Facebook is 12 years old today and it’s certainly made an impact. Tom Hopkins from One Productions, a video production company based in Dublin, has put together this infographic to mark the occasion. Video marketing and social media go hand in hand, and he says the following points are worth noting: 1.5 billion people use the main core Facebook service, […]
This video is hilarious – or rather it would be if it wasn’t also rather scary. Bizarre directions at a junction at Rosslare Harbour result in consistent chaos: almost every car that comes into view has to swerve dangerously or reverse – and that’s not counting the ones who opt to drive the wrong way, or the […]
Facebook has announced that they have started building a data centre in Ireland. The new data centre will be their second one in Europe and sixth overall, following on from Luleå in Sweden. The location they’ve chosen is Clonee, County Meath. The artist’s impression of the facility gives a good impression of size. It’s pretty big! […]
While a lot of social media networks will offer you tools to edit, tweak and crop your images so that they fit correctly, it’s far easier to prepare images based on their optimal sizes. Unfortunately those “rules” change quite often, but fortunately people keep track of these things, so we are able to share the […]
The Science and Home Economics Departments joined forces in Ennis Community College and Gaelcholáiste an Chláir last week, as the Clare schools, which share a campus, hosted an Open Night for prospective students and their families. Ms Lordon, who teaches both Science and Home Economics, organised the Transition Year Home Economics students to create something […]
Mark Zuckerberg is rarely out of the news for very long. Yesterday Facebook’s head honcho made a public statement with respect to Muslims. One would assume that this is linked to Donald Trump’s recent comments: I want to add my voice in support of Muslims in our community and around the world. After the Paris […]
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan have just welcomed their baby daughter Max. And they’ve announced that they are going to follow the example of Bill and Melinda Gates by setting up a foundation to give away 99% of their Facebook shares over the course of their lifetime. In a 2000 word open […]
Twinsters is a story of the Internet Age. Identical twins separated at birth, adopted and brought up on different continents, Samantha Futerman and Anaïs Bordier would probably never have met if a friend of Anaïs hadn’t seen Samantha in a viral video on YouTube. From there it was a click to Samantha’s own YouTube account and […]
Tá sé fógartha go bhfuil Facebook sásta leaganacha Gaeilge d’ainmneacha a cheadú. Tuairiscíonn Tuairisc.ie go bhfuil an comhlacht ag cur meabhrúchán dá gcuid fostaithe go bhfuil leaganacha Gaeilge incheadaithe, fiú má bhaineann an duine úsáid as an leagan Béarla dá ainm go hoifigiúil. Pictiúirí ó Memes na Gaeilge.
Simon McGarr is our guest on today’s podcast. He’s the solicitor representing Digital Rights Ireland, who were granted amicus curiae status in the case regarding the EU-US ‘Safe Harbour Agreement’, which the EU Court of Justice ruled invalid this week. Click on the player above to listen to the show, or download it here: 21:34; 12MB; MP3. […]
