Ireland Technology News Archives - Page 14 of 16

Explore the National Botanic Gardens in Dublin with Google Street View Last year Google made available 80,000 kilometres of panoramic imagery of Irish streets and roads to access freely in Google Street View. Along with the Google car, Google utilised the Trike to capture difficult, inaccessible areas of special interest. Today we see one such release as images of the National Botanic Gardens in Dublin are introduced, allowing path-by-path exploration of the beautiful plant collection. Darren McCarra One response 1st March 2011
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. Darren McCarra No responses 24th February 2011
Ireland ranked top EU country for the provision and sophistication of online services According to the 9th European Commission eGovernment Benchmarking report published earlier today, Ireland is ranked top out of thirty-two European countries for the provision and sophistication of online services. Darren McCarra No responses 21st February 2011
RTÉ launch iPad specific RTÉ News Now app RTÉ have today launched an iPad specific version of their popular RTÉ News Now application already available on Android and iOS devices. This app exists independent of the original iOS News Now app and is tailored specifically for the Apple iPad. Darren McCarra No responses 14th February 2011
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. Darren McCarra One response 13th February 2011
Mobile Ireland 2011 – Smartphone usage in Ireland [Infographic] Mindshare Ireland have published an interesting infographic regarding smartphone usage in Ireland. The survey, conducted by Sponge It in November 2010, suggests that while over half of Irish consumers own a smartphone, many don’t use their device to its full potential. Darren McCarra 2 responses 9th February 2011
The spread of Irish unemployment by county over the last eight years [Infographic] The data collected and shared by the Central Statistics Office Ireland (CSO) is both expansive and extremely important, but not very interesting as it is currently presented. We've taken the average yearly live register figures for each county and attempted to transform this raw data into something much more useful and appealing. Darren McCarra No responses 3rd February 2011
USI to register 50,000 student voters for #ge11 The Union of Students in Ireland (USI) will launch a campaign titled "Your Future, Your Vote" tomorrow outside Leinster House with the intention to registering 50,000 Irish students to vote in the upcoming general election. Darren McCarra No responses 27th January 2011
Bertie Ahern caught on Street View Former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern has reportedly been caught on Google Street View. The images were taken in early summer of 2009 so presumably Ahern is busy canvassing for the 2009 Irish local elections. Darren McCarra No responses 20th January 2011
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. Darren McCarra No responses 10th January 2011