Darren McCarra, Author at McCarra.co

Ireland's 4G auction results revealed, one step closer to super fast wireless broadband This is exciting. The results from Ireland's 4G auction have been announced earlier than expected, bringing the country one step closer to super fast wireless broadband and instantly pocketing the bootstrapped Irish government approximately €482 million. No responses 15th November 2012
Businesses unprepared for issues around data and security A comprehensive study spanning 29 countries around the world has found that more than half of respondents believe their organisation does not consider privacy and protection of personal information a priority. No responses 14th November 2012
Dublin's Web Summit team has "taken over" The Europas, Europe's tech startup awards The Web Summit team has "taken over" The Europas, Europe's tech startup awards, and will host an event this coming January in Berlin. No responses 12th November 2012
Egypt moves to block online pornography Egypt's public prosecutor has ordered that government authorities must take appopriate steps to block online pornography in the Arab Republic in order to preserve the "values and traditions of the Egyptian people". No responses 10th November 2012
What nation leads the world in mobile commerce rankings? What country leads the world in mobile commerce rankings? Australia, apparently, with 47% of online shoppers doing so on mobile. No responses 9th November 2012
Microsoft demonstrates "breakthrough" speech translation technology Microsoft has posted a remarkable video demonstrating speech-to-speech language translation where spoken English is translated directly into Chinese and read aloud by machine in near real-time. No responses 9th November 2012
Microsoft shutters Windows Live Messenger, migration to Skype begins Microsoft, as many expected, will shutter WIndows Live Messenger in early 2013, instead beginning a process of migrating the "millions" of existing Messenger users to recently purchased communication service Skype. No responses 7th November 2012
Twitter wants to introduce Instagram-like photo filters Twitter is planning to introduce Instagram-like photo filters to its suite of mobile apps in the "coming months" that will allow users, and more importantly brands, tweet stylised images directly to the service and bypass Instagram. No responses 3rd November 2012
Megaupload will be reborn next January as Mega Megaupload, a file sharing website that was famously shut-down at the start of this year, will be reborn in January 2013 as Mega. No responses 1st November 2012
Internet usage spikes during superstorm Sandy Internet usage on the East coast of the United States spiked 114% on Monday as many workers and school-goers were confined to their homes during superstorm Sandy. No responses 31st October 2012