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Take a digital walk in the park with Google Street View The Street View team over at Google have been busy over the past year recording imagery in hundreds of parks across 22 countries. Now, starting today, armchair explorers can tour some of the world's "most beautiful and unique parks" using Google's dedicated Maps gallery. Darren McCarra One response 2nd November 2011
iPhone 4S pre-orders go live in 22 additional countries, including Ireland The iPhone 4S is now available to pre-order in 22 additional countries, including Ireland, ahead of its second-phase launch on October 28th. Darren McCarra No responses 21st October 2011
Internet providers in the UK to filter out pornographic content David Cameron, the British Prime Minister, is expected to announce plans later today by which four major UK internet service providers (ISPs) will offer customers the option to block access to pornographic content at subscription level. Darren McCarra No responses 11th October 2011
UK users can now rent and stream new release movies on YouTube Back in May we reported that Google introduced YouTube movie rentals to users in the United States. Last month, YouTube expanded this service to users in Canada and has today done the same for those living in the UK. Darren McCarra No responses 7th October 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
Ireland has the second slowest broadband in the EU Ireland is listed at 41 in world internet speed rankings, behind other countries like Bulgaria, Poland and the United Kingdom, according to aggregated data from SpeedTests.net. Perhaps most dishearteningly, Ireland has the second lowest internet speeds among EU member states, only scoring marginally better than Luxembourg in last place. Darren McCarra 2 responses 16th September 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
Rent Top Gear episodes on Facebook for €1 BBC Worldwide, with help from social app maker Softwind Studio, has developed a Facebook video on-demand application that allows Facebook users to rent episodes of Top Gear and view these directly within the social network. Darren McCarra No responses 23rd August 2011
Vodafone offer Android app purchases through your phone bill Vodafone UK has become the first mobile operator in Europe to offer users the ability to make Android app purchases through their existing mobile bill. Vodafone are also expected to introduce a similar feature to Android users in Germany. Darren McCarra No responses 19th August 2011
BBC launch new TV-friendly iPlayer The BBC has today launched a new TV-friendly version of its video on demand iPlayer service which aims to improve user experience on this medium. The new version is only available to users in the UK initially on the PlayStation 3 console but later rolled out to a myriad of other devices and connected TVs. Darren McCarra No responses 8th August 2011