Google is having a bad week. Rumours are flying around at the moment that the search giant might fall foul of an FTC ruling stateside. Meanwhile down under an Australian court has found the search giant guilty of defamation. In what has been described as a “landmark ruling” the Victoria Supreme Court found that the […]
Not sick of Gangnam Style yet? Or maybe you want to annoy your friends? Well now you can get a Psy shaped USB key: Full details here
Google’s homepage today is decked out in celebration of Bram Stoker’s birthday. Bram Stoker was born 165 years ago today in Dublin. He’s best known for his creation Dracula, which has played an important role in popular culture over the last century. You can read more about Bram Stoker’s life here. Related articles Bram Stoker […]
Brought to you by Blacknight it’s the technology.ie podcast, episode 49 for November 8th 2012, with Michele Neylon and Conn Ó Muíneacháin. Congratulations President Obama – and congratulations to Twitter for handling the traffic! (And dead men get elected too!) Congratulations to the Irish Web Awards winners and thanks for all the fun! US Net Traffic up […]
The Biolite Campstove is a very cool piece of tech. It’s a combination of a stove that you can use for heat AND a charger for your USB gadgets – such as iPhones. And it’s not “pie in the sky” – this is an actual real working device – they were using them in New […]
The importance of social media and the internet in general during this year’s US Presidential elections is probably going to be talked about for months if not years. But what is really fascinating to see is that Obama’s official social media channels on Facebook and Twitter broke records by themselves. Around 4am this morning (Irish […]
Microsoft is killing off Microsoft Messenger / MSN Messenger / Windows Live Messenger. The instant message service is being replaced with Skype and if you’ve already upgraded to the latest version of Skype you’ll be able to access and merge your messenger account and contacts there. It’s not clear how users on other platforms ie. […]
While practically every media outlet on the planet is churning out stories about the US Presidential “showdown” we thought we’d have a quick look at what Facebook are doing. On their “stories” site they’re collating anonymous data about US voters. It’s pretty cool to watch, though it won’t give you any indication of which way […]
The guys over at Skimlinks have produced an interesting infographic on e-commerce and the Christmas season. While the data is US biased it’s still very interesting and quite relevant if you’re selling online What do you think the results will be like this year? Will you be doing any of your shopping online?
Belkin are now offering pre-orders of their new iPhone 5 compatible car charger. With the launch of the iPhone 5 Apple switched connectors, so any accessories that you had for any iPhone models up to and including the 4s are not compatible with the iPhone 5. Belkin are the first company to announce a “lightning” […]
