Instagram may have been acquired by Facebook, but it’s still a separate service. Unlike the more “traditional” web services Instagram started on mobile only, but has been moving towards the “web” in recent weeks. A couple of weeks back they announced “user profiles” which allow users – both individual and business – to reference their […]
Archive | November, 2012
Parkya Announce Private Beta
Dublin based startup ParkYa have launched a private beta for their mobile app. The app is designed to make finding parking sports and actually paying for parking easier for drivers: With the ParkYa app, you will be able to search for parking nearby or do a text search. The app will list all of the […]
Science Fiction Movie Supermix
If you’re a sci-fi fan you’ll probably appreciate this video which features clips from over 100 movies. Everything from some of the earliest black and white silent movies through to Planet of the Apes (the latest iteration) It took them about a month of editing.. Enjoy! [youtube]http://youtu.be/w2gXF72Ie-4[/youtube]
The Ultimate Lazy Person’s Bed
While some people might enjoy making their bed in the morning, I suspect they’re in a minority. So if you’re a gadget freak and lazy, then this bed is for you. The Ohea smart bed will make itself without any human intervention. Sounds a bit crazy, doesn’t it? Here’s a video showing it in action: […]
Social Denim [Podcast #50]
Brought to you by Blacknight it’s the technology.ie podcast, episode 50 for November 15th 2012, with Michele Neylon and Conn Ó Muíneacháin. Michele is off to the WebFest awards in Belgrade. Spotify launches in Ireland. Halo 4: $200 million sales in 1st 24 hours. Google found guilty of demation. .me launch help.meto help hurricane /super storm Sandy victims. […]
Keep Calm The Story Behind The Original
The “Keep Calm and.. ” memes and parodies have been doing the rounds, but where did the original come from? What’s the story behind it all? This short video gives some insights into both the propaganda poster and how it came to be found in a second-hand bookshop in England [youtube]http://youtu.be/FrHkKXFRbCI[/youtube] Even the shop itself […]
Disguise Your Laptop As A Book
If you’ve got a laptop then you probably have a case. There’s a lot of different cases available, but most are fairly utilitarian. What about a case that makes your MacBook look like an actual book? Yes, that’s an actual book! Full details here. They also offer versions for the MacBook Air. And they will […]
Stop Spotify Spamming Your Facebook Friends
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. […]
Spotify For Linux
With Spotify becoming available in Ireland today a lot of the Irish tech community are probably signing up to take it for a spin .. But what if you don’t use Windows or OSX? Fortunately Spotify has a Linux client that they’re describing as a “preview” release, which is unsupported. Since several of our staff […]
Spotify Finally Available In Ireland
Spotify is now available to Irish users. In case you’re not familiar with it Spotify is a digital music service that gives you “on demand” access to over 18 million songs. If you like music then you’ll love it. So now the digital music service seems to have quietly enabled access to Irish users over […]