“Un Ballon” – a Street Football film
“Quand tu as un ballon, tu n’as besoin de rien d’autre”. When you have a ball, you don’t need anything else, says international footballer Bastien Héry in this short film shot in Belfast. Currently signed with League of Ireland club, Bohemians, Héry made his international debut for Madagascar last year. Un Ballon is the latest […]
How Many Days Work Will a New iPhone Cost You?
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 […]
Heaps of Irish-Related Films on Netflix for Paddy’s Day
Má tá tú scoite amach, féin-aonaraithe, Lá ‘le Pádraig, bíodh ‘fhios agat go bhfuil go leor ábhar Éireannach ar Netflix faoi lathair. Lost Girls When Mari Gilbert’s (Academy Award® nominee Amy Ryan) daughter disappears, police inaction drives her own investigation into the gated Long Island community where Shannan was last seen. Her search brings attention […]
“Simultaneously as Dark and yet Lighter” – Brooker on Black Mirror Season 5
Black Mirror Season 5 is out on Netflix, and by all accounts it’s every bit as weird and wonderful as what as gone before. The series is an anthology of stories which take a look at the impact of technology on society. While some of the technology appears fantastic, most of it is not too […]
How Republic of Work Became an Innovation Campus [Video]
Donal ‘DC’ Cahalane is the founder of Republic of Work – the ‘innovation campus’ in the heart of Cork city which always has something going on. Recently it played host to Amplify Digital, the digital marketing training series, and I attended with the Blacknight crew at the IE Domain Registry stand. After delivering the opening keynote, […]
Comreg Plans to Reduce Costs of Non-Geographic Calls Then Removal of 1850 and Others
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 […]
.IE Domain Registry Reaches a Quarter of a Million Domain Names
There are now over a quarter of a million registered .IE domains, according to IE Domain Registry, the company that manages and maintains Ireland’s country domain, .IE. The newly rebranded Dublin-based beauty salon, The Wicklow Street Clinic, was the 250,000th registered .IE domain name. Continued Growth The recent IE Domain Registry Domain Profile Report for […]
Netflix Adds “Intelligence” to Download Option
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 […]
Remembering Herbert Simms: Does History Have Lessons for Ireland’s Housing Crisis?
There’s a housing crisis in Ireland. What should the government do? Where can they look for ideas? It’s fashionable to look abroad for ideas, for ‘international best practice’, but it’s also useful to consider that ‘the past is a foreign country’. Can we learn something from Irish history? Dublin in the 1920s was a city […]
Visual Effects in Lavish Spanish TV Show Revealed [Video]
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 […]