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The Puppy Gets It [Podcast #61]

Easyjet does away with checkins This is very cool if you’re a Mac fan (but eye bleedingly expensive .. ). Twitter warns journos about security and open up their advertising platform. Ultra secure messaging – wipe the messages on both ends – they’ve even got a hacker challenge! The Ennis Innovate incubator programme invites applications from startups. MicksGarage.com […]

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How Secure Is Your Twitter Account?

Yesterday AP’s Twitter account hack led to US stock markets losing billions of dollars before recovering. So how secure is your Twitter password? How secure are your other social media accounts? What apps have access to them? Do you know? Do you recognise all of them? And for fun you can try out this “tool” […]

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Flipboard’s New Features Proving Popular

Flipboard recently launched a completely revamped version of their software with a bunch of new features. They’ve since released some data and statistics on usage of the new “magazines” and other options (click to enlarge) Related articles Flipboard Gets A Makeover (technology.ie) Flipboard 2.0 adds new social features, lets users create own digital magazines (androidauthority.com) […]

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A Geeky Gathering [Podcast #60]

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 […]

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Flipboard Gets A Makeover

A few days ago Flipboard released a major update. Now any Flipboard user can create their own “magazine” and populate it with content. They’ve also announced a new partnership with Etsy, which allows users to explore products and even buy them directly from within the app. Personally I’m addicted to Flipboard and use it every […]

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Twitter Face Palm Moments

Big brands use Twitter and other social media outlets to engage and promote their products and services. While some might do a better job than others some of the bigger brands have had “face palm” moments over the last year or so. Some very big brands have had major issues on Twitter and this graphic […]

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Anonymous Target Irish Government Sites In Possible OpIreland Sequel

Anonymous have seemingly launched an attack targetting Irish government websites including revenue.ie. Previous Anonymous actions against Ireland took place during the controversy surrounding copyright legislation in early 2012. At the time and again now, the action was referred to as “OpIreland” They published a press release via Youtube to inform the Irish government of what […]

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