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Technology - Yesterday’s News
What can Facebook tell us about the battle of the sexes?
The ‘Mr and Mrs Average’ data reveals that men get into literature later in life, while women lose interest in their 20s.
Technology - Sunday 19 May, 2013
Yahoo! approves deal to buy Tumblr in $1.1bn takeover – report
The Wall Street Journal says Yahoo! directors have approved the ambitious takeover of the popular social platform.
500 million searches a day are for things Google has never heard of
Google crawls 20 billion websites every single day and processes 100 billion searches a month.
Technology - Saturday 18 May, 2013
Here are some things Microsoft needs to fix in Windows 8
The tech giant is updating its much-criticised Windows 8 software next month, here’s a few things we’re hoping to see.
Man sticks finger into table saw to prove his invention works
Can you handle watching what happened next? Okay then…
Technology - Thursday 16 May, 2013
Four LulzSec hackers sentenced to jail for “cowardly and vindictive” attacks
“You cared nothing for the privacy of others but did everything you could through your computer activities to hide your own identities while seeking publicity,” a judge told the four men.
Want to send (and receive) money by email?
Google has rolled Google Wallet into Gmail, so you can send money over email – but would you be interested in such a service?
Technology - Wednesday 15 May, 2013
Just 5 per cent of people don’t own TVs – survey
That is according to a new survey from Comreg, which also found that 75 per cent of those asked said they own a laptop.
Technology - Tuesday 14 May, 2013
Watch the entire internet at work in the world
A hacker broke into 420,000 computers to create this stunning GIF.
Court says Google’s auto-complete ‘can be defamatory’
An entrepreneur said the words ‘Scientology’ and ‘fraud’ came up when he typed his name into the search box of the German version of Google.
ComReg to launch its own online test for broadband speeds
The Communications Regulator tool will allow users to test whether they’re getting the speeds they signed up for.
France wants to tax iPads and iPhones to fund the arts
A report commissioned by the French government has suggested that a four per cent tax could be imposed on the sale of smartphones and tablets to fund artistic and creative ventures.
Technology - Monday 13 May, 2013
Samsung has tested wireless internet that could download a movie in one second
The South Korean technology firm has tested super-fast fifth generation or 5G wireless technology but it will be a while before its released to the general public.
Technology - Sunday 12 May, 2013
The 25 most popular free iPhone apps of all time
Sorry, Android users. You’re probably not going to want to read this article.
Vin Diesel: Facebook ‘owes me billions of dollars’
The ‘Fast & Furious’ actor reckons his pre-eminence in building a big following on the site has led the way.
This is what the new Google Maps is set to look like
Changes could be afoot as early as next week…
Technology - Thursday 9 May, 2013
YouTube reveals new plan to charge for watching some videos
A small number of videos will cost from 99 cent a month for people to subscribe to watch.
’20,000 hashtags, Twitter handles linked to terrorism in 2012’, says group
The Simon Wiesenthal Centre is pressing Twitter and Facebook to deal with the situation.
Technology - Wednesday 8 May, 2013
Will you have to pay to watch YouTube videos soon?
The pay to channels are set to be launched in the coming months.
Irish lab develops sensor to improve air and water quality testing
Trinity-based science laboratory CRANN has developed a new graphene sensor that can detect even the slightest change in signal.
Technology - Tuesday 7 May, 2013
Microsoft to update Windows 8 in bid to address complaints and confusion
The changes, part of a software package given the codename “Blue”, won’t be released to consumers and businesses until later this year
How Twitter and Facebook can help you access free public WiFi
The company has assured users that their data will remain protected.
Technology - Sunday 5 May, 2013
Siri and Google Now on the meaning of life
(And other questions the Associated Press threw at them).
Technology - Saturday 4 May, 2013
This amazing feat of engineering happened exactly 100 years ago
The key to the success of the Panama Canal – the 12km-long Culebra Cut – was completed this month in 1913. Its overseeing engineer died just months later.
Technology - Friday 3 May, 2013
VIDEO: Ever wonder how Chris Hadfield takes his photos from space?
We’re getting towards the end of Commander Hadfield’s six months in space. Here’s how he’s been taking his snaps.
YouTube has won its battle with TV… according to YouTube
No doubt aided by cat videos, YouTube is displacing television watching according to its parent company.
Technology - Thursday 2 May, 2013
Waterford programmer Jordan Casey, 13, to address Californian conference
Casey is set to address over 4,000 delegates on the topic “Things I learned the hard way as a young CEO”.
Technology - Wednesday 1 May, 2013
Irish legal challenge against UK nuclear power plant
An Taisce argues that the decision to build the nuclear power station was made without consultation with the Irish people.
World’s first ever web page to be brought back to life
CERN is recreating the website that launched the world wide web to mark the 20th anniversary of the Tim Berners-Lee invention.
Technology - Sunday 28 April, 2013
The 13-year-old who will make you feel like an underachiever
A junior version of Dragon’s Den will hear from Jordan Casey who has his own gaming company and started coding at age 9.
Technology - Thursday 25 April, 2013
Google to change how it displays search results in Europe
The company announced the move in a bid to appease concerns it might be abusing its dominant market position.
Technology - Wednesday 24 April, 2013
Check out this ad that was shot entirely on an iPhone 5
The 30-second ad was shot by Dublin based advertising agency Rothco.
Tech firms should be trying to please women – Microsoft researcher
Men design for other men, he argues – like the vibrate setting on a phone.
Technology - Tuesday 23 April, 2013
Contactless payments to cut the time you spend in a queue
With 6,000 of the terminals now in Ireland, the 11.2 minutes that people spend queuing on a daily basis looks set to drop.
Technology - Monday 22 April, 2013
How to make your iPhone last for years
It’s expensive and chances are you have half your life on there. Careful now.
Technology - Saturday 20 April, 2013
Interview: Pirate Party founder on the collapse of ‘parasitic’ record labels
Rickard Falkvinge, who founded the world’s first Pirate Party in Sweden, speaks to TheJournal.ie about copyright laws, digital currencies and how to set up a new political party.
Technology - Thursday 18 April, 2013
Two-week-old karaoke app has 70k users and Lindsay Lohan’s a huge fan
What on earth is Just Sing It?
Technology - Wednesday 17 April, 2013
Technology - Tuesday 16 April, 2013
Google submits list of remedies in bid to clear EU antitrust case
The EU Commission is probing whether Google unfairly favors its own services in its internet search results.
Technology - Saturday 13 April, 2013
Check out the desks of 13 successful tech people
Some like their own space, some sit with employees, some stand – and some don’t have a desk at all…
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