At 4.15pm this afternoon, Christmas Day 2013, Edward Snowden will give Channel 4’s “Alternative Christmas Message”. Channel 4 has been airing an “alternative” to the traditional Queen’s speech since 1993 and previous presenters include former President of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Afghan, war veteran Major Andrew Stockton, Adam Hills, Katie Piper, Quentin Crisp, the Reverend Jesse Jackson, […]
If you land on Google’s homepage today (which you probably have already) then you might have noticed a subtle text link to “follow Santa’s journey”. Google has created a very engaging and quite immersive “experience” which allows you to not only track Santa’s progress in real time, but you can also explore his world. Kids […]
It’s Christmas! Time to put down the screens and engage with family and friends in a meaningful way. We reckon you’ll last about a day! Well – OK – we’re speaking for ourselves of course, but we think we’ll be ready to jack into the matrix again by Thursday afternoon. So we’ve scheduled a live […]
Parcel Motel are currently running a competition / giveaway via their Facebook page for an Xbox. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=403098606488596&set=a.174442759354183.40677.161579730640486&type=1 One entrant asked the company if they’d be able to deliver the prize to Crumlin Children’s Hospital and this happened: Nice!
This might be a couple of years old, but considering the time of the year I thought I’d share it: Apparently the same guy has been doing Christmas lights with a “rocking” theme for several years.. Here’s this year’s one: or his Metallica one from last year:
If you’re a fan of sci-fi you’ve probably seen Back to the Future a few times. If you’re old enough, however, the movie is also a memory from your childhood. While there have been plenty of Delorean cars that fans have converted into “Back to the Future” ones, the original screen used […]
Justine Sacco used to be the Corporate Communications Director for IAC – the company that owns web content companies such as College Humor, About.com, Match.com, Dictionary.com and The Daily Beast. Now she’s a textbook case study for how to offend millions and destroy your career in a single day. Her first mistake was to post […]
Storyful, the social news agency founded by former RTE anchor Mark Little, has been bought by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp for €25m. Founded in 2008, Storyful’s team of journalists work to find and verify user generated content of interest to media organisations, and help the owners of the content to monetise it. As the business […]
We feature a lot of serial entrepreneurs on technology.ie, but Kevin McDermott is different. Call him a long-haul entrepreneur: he’s no less innovative for that, having ridden the waves of technology since he started developing educational CD-ROMs (look it up kids) for the US market in 1995. These days Capture Productions is focused on mobile […]
OK – so this ad featuring Jean-Claude Van Damme is over the top (although it does have a point to make about Volvo Dynamic Steering). But when it comes to OTT, you know Chuck Norris has to have the last word! [youtube]http://youtu.be/T-D1KVIuvjA[/youtube] Related articles Chuck Norris Split: Jean-Claude Van Damme, You Got Served! GoDaddy to […]
