Alibaba Sets $9.3bn Sales Record on Singles’ Day
Chinese ecommerce retailer Alibaba sold a record $9.3bn worth of goods in a single day yesterday. That single day, was Singles' Day! Never heard of Singles' Day? You're obviously not doing business in China (or if you
Winners of Schools’ Science Video Competition Announced
The winners of the €3000 schools science video competition, ReelLIFE SCIENCE, are today announced as part of Science Week 2014. The primary school category winners are Sooey National School, Co. Sligo, with Julien Torrades from Summerhill
Today We Land on a Comet
We've talked about Rosetta before. The European Space Agency's mission to Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko took 10 years to catch up with the comet, which is about the size of a city, and which we now know is shaped like
This Guy went Hurling Training with a GoPro on his Helmet [Video]
Ever wondered what it feels like to play hurling? Here's a first-person view, thanks to Daniel Farrell of Erin's Isle GAA Club in Dublin, who put a GoPro camera on his helmet when he went training. Clearly his hurling
Facebook Messenger Reaches 500m Users
Facebook has announced that the Facebook Messenger standalone app has reached 500m users. That's fairly impressive, it's true. But it's less impressive compared to over a billion users who access the social network every month from
New Raspberry Pi A+ is Smaller, Cheaper, Better [Video]
Raspberry Pi is known as the'credit-card-sized' computer. Not anymore: the newest Model A+ is even smaller, measuring 55mm x 65mm! They've redesigned it to get rid of a lot of "wasted space". Like its predecessor, the Model A, the A+ has
