Apple’s Wordwide Developers Conference, WWDC, kicked off yesterday in San Francisco with a raft of announcements about products and platforms we’re likely to see in the months ahead. As well as new versions of OSX (El Capitan) and iOS (9.0), and split-screen multitasking on the iPad, there’s also an SDK for developing native apps on which run […]
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Fergal Crehan on “Ireland as a Digital Privacy Powerhouse” [Video]
On Friday, Twitter announced a change to their terms of service and privacy policy which puts Ireland at the centre of its international operations, citing the benefits of European data protection law as a rationale for the move. Just two days earlier, barrister Fergal Crehan spoke at the Blacknight-sponsored Digital Rights Europe Conference on the topic of Ireland as a […]
Twitter International Puts Ireland at the Centre of New Privacy Policy
Changes to Twitter’s Terms of Service and Privacy Policy, which will take effect on May 18, put Ireland at the centre of the social media company’s international operations. Twitter sent email to users today outlining the changes, and pointing them to a post on their support site which explains the change. If you live outside the United States, […]
Woop.ie Selected for Matter Accelerator Programme
Exciting news from San Francisco where Irish startup Woop.ie has been announced as one of the seven companies selected for Matter Two, an accelerator programme which will see them work side by side with other startups for the next 5 months, leading to a Demo Day in February. Matter is an early stage VC and […]
Rumour: Apple To Announce iPhone 5 On September 12?
Apple might make an announcement about a new iPhone at an event in San Francisco on September 12. Of course Apple could make an announcement about any number of things at the event, but the invite graphic itself is highly suggestive (see above). More on this in The LA Times and The Guardian. Guess we’ll […]