The Apple online store is currently offline. With Apple due to make an announcement later today this is to be expected, though you’d have to wonder if any other company could take their shop offline and get away with it .. In the case of Apple taking it offline means people will come back later […]
With “awards season” in full swing there’s been a couple of interesting developments in the last 24 hours. First off, Damien Mulley’s Irish Web Awards have reported their biggest number of entries to date. According to a report in the Business Post there have been over 600 entries so far. Meanwhile the Eircom Spiders have […]
Google’s doodles seem to be getting more complex over time. The most recent one is to celebrate the 46th anniversary of the Star Trek TV show Since it’s interactive here’s a screen capture of it: [youtube]http://youtu.be/9gM1_6rVL1o[/youtube] Related articles Google Doodle Boldly Goes Where No Doodle Has Gone Before (mashable.com) Google celebrates Star Trek’s 46th […]
I remember, it was three and a half years ago. We were sitting in the living room of Michele’s house with our MacBooks open, when I finally installed Tweetdeck and started using Twitter intensively. At that time there was only a few good Twitter clients. I remember only Twitterrific and Tweetdeck. Twitter via the web […]
Michele and Conn take another ramble through the world of technology, covering geek prams, QR codes on gravestones, and vertical forests. We scratch our heads as Ryanair ask you to pay €3 for the privilege of marketing to you with their new iPhone app (which seems to be the same as their mobile website!) And […]
Yes, I am an Apple fanboy. I’ll admit. Enjoy this video of “Sh*t Apple Fanatics Say” [youtube]http://youtu.be/FFhjDX-DUew[/youtube] Related articles This Apple Blogger Makes $500,000 A Year (AAPL) (businessinsider.com)
All the big tech companies are making announcements at the moment. The next big one to do so is Amazon, who are holding a press conference later today. Some suspect that the announcement will be about new Kindle Fire models. The company announced last week that the Kindle Fire had been their number 1 seller […]
So the rumours were pretty accurate .. Nokia has announced two new Windows Phone 8 devices – the Nokia Lumia 920 and the Nokia Lumia 820. So what new features do they bring? The Lumia 920 comes with a very big battery – 2000mAh – and also supports “wireless charging”. I’d have to admit that […]
Nokia are expected to make an announcement later today. You can follow the webcast live here from 1000 EDT. But what will they be announcing? Rumour has it that they’ll be announcing one or more Windows Phone 8 devices. (Rumours speak of Lumia 920 and / or Lumia 820) Will these new devices be able […]
Ryanair have launched a mobile app for iPhone. That in itself isn’t exactly “news”. What is, however, is that the budget airline want to charge users €2.99 to download it! None of the other airlines charge for their mobile apps (why would they??), so what makes Ryanair’s app worth €2.99? Does it have extra functionality? […]
