Web Log

Compiled by JOHN COLLINS

CLEANUP

Service weeds out Twitter time wasters   

EVEN FANS of Twitter have to admit it generates an awful lot of “noise” – think of the pointless posts of what people are having for lunch.

Enter the Twitcleaner, a free service that analyses the posts of people you follow and weeds out the time wasters. Whether it’s people who haven’t been active in a month or those who continually post the same links, Twitcleaner will give your Twitter feed a spring clean.

thetwitcleaner.com

BOOKMARK

Solicitors roll out corporate law blog

A&L GOODBODY has launched what it claims is the first corporate law firm blog in the country, Ireland IP, which discusses technology law and intellectual property issues.

To date A&L Goodbody’s corporate law blog has covered topics such as the Innovation Taskforce, referral marketing, the creation of an EU patent and telecoms regulation.

www.irelandip.com

INSTALL

App unveiled for comedy festival

IF YOU are heading to the Cat Laughs Comedy Festival in Kilkenny this weekend grab Carlsberg’s free CatNav app, which has interactive maps, a gig guide, relevant Twitter feeds and other useful information.

Developed by mobile advertising agency Return2Sender, it is available for free in Apple’s App Store.

Non-iPhone users can also get it for free by texting CATNAV to 50422.

www.carlsbergcatlaughs.com

READ

Opportunities for global innovation 

RICHARD FLORIDA, author of The Creative Class, has become a popular reference point about innovation, with even Taoiseach Brian Cowen quoting his thoughts.

This new blog post for the Atlantic discusses how innovation is going global – presenting a challenge for the US economy but presumably providing opportunities for countries like Ireland.

http://bit.ly/c7SHX0

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