Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, has died at 82. Armstrong suffered complications during heart surgery. Armstrong is best remembered for the quote: That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind
Archive | August, 2012
Le Wee-Fee [Podcast #41]
It’s the Conn & Michele show again this week! I brought up the Chris Andrews “@brianformerff” twitter story – old news now I know, but I’m seriously impressed by the tech-detective skills of Eddy Carroll who exposed the former TD behind the troll. Twitter’s latest API releaseputs the squeeze on developers, but do end-users really […]
AppSec Ireland Application Security Conference
The OWASP AppSec Ireland conference is now in its 4th year. This year’s event will run from September 4th to September 6th. The conference runs over 3 days in Trinity College, Dublin, with the first two days being devoted to training on application security , while the 3rd day is plenary sessions from speakers on […]
Video: New iPhone Facebook App
Here’s a short video from Facebook showing off the new Facebook for iPhone
Facebook Release Updated App With Focus On “Speed”
Facebook have launched yet another update to their iPhone and iPad apps. According to Zuckerberg: We just released a new Facebook app for iPhone and iPad and it’s a lot faster. Our team completely rewrote it from the ground up to focus on speed. It’s a big step forward. The updated application is available in […]
Microsoft unveils a new look
It’s been a while 25 years or so but the Microsoft logo is finally getting updated. Will this help to make … Apple Juice? ( and I worked really hard on that pun too )
Sumup Launch Easy Card Payments Solution For Irish Merchants
Irish company SumUp have launched a low cost mobile payment solution in Ireland, the UK, Germany and Austria. The service allows merchants to convert their mobile phones into card terminals for accepting card payments. By the sounds of things it’s like an Irish and EU version of Square. Similar to Square, SumUp offer a fixed […]
Search Meets Social
The Irish Internet Association is running a FREE half day event entitled “Search Meets Social” on September 20th 2012 in Dublin. The event features Rand Fishkin, founder and CEO of SEOMoz, Gareth Lambe from Facebook, Vanessa Vallejo (Mindshare) and Kieran Flanagan (Marketo) Full details on the event, as well as ticket booking, on the official […]
Amazon Launch Election “Heat Map”
As one of the largest shops in the world Amazon has access to a lot of consumer data. They know what people are reading, so if you’re tracking the US elections their latest service should be of interest. The Amazon Election Heat Map 2012 updates daily with the latest political book sales across the US […]
Video: Logitech Solve Messy Keyboards Problem
Logitech have announced a new washable keyboard – the K310 Yes, it is washable. You can get it wet and it has drainage holes See the video below to get a feel for it: [youtube]http://youtu.be/_H_DFeMZHng[/youtube] I’m seriously considering getting a few of these for the office! The new model keyboards should be available in Europe […]