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Great competitions being ran by one of our great clients HCGI - http://a.pgtb.me/lpJw6L

As many of you will have already heard about the recent Heartbleed and Internet Explorer Global Security breaches, here is yet another large scale hack attack being reported today.

We will be contacting all of our clients in the coming week to provide recommendations, advice and support to put your minds at ease in regards to any potential threats.

Fair play to Eircom responding in such a manner, it's not easy to make that call when so many people are affected.

Eircom forced to shut email services after hacking breach - Independent.ie An attempt by hackers to take over Eircom's computers led to the company temporarily shutting down email services to 350,000 people yesterday.

10 Ways to Become the Most Productive Person Around - most of us need to continuously check our productivity, could these 10 tips be useful?

10 Ways to Become the Most Productive Person Around How we spend our mornings and what we eat play an important role in what we do.

This could be handy for a lot of parents, a short guideline to the likes of Facebook, Snapchat, Instagram and the associated risk of cyber bullying.

Parents' Guides From ConnectSafely - ConnectSafely By parents, for parents: A growing cohort of short, clearly written guidebooks that demystify apps, services and platforms popular with kids and teens. In PDF format. Feel free to download, print and share (if you share in bulk, please let us know via [email protected]). ...

We've just launched the redesigned website for our long time clients/friends over at Houses, Castles & Gardens of Ireland. I really can't believe we had so many stunning heritage properties open to the public. Well worth popping over to find Heritage Houses, Castles & Gardens to visit near you.

Houses, Castles, Gardens of Ireland Visit amazing houses, castles and gardens in Ireland and discover Ireland’s magnificent past while immersing yourself in the glory of internationally renowned gardens.

Facebook is changing it's algorithm (yes, again) which will allow cross Page (as in business Page) tagging. Basically, if you mention/tag another business Page in a post on your business page, then your post will be displayed in both your followers AND the followers of the page you mentioned/tagged. This will greatly improve the viral spread for businesses that engage with each other on Facebook. However, will this extra flow of cross-posts overload users Newsfeeds and burn out people's patience?

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Do you actively 'farm' Facebook Likes for your business page? You could be causing more damage than good....

Your addiction to Facebook Likes Could be killing your online presence | Exist It’s something we’ve constantly advised our clients against, it’s farming for vanity ‘Likes’. If you don’t know what a vanity Facebook Like is, it’s simply a like from anyone and everyone you can get to ‘Like’ your page irrespective of whether or not they actually want, need or are remotely...

We really couldn't let today go by without wishing Facebook a Happy 10th Birthday! Here's a great article in today's Independent looking at some key moments for Facebook in it's first 10 years...

Facebook’s Look Back: Ten key moments over the last decade - Independent.ie “The Facebook” was launched by Mark Zuckerberg in his Harvard University dorm room on 4 February 2004, dropping “The” the following September to become the social platform that has gone

Let's start today off on a positive note. It's great to see these two young Irish lads doing so well. Check out this article from TechCrunch...

Eyeing International Growth, Stripe Raises $80M From Founders Fund, Khosla And Sequoia At A... The payments industry has a new billion dollar company. Online payments company Stripe is announcing more than $80 million in Series C funding, at a $1.75..

We're obviously always trying to get clients online and convincing them why they need to be there. After paying half a million euros just for their domain name, I don't think this company in Cork need any convincing!!

Irish Company Invests 500k In Domain Name - Domain Industry & Internet News It’s not often that I get to write about Irish companies investing in domain names, but apparently today is the day .. Silicon Republic and other outlets are reporting on the acquisition of teamwork.com by Cork company Digital Crew for €500k. They’re quoting Digital Crew‘s Peter Coppinger on the tim...

It's been coming and we think it's only right.

Facebook Starts Showing Fewer Text Status Updates From Pages, More From Friends | TechCrunch Facebook has just announced a slight tweak to the Newsfeed algorithm. The newest version of the Newsfeed will show fewer text-based status updates from Pages,..

It's always good to know the correct etiquette for the platforms you use for your business...

The Complete Guide to LinkedIn Etiquette Let's dissect some of the biggest etiquette dos and don'ts when logging into LinkedIn, the web's largest professional network.