Author: Michele Neylon
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The Social Network Available For Pre-Order
The Social Network is probably going to win a lot of awards before the year is out. If you haven’t seen it yet it will be released on DVD and BluRay in Ireland and the UK on February 14th. Play.com have it for €23.99 (bluray) and €18.49 DVD. Both prices include free delivery. Amazon are…
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Irish Teens Digital Lifestyles
I’ve always been fascinated by statistics and surveys, so the Mulley Communications survey on Irish teenagers’ digital habits makes for some interesting reading. You can download a copy of the report directly from their site. Here are some of the highlights: * 14% have a part-time job * 28% spend their money on socialising, 27%…
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LinkedIn Loses Its Frontpage
LinkedIn has been around for several years. For many professionals, including recruiters, it is “the” social network that they use. Unfortunately they seem to have “lost” their main page: But the content seems to have gone AWOL:
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Twitter Awards The Shorty Awards Return
The 3rd annual Shorty Awards have opened for nominations in the last couple of days. In their own words: The Shorty Awards honor the best people and organizations on Twitter and social media. Nominations may be made through Twitter and this website, culminating in an awards ceremony that recognizes the winners in dozens of official…
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Facebook Goes Down – Millions Scream
Last night Facebook suffered an outage. It wasn’t a particularly long outage, but due to the site’s sheer size the impact of the outage was felt globally. Millions of people were forced to talk to their spouses, girlfriends, co-workers and neighbours face to face (in real life). Oh no!
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TSA Spoof Twitter Account
Unless you have been avoiding the news and social networks for the last few weeks you’re probably aware of the TSA’s latest. The TSA was setup after 9/11 to: …strengthen the security of the nation’s transportation systems while ensuring the freedom of movement for people and commerce. Within a year, TSA assumed responsibility for security…