Brought to you by Blacknight it’s the Technology.ie podcast – with Michele and Conn. Politicians in the UK are considering forcing ISPs to block adult material, unless users explicitly opt for uncensored access. Irish ISPs warn against “rash adoption or attempted copying of UK measures”. This is against a background of an increased awareness of […]
IEDR’s annual report is just out and this graphic caught my eye: More details on the report here.
Google’s Matt Cutts explains the thinking behind how Google decides if a country code can be used globally or whether it’s only going to be targetted to a specific country. The basic thinking is that if the country code is in active use in the region then you won’t be able to target it to […]
In Do Penance or Perish: A Study of Magdalene Asylums in Ireland, first published in 2001, historian Frances Finnegan acknowledged the critical role of technology in the demise of Ireland’s institutions for ‘fallen women’ saying, “Possibly the advent of the washing machine has been as instrumental in closing these laundries as have changing attitudes.” Ireland’s […]
Over the last few days there has been a lot of media coverage of UK Prime Minister David Cameron’s plans to force ISPs and content providers to filter “porn” and other “adult content”. While a decision in the UK is obviously not binding in Ireland, our politicians do tend to watch what Westminster is up […]
Hailo has launched its service in Galway, though their website still hasn’t been updated to reflect the new service area. The mobile app is available on both iPhone and Android smartphones. To celebrate their Galway launch they’re running a promotion to give users a €10 credit off their first fare. Full details here. Related articles […]
As mentioned yesterday, the shortlist of nominees for this year’s IIA NetVisionary Awards is now available. As of earlier this morning the public voting is now open – and it’s only open for 3 days! You can cast your vote for a number of categories: “You Did Good” – Best Use of the Internet for […]
The UK government is pushing for ISPs and content providers to block access to “porn” by default. Do you think this is a good move or a bad one? Let us know by voting in our poll: The more people who vote the better! (NB: It’s completely unscientific .. ) Related articles Prime Minister: UK […]
The Irish Internet Association‘s annual awards will be held on September 27th and they’ve published the shortlist of nominees today. Public voting on five out of the fifteen categories should open tomorrow. Full details on the official site. Disclosure: Blacknight is sponsoring the “Most Joyous to look at and splendid to use Web Design” category […]
The 2013 Eircom Spiders will be held on November 28th in Dublin’s Convention Centre – hopefully this year they won’t coincide with the Irish Web Awards! Nominations are now open, though unlike many of the other Irish Internet industry awards, the Spiders expect you to pay €150 per nomination. (You can get a 25% discount […]
