Twitter warns of “serious chilling effect on free expression” posed by governments

13 years ago

As more governments request access to Twitter's data the company warns that such requests are having "a serious chilling effect…

How Trustev is fighting fraud with social data

13 years ago

One Irish start-up is fighting fraud with with the social web. We speaking to Trustev to see how they're doing…

Google+’s very basic photo analytics can be quite useful

13 years ago

Social networks don't give you many options for analytics but with Google+ you can get an impression of how popular…

New video format, H.265, to ease Internet bandwidth burden

13 years ago

The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has approved a new video coding standard known affectionately as H.265, and informally as High…

Twitter gets animated with its latest acquisition, Vine

13 years ago

Twitter has announced its first acquisition of the year - a short video creation service called Vine.

Google Street View & Photo Sphere reveal what it’s like to work in Google

13 years ago

If you've ever wondered what it's like to work in Google then have a look at these Photo Spheres and…

Google calls on governments to be transparent about how & why they request access to citizens’ data

13 years ago

Google has asked international governments to be more open with how they use legal means to get access to users'…

Update: Cuban Internet speeds vastly improve today but access still limited

13 years ago

Updating news from last week, Internet traffic in Cuba was vastly improved today but the country is still far behind…

The Tweeties: an awards night for top Irish Twitter talent

13 years ago

Our regular readers may have become accustomed to us raving about the Web Awards, Social Media Awards, or Blog Awards…

Profile: bitSmith Games. How one start-up is gaming mythology on its road to success

13 years ago

One gaming start-up turned to ancient Celtic mythology for the inspiration for its most successful release - and plans to…