If you’re still using an 1850, 1890 or 076 number to ring any company that you deal with you’ll need to update your address book. From December 31st 1850, 1890 and 076 numbers are being withdrawn. They’ll stop working entirely. Businesses can still use the non-geographic 0818 numbers or freephone 1800 ones, though the free […]
The Irish government has started issuing certificates to people who have been vaccinated. If you were vaccinated via one of the HSE’s vaccination centres then you will receive your cert via email. If you were vaccinated via a GP then you’ll get it in the post. The emails are sent from: no-reply-dcc@health.gov.ie The email subject […]
Carphone Warehouse has withdrawn from the Irish market. The announcement was made earlier today and is effective immedately: https://twitter.com/CarphoneIE/status/1384832575672397827 The website is now hosting an announcement about the closure as well as variety of FAQs for clients. The latest information on Carphone Warehouse is on their site. According to RTÉ about 480 jobs are lost […]
Apple announced new iPhone models earlier this week. Of course being Apple products they won’t be cheap. So how many days would you need to work in order to afford a new iPhone 12? One company has run the numbers and while their model isn’t perfect by a long stretch, it gives an interesting overview […]
The Irish communications regulator, Comreg, has decided to tackle “non-geographic” phone numbers (NGN) ie. numbers that aren’t linked to a specific location. At present businesses can setup numbers using 1800, 1850, 1890, 076 and 0818. The cost to ring those numbers vary, but as many phone companies have started bundling standard national calls into their […]
When Netflix first launched in the Irish market it was a streaming only service. However they introduced the option to download films and TV shows on your mobile devices back in 2016. I love the feature when I’m travelling. I’ll load up my iPad with TV episodes and films before a long flight or when […]
Spanish TV series “The Plague” (La Peste) is the most expensive Spanish TV production to date with a budget of 10 million euros, around 200 actors, over 2,000 extras and 400 technical experts. The show is based in 16th century Seville, but as pretty much nothing of the city exists today it was up to […]
Intel was scheduled to provide a spectacular drone display as part of the opening ceremony at this year’s winter Olympics. Unfortunately the drone part of the ceremony was cancelled. However that doesn’t mean that we can’t all enjoy the performance, as the company had shot video of their behind the scenes work on the performance […]
Amazon’s Prime Video service launched in Ireland back in December of last year. With the introductory pricing of €2.99 / month for the first six months it’s hard to knock the service’s value, though, like NetFlix when it launched the range of TV shows and movies is a little lacking. Amazon, however, have announced that […]
IKEA are entering the smart lighting market with a very aggressively priced offering. The new range of smart lighting from IKEA will go on sale this month at IKEA shops around the globe and could give some of the existing companies in the space serious competition. The new range of products uses the zigbee protocol […]
