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Why Your Inbox May Seem a Little Less Crowded These Days

Posted on: Tuesday, March 27th, 2012 | Category: News category 1

 Sometimes one industry’s bad news is cause to celebrate for … almost everybody else in the world.

Return Path, one of the world’s biggest email certification companies, says the number of emails getting through to inboxes worldwide dropped considerably in the second half of 2011. The decline in “deliverability rates”, from 81% to 76.5%, was the first such dip since Return Path began keeping track in 2004. Put another way, roughly 1 in 4 emails did not get through to you, me or anyone else from July through December 0f 2011

Read more: http://business.time.com/2012/03/27/why-your-inbox-may-seem-a-little-less-crowded-these-days/#ixzz1qKgQoa00

Google Drive cloud storage coming ‘soon’

Posted on: Monday, February 13th, 2012 | Category: News category 1

GOOGLE’S Drive, the search giant’s answer to Dropbox and Apple’s iCloud, is likely to launch soon.

The new product would offer users a large amount of web-based storage, which all connected devices could upload content to or access.

Services such as Dropbox and Box have been characterised as Silicon Valley’s hottest start-ups. They have capitalised on users’ desire to synchronise video, pictures and music across phones, cameras and other connected devices. Apple has also recently launched its iCloud service for its products.

for more; www.independent.ie/business/technology

and..Google Chrome: Taking the whole web, everywhere

Dublin ranks 26th in quality of city life survey

Posted on: Wednesday, November 30th, 2011 | Category: News category 1

DUBLIN RANKS as the 26th best city in the world for quality of living in a list of 221 cities rated in a business survey. The capital remains in the same place as last year, down from 25th place in 2009.

In a related list, Dublin ranks as the 16th best city for personal safety, immediately ahead of Amsterdam.  http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2011/1130/1224308333901.html?via=mr