We’re unlikely to see any major Google product come out of I/O without some kind of update, and Gmail is no exception, as the email service gets new quick action buttons to help users get things done fast.
Quick action buttons will appear next to certain messages in users’ inboxes, depending on their [...]

Eircom has gone live with the first phase of its €1.5bn fibre network which will deliver speeds up to 70Mbps to some 300,000 homes initially. By the time the network rollout is complete, it will reach more than 1.2m homes across Ireland.
Eircom is rolling out next-generation broadband systems that will bring [...]

Internet Explorer 10 offers better protection against malware hosted on websites than Chrome, Safari, Firefox and Opera, according to a new browser security study.
At 99.96 percent, IE10’s malware block rate outperformed Chrome’s (versions 25 and 26) block rate of 83.16 percent, according to a study by analyst firm NSS Labs.
The difference [...]

A new smartphone app called iGAAFan is aiming to enable GAA fans to interact with their teams at both county and club level. The Tyrone and Derry County Boards are currently trialling the app.
The free app has been developed by Wasp Solutions, a Belfast digital start-up that is directed by Karl Diamond, [...]

Facebook and Twitter have both become integral parts of many web users’ digital lives, whether they are accessed on the best ultrabook or the humble office PC, or even on smartphones and tablets.
Consequently, both social media sites are also vital in a business context, offering companies the opportunity to reach millions of potential [...]

(Reuters) - Google’s YouTube video service is dipping its toe into pay television by starting on Thursday a subscription service with 30 content creators, including children’s programmers Sesame Street and Muppet creator The Jim Henson Co, and the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
YouTube, the world’s largest video website, allows creators to set subscription fees and [...]

Facebook appears to be close to making another billion-dollar acquisition to once again ramp up its mobile efforts: according to three reports in the Israeli press at Calcalist and sister publication Ynet and The Marker (all in Hebrew), Facebook has approached Waze, the social mapping and traffic app maker, and is now in advanced due [...]

Brace yourself, the Alex Ferguson social media tributes are coming - and they are coming thick and fast, according to stats from Twitter UK.
Manchester United Football Club manager Sir Alex Ferguson’s retirement after 26 years with the club was announced via the Twitter account of the club’s press office with a succinct, [...]

The Irish Internet Associaion (IIA) has teamed up with Enterprise Ireland on a Cloud Adoption Event Series – a cloud roadshow sponsored by Microsoft Ireland that intends to spread cloud awareness and adoption to businesses throughout Ireland this summer.
The first Cloud Adoption Event will take place in Galway on Thursday, 30 [...]

It has been a bit of a rocky road, but Microsoft now says it has successfully migrated a whopping 300 million active Hotmail users to its newer Outlook.com email service and now claims 400 million users of that service. According to a blog post announcing the milestone on Thursday:
“Today, we’re excited to [...]