmidt stated how Ireland is “behind” on the roll-out of acceptable broadband and that Irish taxpayer’s money would be better invested in broadband “that serves the citizens”. No responses 28th June 2011
International Space Station to broadcast live HD video stream of Earth early next year Canadian company UrtheCast will begin streaming live HD imagery of earth from the International Space Station (ISS) in Spring 2012. Two cameras will be mounted to the outside of the ISS where the video will be down-linked and broadcast on the Internet for the world to see. No responses 27th June 2011
Google to retire Google Health and Google PowerMeter Google have announced today that they will discontinue two underperforming products; Google Health and Google PowerMeter. Google Health will retire on January 1st, 2012, while Google PowerMeter will retire this September 16th. One response 25th June 2011
Huffington Post to launch UK edition this July 6th Arianna Huffington, editor of the Huffington Post Media Group, has confirmed that her popular news and content aggregation website, The Huffington Post, will launch in the UK this coming July 6th. This launch is part of the group’s ambitious plans to be present in 12 countries by the end of this year. 2 responses 24th June 2011
The future of rail travel; non-stop high-speed trains assisted by “feeder” trams One of the main flaws with today’s high-speed trains is that they still have to stop at various locations, picking up and dropping off passengers along a designated route. UK-based designer Paul Priestman believes that by creating non-stop high-speed trains, journeys can be completed much more efficiently. No responses 23rd June 2011
Over 146,000 Irish households and businesses still on 2Mbps broadband or less Figures published yesterday in the latest Irish Communications Market ComReg quarterly report suggest that 146,326 households and businesses in Ireland are currently subscribed to broadband packages of 2Mbps or less. Data concerning Q1 2011 indicates that 123,934 residential broadband subscriptions and 22,392 business broadband subscriptions are currently active for packages offering between 144kps and 1.99Mbps download speeds. No responses 22nd June 2011
MSD officially opens two new €28.6 million health-care facilities in Cork Pharmaceutical company MSD has officially opened two new facilities at their existing Brinny site near Innishannon, Cork. The two new facilities, the Brinny Bioassay Centre of Expertise and the Brinny Pneumococcal Vaccine Conjugation Facility, represent a financial investment of €28.6 million and the provision of 70 jobs. No responses 22nd June 2011
Nokia unveils buttonless MeeGo-based N9 smartphone Nokia have unveiled their first MeeGo-based smartphone at the Nokia Connection event in Singapore today. The Nokia N9 is also the first ever buttonless mobile device, relying purely on touch input, and will be released sometime “later this year”. No responses 21st June 2011
First ever Irish Internet Expo will take place this October Internet Expo, the first ever event of its kind in Ireland will take place in the RDS, Dublin this October 14th-15th. The two-day exhibition will help Irish and international businesses showcase their products and services to an anticipated 3,000 strong attendance. No responses 20th June 2011