So Twitter’s first day on Wall Street has come to a close. For a company that has yet to make a profit, they couldn’t have asked for a better IPO, but starting today they will dance to a different tune of shareholder and analyst expectations. So what exactly is this value that investors scrambled to […]
Yesterday we brought you the news that LinkedIn has signed up more than 1 million Irish users. Here are some facts which LinkedIn have shared about their users. The following are the top three most popular entries across a range of categories based on LinkedIn’s Irish membership. Companies HSE AIB Bank of Ireland Universities University […]
A new study has discovered a striking connection between the number of pictures of Hurricane Sandy posted on Flickr and the atmospheric pressure in New Jersey as the hurricane crashed through the US state in 2012. Hurricane Sandy was the second-costliest hurricane to hit the US, hitting 24 states in late October last year, with […]
LinkedIn, the world’s largest professional network with more than 259 million members worldwide, today announced its one millionth member in Ireland. The company, which employs over 400 people at its international headquarters in Dublin, also announced today that its Irish members are some of the most engaged in the world for LinkedIn. “One million Irish […]
Users of Twitter on the Web and its mobile clients, discovered yesterday that previews of media shared with Twitter and Vine are showing up inline as you scroll through your stream. This only works with Twitter’s own media sharing tools, not, for example, with Instagram. Twitter hopes it will make the experience more engaging – […]
Facebook is currently suffering service issues. At the moment users are unable their status or “like” other users’ content You’ll get the rather unhelpful error message above if you try. More details over on Mashable Related articles Facebook greets users with Monday morning error message (wtvr.com) It’s Not Just You – Facebook Won’t […]
Here’s a fascinating way to lose a morning, and if your business is digital marketing it could be time well spent. Social Bakers track brands across different markets on Facebook and generate a range of monthly reports which give a real insight into how brands and their social media marketing efforts are received in different […]
One of the frustrations (and features) of the way Twitter is setup is that unless you follow someone they cannot message you privately and vice-versa. And in order for there to be two way communication you need to follow each other mutually. So if I followed a famous celebrity or brand they could message me […]
Sligo is Ireland’s best kept tourism secret – offering everything you can find in Galway or Donegal, but it doesn’t hit the tourism headlines quite as much. An initiative of Sligo Tourism aimed to change that – with a €170,000 marketing campaign which leveraged the goodwill and support of Sligo’s social media community to champion […]
This week, technology.ie is at TBEX, the global conference which puts travel bloggers in touch with the travel industry. There are also some cool travel and blog related technologies here – but let’s begin with a chat with Lola Akinmade Åkerström. Lola is an award-winning writer, photographer, and blogger based in Stockholm, Sweden whose work regularly […]
