Tag: social_networks

  • Had a ball at BarCamp Galway

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    Tom Raftery
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    I went to BarCamp Galway over the weekend. I arrived a bit late because I drove up from Cork on Saturday morning and then spent around 30 minutes wandering around NUIG looking for the DERI institute before I realised it is off-campus! I eventually made it at 11 – just in time for coffee and…

  • Richard MacManus' predictions for 2007

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    Richard MacManus, over on Read/WriteWeb has an extremely comprehensive must read post on his forecast for what will be hot in 2007. His predictions for 2007: RSS will go mainstream Structured data will be a big trend Widgets will continue rising in 2007 Web Office will continue to ramp up The consumerization of the enterprise…

  • Bebo lands $15m in funding

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    Tom Raftery
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    The most talked about and used social networking site in Ireland at the moment is not myspace, it is Bebo. It is mentioned on almost every talk radio show by concerned parents and teachers alike. Well, I read with interest today on Jeff Clavier’s site and subsequently on Mike Arrington’s TechCrunch that Bebo has landed…