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# social-media - Sunday 19 May, 2013
Don’t sell the dog, Mike! It’s the sporting tweets of the week
Some of our favourite comments from the past seven days.
# social-media - Thursday 16 May, 2013
Court says YouTube video of taxi evasion may be taken down from the internet
A High Court judge said today he was surprised that Google and Facebook had not done more to help take down the video.
# social-media - Tuesday 14 May, 2013
Column: Chris Hadfield is inspiring a new generation of astronauts
With photos shared on social media and down-to-earth video interviews, Commander Chris Hadfield is surely inspiring many young people to become astronauts and to work in other areas of the space industry, writes Colm Quinn.
# social-media - Monday 13 May, 2013
The 8 impossible Facebook dilemmas
Should you accept your mum’s friend request? ARGH.
What a Facebook update would look like in real life
WHY DO YOU HAVE TO KEEP CHANGING, FACEBOOK?!?
# social-media - Sunday 12 May, 2013
Weird Wide Web: Pizza, glass tweets, and a text pest
All of your essential tech and social media news for the week in one byte-sized portion.
# social-media - Saturday 11 May, 2013
Fine Gael TDs on Twitter and free GP care : The week’s news skewed
Breaking via The Mire wire: Leinster House goes wild photocopying arses, free GP care for healthy citizens, and FG TDs insult each other for Twitter practice.
# social-media - Monday 6 May, 2013
Average employee spends 56 minutes of working day on social media sites
“Im dossng off @ wrk, lol. #rebel”
# social-media - Sunday 5 May, 2013
Weird Wide Web: Atoms, bad dancing and a very odd shower scene
All of your essential tech and social media news for the week in one byte-sized portion.
# social-media - Saturday 4 May, 2013
Australia targeting Irish workers in social media campaign
Young people in Ireland, the UK and the USA will have seen ads from the Australian government over the past month.
# social-media - Sunday 28 April, 2013
You did get hit by a bus, Danny! It’s the sporting tweets of the week
Our favourite comments from the Twittersphere this past week.
# social-media - Wednesday 24 April, 2013
Fake Oxegen Twitter account fools thousands
9,887 to be exact.
# social-media - Monday 22 April, 2013
11 ways social media is ruining your life
We are basically Facebooking / Tweeting / Instagramming etc ourselves into oblivion.
# social-media - Sunday 21 April, 2013
What your favourite celebrities would be like as Facebook friends
What would Beyoncé post? What about George Hook?
Derval’s no Shrek character! It’s the sporting tweets of the week
Check out what’s been going on the social media site over the past 7 days.
# social-media - Thursday 18 April, 2013
Twitter Music is out! Here’s what you need to know
Will it change your musical life? Well… perhaps.
# social-media - Tuesday 16 April, 2013
Hashtag #BostonHelp offers support to those in need
From a free bed to transport to a shoulder to cry on – the power of social media is put to good use.
# social-media - Friday 12 April, 2013
Google lets users decide what happens to their email after they die
Google is the first major company to let people decide what happens to emails, photographs, blogs and social networks if their account becomes inactive.
Irish mammies spending big on first baby
In a survey, almost 40 per cent said they used social media to announce their pregnancy and over 65 per cent spill the beans before 12 weeks.
# social-media - Sunday 7 April, 2013
Career change for BOD? It’s the sporting tweets of the week
The Leinster centre tries his hand at being a chef, Fran The Man gets himself in a pickle and Paddy Barnes… as a lion.
# social-media - Saturday 6 April, 2013
Doctors issued new guidelines for using social media
The profession is reminded that doctor patient confidentiality extends to social media.
# social-media - Wednesday 3 April, 2013
Netflix CEO cleared after posting company information on Facebook
The chief executive of Netflix, Reed Hastings, posted the information before investors had been informed.
Did Bank of Ireland just say ‘Hi Sheepshagger’?
Yes. Yes, they did.
The 9 at 9: Wednesday
Good morning! Here’s what you need to know as you work your way into Wednesday.
# social-media - Tuesday 2 April, 2013
Here’s how Twitter reacted to news that Declan Kidney’s contract will not be renewed
Ireland are in the hunt for a new head coach after this afternoon’s announcement.
# social-media - Monday 1 April, 2013
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# social-media - Sunday 31 March, 2013
Happy April Fools’, Rosser! It’s the sporting tweets of the week
We round-up the last seven days in less than 1,400 characters.
# social-media - Wednesday 27 March, 2013
Will your tweets get you fired?
This app can check that out for you…
# social-media - Sunday 24 March, 2013
Ever seen the bizarre tweets that famous people get?
Being a fan is very… intense these days.
# social-media - Wednesday 20 March, 2013
Digital Rights Ireland defend existing online laws before oireachtas committee
Representatives from Digital Rights Ireland and Google appeared before the Joint Committee on Transport and Communications earlier today.
Oireachtas agenda: Medical cards, social media and transparency laws
The hearings on the effects of social media abuse resume at the Transport and Communications committee this morning.
# social-media - Sunday 17 March, 2013
“I thank you from my heart” – Pope Francis sends his first tweet
Pope Francis’s first tweet from the @Pontifex account was a break from the more formal style of tweets sent from the account under Pope Benedict XVI.
# social-media - Saturday 16 March, 2013
VIDEO: The 2012 Olympics completely changed how we consume sports
Some of the numbers are staggering, such as how social media discussion of certain brands grew nearly 1500% after ads for those companies ran during the London Games.
# social-media - Wednesday 13 March, 2013
Here’s what your Facebook likes reveal about you…
Warning: It may not be flattering.
Committee to hear about bullying on social media
The hearing is one of a series on social media use in Ireland.
# social-media - Tuesday 12 March, 2013
Column: Restricting young people’s access to social networks would be a huge mistake
It would be foolish to overlook the amazing opportunities social networks and other digital tools present for young people just because older generations are intimated by change, writes Dr Stephen Brennan.
# social-media - Monday 11 March, 2013
Has Ireland accidentally given ‘fraping’ to the world?
Maybe not quite – but we definitely tried.
Column: The way some people view African countries is inherently racist – as Kony 2012 shows
The Invisible Children campaign went viral worldwide last year – but it was deeply racist, politically motivated, and presented a Uganda that does not exist, writes Kevin McPartlan.
Lisa McInerney: Senator’s ‘frape’ gaffe signals that panic – not reason – rules social media debate
Fidelma Healy-Eames and Eamonn Coghlan were “given an important task that deserved research and clarity of delivery – instead we got ludicrous schemes and half-remembered gossip”.
# social-media - Sunday 10 March, 2013
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