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Looking Inside the Poolbeg Chimneys [Video]
It’s perfect weather for flying and photography, and this drone video has been getting a lot of attention over the bank holiday weekend. One of a collection posted by YouTube user Sky Pixels Ireland, it features a peep down one of Dublin’s Poolbeg chimneys and some amazing views of the surrounding area. Related articles FAA […]
ICANN 54 is Coming to Dublin
Michele Neylon reports that the venue for ICANN’s 54th public meeting, to be held in October 2015, will be Dublin. The event will be hosted by INEX, Ireland’s Internet Neutral Exchange. ICANN, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, is a global, non-profit organisation which oversees the coordination of internet identifiers such as IP addresses and […]
Streetview Cars Revolutionise Detection of Gas Leaks
Google’s Streetview cars can do more than take pictures: they can map gas leaks as well. New Scientist reported on a project in which three Streetview cars were fitted with methane detectors and deployed in Boston, Indianapolis and Staten Island. The project is the result of a partnership between an organisation called the Environmental Defense Fund and […]
Consumer and Competition Bodies to Merge
The Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Richard Bruton TD has announced that the National Consumer Agency and the Competition Authority will merge with effect from 31 October, with the aim of creating a new and more effective consumer watchdog. The new body will be known as the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, and the Minister confirmed that the […]
The Bike Lock You’ll Never Lose [Video]
Bicycles are cool – and getting cooler! Here’s a prototype electrically assisted bike with some cool features including a removable handlebars which doubles as a lock. It’s one of five finalists in the Oregon Manifest Bike Design Project. The winner will go into production for sale in 2015. Related articles This sleek electric bike features […]
Russian Blogging Crackdown Law Takes Effect Today
If you’re in Russia and you’ve got a blog with more than 3,000 daily readers, you must register with the media regulator, Roskomnadzor, according to a new law which comes into effect from today. The new law also puts restrictions on anonymity, requiring that popular bloggers publish their surnname, initials and email address. Tommy Collison writes that one of the […]
New track from Philip Selway – Coming up for air
What makes this a technology piece? I could say something about embracing YouTube to get your music video out there. Really what fascinates me about this is the look into techniques used for older movies give the video a watch. [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMxXmW1pqeU[/youtube] Philip Selway in case you didn’t know is the drummer for Radiohead. Did I […]
Security Expert Brian Honan on the Paddy Power Data Breach [Audio]
Paddy Power, the bookmaker, has written to almost 650,000 users of its online service advising them that their personal data was breached in a malicious incident in 2010. They say that they had been satisfied at the time that “no financial information or customer passwords had been put at risk” and they did not make the incident public on […]
Storyful’s Aine Kerr is an Honest Broker for User Generated Content [Audio]
Aine Kerr, Managing Editor of Storyful, is our guest on today’s podcast (15:59; 9MB; MP3). Storyful calls itself “the world’s first social media news agency”. Founded by ex-RTE anchor Mark Little in 2010, it was acquired by News Corp in 2013 and has offices in Dublin, New York and Hong Kong. “When everyone is a publisher […]
“Unskippable” YouTube Ad Shows How to Use 5 Seconds to Make an Impression
‘Pre-roll’ ads on YouTube are annoying. What makes them especially annoying is how ineffective and stupid most of them are. A company called Nail Communications says it’s time to tailor the message to the medium, and they show us how with this “unskippable” YouTube ad.