Minister Noonan left the Old Reliables largely unchanged in this week’s budget, though he did add 40c to the price of 20 cigarettes. But how much is the tax on these items, and how is it spent? PublicPolicy.ie have produced an infographic to explain just that: The ‘Old Reliables’ is a term used to describe alcohol […]
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Infographic: 2014 International Color Trends by Shutterstock
Stock images company Shutterstock recently blogged about the design trends apparent in 2014, and how they differ from country to country. But what may be even more fundamental than design, is colour itself. So here’s an infographic on The Colour Trends of 2014: Infographic: Shutterstock’s 2014 Color Trends Related articles Crafting Your Visual […]
What the hell is the root zone?
We’ve interviewed several of the key players in new TLDs over the last couple of years, as well as talking quite a bit about domain names and the DNS. But what exactly is the “root zone”? What are “root servers”? Why do they matter? Why does anyone care? With so much talk about IANA and […]
See the Internet In Real Time
Ever wondered how many blog posts were published every minute? How about how many tweets are sent? Or videos uploaded? There are several graphics doing the rounds which visualise an average internet minute, hour or day. However I’d never seen anything that attempted to visualise it in real time. This site does. Click the animation […]
Graphic: IPv6 Adoption – Where Are We At?
Via ISOC, here’s a nice clear graphic showing global IPv6 adoption, growth and other metrics: Unfortunately, as it’s global, it doesn’t go into enough detail to show how few ISPs in some countries actually offer IPv6 to their users. At time of writing none of the major Irish ISPs offer it, though they all […]
WhatsApp Acquisition In Perspective
While the announced acquisition price for WhatsApp is significant (ok, let’s just say “huge”), how does it compare to other tech industry acquisitions? Here’s a nice chart from Statista that puts it in context
Five Most Catastrophic Viruses of All Time [Infographic]
If large scale computer virus epidemics seem like a thing of the past, it’s only because we’ve learned the lessons of vigilance. Software updates, firewalls and anti-virus mean that outbreaks on the scale of these five are rarely seen nowadays, but it’s worth reminding ourselves why we can’t relax about security. To err is human, […]
How Free Is Our Media?
Freedom of the press is an important metric. And while Irish media have been discussing how much freedom there is versus the risk of legal issues, the overall ranking of Ireland’s media isn’t that bad. The ranking is based on the latest “World Press Freedom” index published by Reporters Without Borders. We’re “white”, which is […]
What Goes Upworthy Must Come Down
Back in December we wrote about how Upworthy, the good news, fluffy, heartwarming, annoying, viral video meme site was dominating interactions (likes and shares) on Facebook. So have you seen as many Upworthy videos lately? Me neither. It’s possible that Facebook users just got sick of all the sweetness, but if so, they had a […]
Ireland in Top 10 for Internet Speed
Ireland ranks 10th in the world for average internet connection speed according to the latest research by content delivery company Akamai. Akamai have published their State of the Internet Report for Q3 2013. With an average connection speed of 9.6 Mbps, Ireland ranks 10th globally, and 5th in EMEA, behind the Netherlands, Switzerland, Czech Republic […]