I spoke on a panel at HostingCon a couple of weeks ago about diversity, gender equality and women in technology. So when this graphic landed in our inbox earlier today it caught my eye. It’s an interesting and pretty well researched piece from Next Generation Recruitment – click to enlarge:
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Pilot Comreg Survey Finds that Fast Broadband Makes Satisfied Customers
The Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg) has published the results of a survey on broadband speeds. Unsurprisingly, they report that customer satisfaction is correlated with the transfer speed experienced by users (and that rural users are especially challenged). Speeds enjoyed clearly impact on satisfaction levels. For example, those fixed urban panellists who said they were […]
Hurling Championship Infographic 2015
The Irish summer beckons and for many people that means hurling! Tim Kinghan has done his research and put together a really useful infographic on Irish hurling counties and their stats, together with all the fixtures for the 2015 season. Nice work! Technology.ie is brought to you by Ninjas at Blacknight!
The Best Fitness Apps You May Never Have Heard Of [Infographic]
Fitness tracking is bigger than ever before as more and more people are coming to realise that the computer in their pocket (and an array of wearable accessories) has a role to play in helping to get and stay fit. Yet just as there is no one type of exercise regime or diet which works for […]
Irish Social Media Usage Up
The latest IPSOS MRBI survey of Irish social media network and messaging usage was released earlier today. Yet again usage is up as illustrated in the graphics they provide:
Hotline.ie Marks 15 Years fighting Child Sexual Abuse Material [Infographic]
The Hotline.ie service run by the Internet Service Providers Association of Ireland is marking 15 years of full operations, fighting against the distribution of Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM). Internet Service Providers Association of Ireland members fund Hotline.ie so the Irish public who accidentally encounter suspected CSAM when using the Internet can report it anonymously and […]
Lara Croft’s Evolution and Moore’s Law
Lara Croft, the heroine of Tomb Raider, might not be the obvious character that you’d think of when looking at computing principles, but the character’s evolution can be seen as a good way to illustrate Moore’s Law: Via
TOR for Newbies: How and Why to Use it [Infographic]
There’s a lot of talk about privacy at the moment, and the use of encryption tools by individuals and organisations. UK prime minister David Cameron thinks that no-one should have privacy, while many people believe that strong encryption is a critical tool, both for democracy and for business. There are many others who feel ill-informed and ill-equipped on the subject. […]
‘Home Alone’ Security with 2015 Technology
2015 will see the 25th anniversary of ‘Home Alone‘, starring Macaulay Culkin. In the film 8-year-old Kevin McCallister single handedly defends his family home against a pair of comically incompetent burglars using an array of funny booby traps. In honour of the original film and its Christmas theme, UK property security company Evander has come […]
The Evolution of Christmas Presents
The guys over at Carphone Warehouse have produced a really interesting graphic that charts the evolution of popular Christmas presents over the past 30 years. How old were you in 1984? What did you want for Christmas? How old were you in 2004? Did you want Nintendo DS? What would you like this year? Are […]