(Via Brian Honan) Physical tampering with laptops and other devices is a worry, especially when travelling. The Independent reports that a pair of security researchers have come up with with an elegant way to put a tamper-proof seal on mobile devices: glitter nail polish! The trick is to take a photo before and after, and […]
Archive | December, 2013
Just Eat Visualise Irish Takeaway Habits
Just Eat have released a simple, yet quite informative, graphic illustrating trends in takeaway orders. (Click to enlarge) While their data won’t capture all takeaway orders their market share is big enough for it to provide a good indication of trends. So the most popular day for ordering takeaway is New Year’s Day – why […]
The Lion King Opening Sequence Hacked
Dutch animation studio Studio Smack have created a slightly different version of The Lion King opening sequence for their client Greenpeace: As you can see the animals disappear leaving just the landscape.
2013 – The Year we Stuck Up for Each Other?
It’s always interesting to read reviews of the year gone by – and for me, surprising. “Oh yeah – I’d forgotten about that”, is my usual reaction. And I’m even more impressed when a writer manages to tie everything up together, finding common threads and themes, seeing the patterns and trends, and drawing some kind […]
11 Year Old vs Steel Panther
This might not be technology related, but it’s on Youtube and it’s cool. Aidan Fisher might be only 11 years old, but he can play guitar with the best of them. He challenged Steel Panther’s guitarist at a concert before Christmas and this is what happened: Post by Aidan Fisher.
Reserve Your Profile URL on Vine
Vine is now offering users the option to reserve their profile URL. So you’ll soon be able to direct people to a simple web address such as http://vine.co/username instead of the current quite random looking one. It’s not 100% clear when the web profiles will go live, but if you are a Vine user, or […]
Unboxing Day
Conn and Michele have a quick chat, and an uncharacteristically short podcast. We discuss Snowden, Christmas gadgets and Amazon Mayday. And then we go back to being on holidays! Hope you’re having a good one! Technology.ie is brought to you by Blacknight, Ireland’s largest provider of domains and hosting. Like the show? We love making it! […]
Google Blackmail
So Google+ may not be the most popular social network. How can Google fix this? This hilarious spoof video from the guys at CollegeHumor explains Google’s new strategy – exposing all the data you’ve given them over the last few years. Enjoy!
Snowden’s Alternative Christmas Message
Edward Snowden was chosen by Channel 4 to give their “Alternative Christmas message”. While the BBC carried the Queen’s speech where she focussed on the birth of great-grandson, Snowden’s message was focussed on how today’s children will never know privacy. A bit of a contrast! Snowden’s speech, while short, made references to Orwell and contained […]
Humour: NSA Christmas Message
The NSA have a special message for everyone this Christmas: via