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Google announces plans for a €75 million energy-efficient data centre in Ireland Google Ireland has announced plans to construct a highly energy-efficient data centre on a newly acquired 11-acre site near Clondalkin, Dublin. The €75 million investment will create 30 full-time jobs, with a further 200 required during construction. Darren McCarra No responses 30th September 2011
Facebook chooses Microsoft over Google to power new Timeline maps feature Facebook has chosen Microsoft's Bing Maps over Google Maps to power new mapping features on its visually improved Timeline profile page. The new Timeline profile places greater emphasis on location-aware postings, with Facebook once again partnering with Microsoft rather than Google - arguably a greater competitor. Darren McCarra 8 responses 24th September 2011
Facebook Messenger app available in Ireland and the UK Facebook Messenger, Facebook's standalone messaging app, is now available to download in Ireland and the UK - a little over one month after it was initially released in the United States. Darren McCarra No responses 19th September 2011
YouTube now allows basic video editing YouTube has rolled-out basic video editing features globally, allowing users to make small edits to their videos after uploading while maintaining the same video IDs. Darren McCarra No responses 15th September 2011
Google engineers working on delineating Irish counties on Google Analytics location map Location reports in Google Analytics will soon delineate Irish counties, replacing the current provincial overview that was introduced in June of this year. This news follows enquiries that we made to Google regarding missing location data for Ireland in Google Analytics last month. Darren McCarra No responses 7th September 2011
Bing and Twitter renew search partnership, hint at "bigger and better" things It appears that Twitter and Bing may be working on extending their search partnership agreement, or perhaps further integrating Twitter into other Bing or Microsoft services, as a clearly scripted conversation between the two companies unfolded on Twitter moments ago. Darren McCarra No responses 7th September 2011
Google's +1 button plans unfolding, search rank influence next Since Google's +1 button initially launched in March of this year, Google has been hard at work improving its overall usefulness and relevance to Google product users. Now, Wired are reporting Google's overarching intent for the +1 button; +1 clicks will influence rank in Google Search results. Darren McCarra No responses 30th August 2011
Mystery as Irish province disappears from Google Analytics While trawling through Google Analytics earlier, as every self-respecting webmaster should, I noticed something slightly odd when viewing location data for Ireland; Connaught is missing. Galway, Leitrim, Mayo, Roscommon and Sligo, all gone! This is certainly a mistake on Google's part, although some have quipped that this may be yet another condition of Ireland's EU/IMF deal. Selling off Connaught should just about cover Ireland's debt, right? Darren McCarra No responses 26th August 2011
Search locations by voice in Google Maps Google announced earlier today that users of its Chrome web browser can now use voice input to search locations in Google Maps. Earlier this year Google introduced voice search to google.com, similar to the same technology that has been available on Android devices for some time now. Darren McCarra 2 responses 25th August 2011
Facebook now serving one trillion pageviews each month Facebook served over one trillion pageviews in June and again in July of this year, according to data from Google's advertising services subsidiary DoubleClick. The data is estimated by Google, but in our own experience is very accurate. Darren McCarra No responses 25th August 2011