- Europe unveils new cloud computing strategy The European Commision has published a new digital strategy aimed at "enabling and facilitating faster adoption of cloud computing" across all sectors that will boost EU GDP by €160 billion, or 1%, by 2020.
- The last 24 hours of the 2011 Irish General Election campaign according to Twitter #ge11 [Infographic] Last week we used the power of Google Search to predict the outcome of the 2011 Irish General Election. Now, on the eve of the election, we turn to Twitter, not to predict results, but to provide some insightful analysis on political party and political party leader performances during the last official twenty-four hours of their campaign.
- Fine Gael’s Valentine’s Day app – why? #socialmediacringe #ge11 Fine Gael may have yet again become political adversaries as they continue to advance deeper into the world of social media cringe prior to #ge11 later this month. In a bizarre move, Fine Gael have set up an electronic Valentine’s Day email service on their website (aka, web connection point) that lets users send their love interest an uninspiring valentine’s email, or alternatively, spam some friends.
- Fine Gael’s website hacked The website of Irish political party Fine Gael has been hacked by a group calling themselves ‘Anonymous’. The attack took place yesterday evening, with the website still not operational.