We’re at the Smart Business Show today, on the second day of a two day event sponsored by Vodafone Ireland. The event got underway yesterday with Dara Murphy, Minister for European Affairs & Data Protection, and Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach and the Lord Mayor of Dublin, Christy Burke officially opening the show. More […]
On Friday, Twitter announced a change to their terms of service and privacy policy which puts Ireland at the centre of its international operations, citing the benefits of European data protection law as a rationale for the move. Just two days earlier, barrister Fergal Crehan spoke at the Blacknight-sponsored Digital Rights Europe Conference on the topic of Ireland as a […]
The IEDR have launched this year’s “Optimise” with a video featuring Francis Brennan: While many Irish small businesses have websites (though a lot still don’t!) of those that have sites only a small number of them are currently selling online. Applications are open until Friday 15th May 2015 and you can find full details on […]
Changes to Twitter’s Terms of Service and Privacy Policy, which will take effect on May 18, put Ireland at the centre of the social media company’s international operations. Twitter sent email to users today outlining the changes, and pointing them to a post on their support site which explains the change. If you live outside the United States, […]
An Australian father and son team has exceeded their crowdfunding target 150 times over, raising over 11 million US dollars (and counting) for their revolutionary new beehive design that promises ‘honey-on-tap’. Current beekeeping methods involve hours of work in removing frames of honeycomb from a hive, removing the wax cap from the top of the comb and […]
“The force is strong in my family” – the voice of Luke Skywalker narrates this second trailer for the upcoming Star Wars Episode VII. And look – there’s Han and Chewy! https://youtu.be/JsC1XSroHwY
The Irish summer beckons and for many people that means hurling! Tim Kinghan has done his research and put together a really useful infographic on Irish hurling counties and their stats, together with all the fixtures for the 2015 season. Nice work! Technology.ie is brought to you by Ninjas at Blacknight!
To say that something “can be seen from space” is to suggest that it’s big, although to be fair, it’s all a matter of magnification. Of course this video by Hyundai is a marketing stunt – but that’s not to say that it isn’t impressive. And for a 13 year old girl and her astronaut father, it’s […]
A second Irish eCommerce Expo will be held on April 21st 2015 at the Crowne Plaza in Dublin Northwood. It’s billed as an opportunity to hear from Irish online retailers who have been through it all and to learn from their experience. The Expo is organised as a series of learning seminars featuring over 15 speakers […]
There’s still no official release date for the Apple Watch in Ireland, but some eager Irish gadget-fans have already pre-ordered from Apple UK, thanks to Parcel Motel’s UK Delivery Address service. Orla Shiels, General Manager at Parcel Motel, explained how it works: “Here at Parcel Motel we offer our customers a ‘UK Delivery Address’ service which allows our users […]
