Privacy is and will continue to be a hot topic in tech circles over the coming years. With more and more of our daily lives being managed online we’re going to be interacting with more and more companies that will want to track us (or not .. ) This graphic (via) focusses on some of […]
Irish deals site Grabone.ie recently released some figures on the site’s activity. The site is only 2 years old, but in that time they’ve managed to grab quite a large slice of the market and report 20% share of the “daily deal” market in Ireland. To illustrate the site’s activity they’ve put this graphic together: […]
Akamai carries up to 30% of the web’s traffic so when they start talking about data they’re not only dealing in big numbers, but also significant percentages of the internet’s users. They’ve made public a lot of their data and they’ve done so in a pretty visual and engaging fashion. For example, here’s broadband penetration […]
Mediateam’s annual ICT awards are being held in the Ballsbridge Hotel on May 16th. This year’s shortlist has been announced: T Project of the Year (Public Sector) Triangle Opensky Data Systems & Dublin City Council DataEdge & IAA McKesson & HSE Post.Trust IT Project of the Year (Private Sector) Codec-dss Arkphire VMWare TEKenable and VoiceSage […]
Online giant Amazon is reporting a 22% increase in sales for the first quarter of 2013. In a report published yesterday the company reported sales increased to $16.07 billion. They also gave a breakdown of the company’s activities over the last quarter which is worth a quick read. Related articles Amazon beats earnings target as […]
Big brands use Twitter and other social media outlets to engage and promote their products and services. While some might do a better job than others some of the bigger brands have had “face palm” moments over the last year or so. Some very big brands have had major issues on Twitter and this graphic […]
The Irish communications regulator, ComReg, has issued a warning to Irish businesses about PBX hacking. Apparently Irish businesses are being targetted by hackers who are then able to abuse business phone systems to make phone calls and run up massive bills. Comreg report that they’ve had over 16 cases reported to them in the last […]
Yes it’s that time of the year and the IEDR have launched their OPTIMISE e-Commerce Webside Development Fund. If you’re an Irish SME or micro enterprise and you currently have a .ie web address and need professioanl help in developing your online presence then Apply now. That’s €150,000 worth of professional services up for grabs […]
The 2013 Social Media Awards will take place this May 30th in the Clyde Court Hotel, Dublin. Nominations opened this evening and are open until April 10th – so there’s plenty of time to get your nominations in. This year’s categories cover pretty much all areas of social media: Twitter Facebook blogs video mobile apps […]
The guys over at Litmus have put together a rather tasty graphic explaining how to craft a good subject line for your marketing emails
