Apr
29th
2011
Receive SMS alerts in Google Chrome – thanks to Texty.
posted in: Reviews
Receive SMS alerts in Google Chrome – thanks to Texty.

URL: http://textyapp.com/beta

Ever wanted to know when an SMS message or phone call is coming or send a text message from your phone through via your web browser? Well now you can, thanks to a Google Chrome extension that synchronises your smartphone events with your browser. Texty is a st...

Apr
29th
2011
What is an influencer?
posted in: Facebook
What is an influencer?

Ever wondered exactly what it is to be an influencer? Influencers is a short (14 minute) documentary that explores what it means to be an influencer and how trends and creativity become contagious today in music, fashion and entertainment. The film attempts to understand the essence of influen...

Apr
26th
2011
21% of Irish internet users use LinkedIn every month
posted in: Business
21% of Irish internet users use LinkedIn every month

According to a report published today by global statistics company Comscore - more than 1 in 5 (21%) Irish users use LinkedIn ever month, placing Ireland as the country with the 2nd highest global penetration of this social networking site in the world. Ireland came 2nd only to the Netherlands, whic...

Apr
24th
2011
You’re not a social media expert, you’re just another schmuck with a Twitter account.
posted in: Social Media
You’re not a social media expert, you’re just another schmuck with a Twitter account.

There's no denying that the web is full of snake oil salesmen, and with the explosion of social media, there is no shortage of charlatans looking to make a quick buck, establishing themselves as consultants and 'social media experts'. Experts my arse. Give a man a Twitter account, and he'l...

Apr
23rd
2011
So, turns out Android tracks your location too.
posted in: Google
So, turns out Android tracks your location too.

Whilst the web is still largely reeling from the discovery that Apple devices track the locations of its users in an easily accessible file containing geodata, turns out that Google Android devices are doing something very similar - albeit, without nearly as much fuss. Within a day of the App...

Apr
22nd
2011
New version of the Google Prediction API released.
posted in: Google
New version of the Google Prediction API released.

Yesterday Google released a new version of the Prediction API. (v1.2) - an update to their product released in May last year.  Its an easy way to access high level algorithms developed internally at Google to predict outcomes by feeding in data, and uses machine learning heavily to provide mean...

Apr
21st
2011
Present.me – Putting the Person back into Presentation
posted in: Reviews
Present.me – Putting the Person back into Presentation

URL: http://Present.Me/ There are a variety of presentation tools available on the web that have focused on delivering information in bite sized chunks, and making things more consumable and easy for us to understand online. That's what the perfect presentation is all about - great delivery ...

Apr
21st
2011
Greplin – search social profiles online
posted in: Reviews
Greplin – search social profiles online

URL: http://www.greplin.com/ Greplin have taken traditional web search, and turned it on its head. Whilst typically web searchers are interested in search for external sources for the answers to their problems, Greplin have focused primarily on the information which matters to you across mult...

Apr
19th
2011
Facebook Studio launches showcasing social marketing campaigns
posted in: Facebook
Facebook Studio launches showcasing social marketing campaigns

URL: http://facebook-studio.com Facebook have just launched a new dedicated microsite which showcases some of the popular marketing campaigns which exist inside the Facebook platform. The site allows you to sort, and order campaigns by the most recent, most liked and most shared - and can al...

Apr
18th
2011
OnSwipe – simpler, sexier tablet publishing
posted in: Reviews
OnSwipe – simpler, sexier tablet publishing

URL: http://onswipe.com/ I've spoken before on my thoughts about native apps verses web apps. Serial entrepreneur Jason Baptiste shares this vision with his recently launched application 'OnSwipe', using the best in web technologies to create a fluid, better designed, more intuitive experie...

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