The splutteriest funny moments are the ones which were never intended, such as John Travolta’s inexplicable corruption of singer Irina Medzel’s name at the Academy Awards on Sunday night, when he introduced her as “Adele Dazeem”. Should have gone to Specsavers, John. Now, we can all experience ‘Travoltification’ thanks to a new tool on slate.com: […]
Archive | March, 2014
Natalie B Coleman is a Role Model for Entrepreneurs
[youtube]http://youtu.be/dUZcCBx2UjI[/youtube] “I’m not a naturally techie person … but I have had to learn to love it because it’s vital for me”, says fashion designer Natalie B Coleman. She was one of the speakers at the Chic2BGeek event for secondary school girls held at Microsoft Ireland’s Sandyford campus on Friday, ahead of International Women’s […]
Learn To Fly With A Pelican
This video has been doing the rounds over the last couple of days. It will blow your mind. (Ok, maybe I’m exaggerating a bit .. ) Anyway .. someone hooked up a HD video camera (a HD HERO3+® camera) to the pelican and this is what they managed to shoot:
Twitter Accidentally Resets Some User Passwords
If you got an email from Twitter last night informing you that your account password has been reset, you might be one of approximately 1% of Twitter users whose passwords were reset in error. Or there might have been in response to a genuine attempt to compromise your account. There’s no way to know! Re/code […]
Minister Bruton announces €75million second Development Capital Fund
The Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Richard Bruton TD, today launched a €75 million fund under the Development Capital Scheme, to support established Irish companies targeting significant revenue and jobs growth through export markets. The development and roll out of the Scheme is a critical element in the Action Plan for Jobs. The BDO Development […]
Hailo Goes Nationwide
It’s revolutionised taxi travel for many of us – especially when travelling for business – and today Hailo has announced that it is now live in 20 new towns and cities! They’ve been steadily rolling it out since the Dublin service launched in 2012, adding Cork, Galway and Limerick in 2013. The 20 new locations […]
Ellen’s Oscar Selfie Breaks Retweet Record
How many celebrities can you fit into a selfie? I don’t know about the record for the most famous faces in a tweet (there isn’t one) but this tweet from Ellen Degeneres at last night’s Academy Awards has beaten President Obama’s ‘4 more years’ for the greatest number of retweets. If only Bradley's arm was […]