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# social-media - Sunday 20 May, 2012

From The Daily Edge Week In Web

Weird Wide Web: the week in online oddities

Sun, 10:00 AM 3,847 Views 1 Comment

Some of the internet’s best offerings in social media, tech, science and weird news.

Clicktivism

‘Clicktivism isn’t a replacement for boots-on-the-ground activism – but it does work’

Sun, 8:15 AM 1,817 Views 2 Comments

TheJournal.ie takes a look at the phenomena of clicktivism, its lesser cousin slacktivism and its out-of-control sibling hactivism.

# social-media - Saturday 19 May, 2012

Opinion

Column: I put my family business on Facebook. Here’s what happened.

Sat, 7:00 PM 58,612 Views 88 Comments

Peter Faulkner was told he had to engage with social media to promote his company – but the results weren’t what he expected.

# social-media - Monday 14 May, 2012

From Business ETC Happy Birthday This post contains images

Mark Zuckerberg turns 28 today: Here are 8 things you may not know about him

14/05/12 14,185 Views 14 Comments

Some life titbits about the man at the helm of Facebook.

# social-media - Sunday 13 May, 2012

From The Daily Edge Week In Web

Weird Wide Web: the week in online oddities

13/05/12 3,994 Views 6 Comments

Some of the internet’s best offerings in social media, tech, science and weird news.

# social-media - Tuesday 8 May, 2012

From Business ETC Facebook

Are you a Facebook addict?

08/05/12 11,663 Views 53 Comments

Norwegian researchers have developed a test for addiction to the social network.

# social-media - Sunday 29 April, 2012

From The Daily Edge Week In Web

Weird Wide Web: the week in online oddities

29/04/12 6,435 Views 6 Comments

A round-up of the internet’s best offerings in social media, tech, science and weird news.

# social-media - Friday 27 April, 2012

From Business ETC Online

National Library awarded for social media savvy

27/04/12 2,847 Views 4 Comments

Fáilte Ireland gets overall prize in eGovernment awards for their Discover Ireland online campaign.

# social-media - Sunday 22 April, 2012

From The Daily Edge Week In Web

Weird Wide Web: the week in online oddities

22/04/12 2,652 Views 3 Comments

A round-up of the internet’s best offerings this week.

# social-media - Friday 20 April, 2012

Kony 2012

EU backs plans to end Joseph Kony’s “campaign of terror”

20/04/12 4,502 Views 12 Comments

Catherine Ashton declares the EU’s support for a Joint Operations Centre to combat the Lord’s Resistance Army.

From Business ETC Pinterest

“Pinterest is a phenomenon that’s extraordinary,” says Google M&A chief

20/04/12 3,916 Views No Comments

David Lawee, Google’s mergers and acquisitions chief, is clearly impressed with the pinboard site.

# social-media - Wednesday 18 April, 2012

From Business ETC Instagram

Instagram sought $2 billion for Facebook deal

18/04/12 3,552 Views 3 Comments

Mark Zuckerberg surprised Facebook directors with news of the deal last week, according to reports of their negotiations.

# social-media - Tuesday 17 April, 2012

From Business ETC Ireland Online

3 out of 5 Irish internet users trust Irish content sites

17/04/12 1,888 Views 4 Comments

Survey carried out for Association of Online Publishers Ireland shows that Irish online audiences want good quality content that relates to them.

# social-media - Sunday 15 April, 2012

From The Daily Edge Web Presents This post contains images

6 gifts for the social media enthusiast in your life

15/04/12 8,476 Views 7 Comments

Presents for the loved one who never strays from his or her web-enabled device.

From The Daily Edge Internet

Weird Wide Web: the week in online oddities

15/04/12 4,338 Views 2 Comments

A round-up of the internet’s best offerings in social media, tech, science and weird news.

# social-media - Tuesday 10 April, 2012

From The Daily Edge Titanic100

Is Titanic a true story? Er, yes.

10/04/12 16,328 Views 43 Comments

Some Twitter users have had their #mindblown by news that there was a ship called Titanic and it did actually sink. And they are not the only ones…

# social-media - Friday 6 April, 2012

From The Daily Edge Week In Web

Weird Wide Web: the week in online oddities

06/04/12 4,735 Views 1 Comment

A round-up of the internet’s best offerings this week.

# social-media - Thursday 5 April, 2012

Kony 2012 This post contains videos

Video: Invisible Children release sequel video to Kony 2012

05/04/12 3,072 Views 14 Comments

The original Kony 2012 video has been watched by almost 90 million people on YouTube – now the charity has released a second video responding to criticisms.

# social-media - Wednesday 4 April, 2012

From Business ETC Jobs

Yahoo to cut 2,000 jobs worldwide

04/04/12 2,129 Views 10 Comments

The troubled internet company said there is no information yet on whether Irish jobs will be affected.

From The Daily Edge Say What?

FOX anchor tweets suggestion Obama threatened to kill Chelsea Clinton

04/04/12 3,992 Views 10 Comments

Heather Childers brushed off criticism about her exceptional suggestion, pointing out that “conversation is good”… Ok then.

# social-media - Tuesday 3 April, 2012

Fight Fight Fight

Facebook files patent countersuit against Yahoo

03/04/12 5,181 Views 13 Comments

The social network launched a counter lawsuit today against Yahoo accusing the company of violating patents covering photo tagging and advertising.

# social-media - Thursday 29 March, 2012

Child Protection This post contains a poll

‘Inappropriate’ for teachers to befriend pupils on Facebook – Quinn

29/03/12 6,323 Views 68 Comments

The education minister says he cannot see how it could be appropriate for teachers to communicate with their students online.

# social-media - Wednesday 28 March, 2012

Anti-social Network

It’s not just you: Twitter admits ‘unfollowing bug’

28/03/12 5,768 Views 3 Comments

Twitter acknowledged today that there is a bug which causes Twitter users to randomly unfollow people and said its team of engineers is working to fix it.

Take 5

The 5 at 5: Wednesday

28/03/12 6,400 Views 10 Comments

5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock.

# social-media - Wednesday 21 March, 2012

From The Daily Edge Twitter Trend

Twitter trend of the Day: #1000dayswithoutMichaelJackson

21/03/12 2,192 Views 4 Comments

Hot. Right. Now.

# social-media - Wednesday 7 March, 2012

From Business ETC Technology

Dramatic surge in number of smartphones and tablets in Ireland

07/03/12 4,611 Views 33 Comments

New research carried out by Red C found that 49 per cent of Irish people own a smartphone while 16 per cent own a tablet.

# social-media - Wednesday 29 February, 2012

From The Daily Edge 29 February This post contains videos

Happy Leap Year: ‘Today is my uncle’s 21st. He’s 84.’

29/02/12 5,862 Views 7 Comments

Ireland holds the record for most consecutive generations born on 29 February…

# social-media - Sunday 26 February, 2012

Syria

Minister to investigate whether Irish technology being used in Syrian repression

26/02/12 3,260 Views 15 Comments

Richard Bruton is to examine suggestions that technology supplied by two Irish companies has been linked to the blocking and filtering of text messages in the troubled country.

# social-media - Monday 20 February, 2012

Alcohol

Four in ten parents ‘binge drink’ at least once a month

20/02/12 6,315 Views 44 Comments

More than 80 per cent of under-18s drink, with underage males saying they have an average of 10 drinks on a night out.

# social-media - Thursday 9 February, 2012

Your Say This post contains a poll

Poll: Do you worry about personal information on the internet?

09/02/12 3,331 Views 45 Comments

Are you concerned about how your online movements might be tracked to target you commercially? Have your say here.

Opinion

Column: Ever get that feeling you’re being watched? You are – right now.

09/02/12 8,763 Views 56 Comments

Our lives are closely tracked from the minute we go online, writes Hugh Torpey, and it’s only getting weirder. So should we be worried?

# social-media - Wednesday 8 February, 2012

From The Daily Edge Nominative Determinism

Alec Baldwin tweets joke about why he called his daughter Ireland

08/02/12 6,105 Views 9 Comments

It’s pretty funny.

# social-media - Monday 6 February, 2012

From Business ETC Announcement

TheJournal.ie appoints Business Development Manager

06/02/12 3,748 Views 31 Comments

Also, our site hit one million unique users for the first time in January. Woo!

# social-media - Sunday 5 February, 2012

Fly The Flag

‘Fly the flag’ Facebook campaign launched to boost community spirit

05/02/12 5,343 Views 138 Comments

Campaign organiser Tom Pollard says he hopes flying the tricolour more will encourage Irish people amidst the economic doom and gloom.

# social-media - Wednesday 1 February, 2012

Daily Fix

The Daily Fix: Wednesday

01/02/12 4,217 Views 2 Comments

In tonight’s Fix: Body discovered in Rudo Mawere case; computer-guided bullets; and Ray D’Arcy gets a new job…

Addiction

Social media can be harder to resist than cigarettes – study

01/02/12 2,688 Views 18 Comments

Researchers found that work and media were more difficult to abstain from than tobacco and alcohol.

# social-media - Sunday 29 January, 2012

From Business ETC Net Worth

Here’s what we all did on the internet last year

29/01/12 6,676 Views 13 Comments

We gawked at 100 billion photos on Facebook, 1 trillion video playbacks on Youtube and got a LOT of email spam in 2011…

# social-media - Saturday 28 January, 2012

From Business ETC Social Media

Social media will find you the perfect job? No – but it can help.

28/01/12 3,686 Views 9 Comments

Recruitment expert Richard Eardley gives his tips on how to think of yourself of a brand – and how to manage it.

# social-media - Saturday 21 January, 2012

From The Score Social Media

Guess who the most popular athletes on Twitter are…

21/01/12 725 Views No Comments

These are the top 22 sporting tweeps on the planet. And Joey Barton is nowhere to be found.

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Poll: Are you satisfied with your quality of life?

A NEW REPORT from the OECD has suggested people living in Ireland have some of the best lives in the world, with Ireland among the top countries in its Better Life Index.

The index finds that life expectancy, low pollution, positive experiences and a healthy work-life balance are among the factors that contribute to happy lives in Ireland.

It did note, however, that the gap between the rich and poor is wider in Ireland than elsewhere, while the gender gap in educational performance is also larger than average.

Today we’re simply wondering whether (assuming you live in Ireland) you’re satisfied with your quality of life.


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A Yes to the Stability Treaty will give Ireland access to the ESM, writes Naoise Nunn – and keep us out of a potentially lethal game of chicken.

Seamus Breslin
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Mike Morris
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Phil Hogan is planning to introduce new regulations which are meant to make for better buildings. He’s making a major mistake, writes Mike Morris.

Jane Suiter
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With nine days to go before referendum day, Dr Jane Suiter of UCC analyses the parties and the latest polls to see how the campaign is playing out.

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Writing for TheJournal.ie, Micheál Martin explains why Fianna Fáil’s new plan to tackle youth unemployment should be seriously considered.

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Column: National pride or bald-faced bigotry? Maybe neither, or both.
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Being proud to be Irish is sometime looked on as a social gaffe, writes Lisa McInerney, but that’s not always fair… and it’s not always the best way to figure out who really is racist…

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