Michele is en route to Beijing this morning for ICANN 46, and Conn phoned him last night at a Dublin hotel for this week’s podcast. We had a snigger at the annual crop of April Fool stories. The mobile phone is 40 years old – where did you first see yours? Twitter expands “cards”. Amazon expands […]
It’s been a pretty bad week for high street retailers. Earlier this evening it was announced that HMV Ireland has been put into receivership only a couple of days after the company was put into administration. Also today Blockbuster in the UK announced that they have gone into administration. The company has over 500 stores […]
Brought to you by Blacknight it’s the technology.ie podcast, episode 53 for December 28th 2012, with Michele Neylon and Conn Ó Muíneacháin. They say nostalgia isn’t what it used to be! The ESB is certainly appealing to the Ghost of Christmas Past with the re-run of this old ad. (Ironic that upload of this podcast was delayed by a series […]
Apple has released iTunes 11 which is a complete overhaul of the software. It’s much more visual than its predecessors and the bulk of the new features, as outlined on the Apple site, seem to focus on the user interface. There is, however, one new features that could prove very useful. You can now pickup […]
Brought to you by Blacknight it’s the technology.ie podcast, episode 51 for November 22nd 2012, with Michele Neylon and Conn Ó Muíneacháin. Michele’s back from his European odyssey, to Belgrade and back via Brussels and Paris! Irish Rail report over 1 million sessions on their WiFi service. ParkYa launch private beta. The ultimate lazy bed! Virtual tape measure might […]
If you’re using Spotify you might be sharing a little more information with the social network – and your friends – than you’d like By default Spotify will happily publicise your listening activities, so if you’re not careful you can spam your friends’ Facebook streams with your music.. You can turn this off pretty easily. […]
US iTunes users now have the option to make donations to the American Red Cross directly from within iTunes. Users can choose to donate amounts from USD$5 up to USD$200 directly from within their iTunes account. Apple has been rolling out a number of payment options for users of subscription services like Hulu via iTunes […]
Apple has released an update to iOS. The update addresses a number of issues that iOS users were experiencing: Fixes a bug that prevents iPhone 5 from installing software updates wirelessly over the air • Fixes a bug where horizontal lines may be displayed across the keyboard • Fixes an issue that could cause camera […]
MetaCert have launched their new child safe browser for iPad – Olly. The browser leverages MetaCert‘s index of adult and other non-child safe content. Once installed you can easily tweak the browser’s settings to either block or allow various social networks and different types of content: You can also choose which specific sites you want […]
This week Conn wasn’t able to do the show, so it’s my first solo gig. Thankfully I was joined on the show by a very gracious and understanding special guest – Pinky Brand. Sorry if the audio quality isn’t up to standard – I usually leave the audio stuff to Conn! Pinky has been working […]
