The second season of Netflix’s The Witcher was released globally a couple of days ago, however the global streaming giant is already working on another addition to the Witcher franchise. The Witcher: Blood Origin is a prequel series which will go on release in 2022. It’s currently in post-production. So what’s the Irish connection? One […]
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Netflix Adds “Intelligence” to Download Option
When Netflix first launched in the Irish market it was a streaming only service. However they introduced the option to download films and TV shows on your mobile devices back in 2016. I love the feature when I’m travelling. I’ll load up my iPad with TV episodes and films before a long flight or when […]
Visual Effects in Lavish Spanish TV Show Revealed [Video]
Spanish TV series “The Plague” (La Peste) is the most expensive Spanish TV production to date with a budget of 10 million euros, around 200 actors, over 2,000 extras and 400 technical experts. The show is based in 16th century Seville, but as pretty much nothing of the city exists today it was up to […]
Behind the Scenes With Intel’s Drones
Intel was scheduled to provide a spectacular drone display as part of the opening ceremony at this year’s winter Olympics. Unfortunately the drone part of the ceremony was cancelled. However that doesn’t mean that we can’t all enjoy the performance, as the company had shot video of their behind the scenes work on the performance […]
Travel Bloggers are Serious About SEO [Video]
Last week Technology.ie went to TBEX, the world’s largest gathering of travel bloggers and travel industry professionals. TBEX Europe was held in Killarney, County Kerry, and our parent company Blacknight was a sponsor and exhibitor. Essentially the conference is a two-day event, but it gets padded out at both ends by several days of touring […]
Mick’s Garage Founders Honoured at 2017 Net Visionary Awards [Video]
Internet innovators Michael and Ciaran Crean from MicksGarage.com won the recognition of their peers in the Irish internet industry on Friday night when they took the overall award at the Dot IE Net Visionary Awards 2017. We were out in force from Blacknight, as one of the sponsors of the event, and we shot the […]
Amazon Prime Video Expands Choice of TV Shows in Ireland
Amazon’s Prime Video service launched in Ireland back in December of last year. With the introductory pricing of €2.99 / month for the first six months it’s hard to knock the service’s value, though, like NetFlix when it launched the range of TV shows and movies is a little lacking. Amazon, however, have announced that […]
From Bloggerconf to TBEX – Blogging is Blooming! [Video]
We recently attended Bloggerconf in Dublin, where Blacknight was a sponsor and exhibitor. At the break, I took a camera around to discover who was there and what they thought of the event. Blogger events are going from strength to strength in recent years. It’s not so long since blogging was charitably viewed as a hobby, […]
How to Drive Online Footfall to your eCommerce Site [Video]
If you build it they will come? Not necessarily says website developer Alan O’Meara, who argues that online businesses must use a range of techniques to drive ‘online footfall’ to their digital doors. ‘Get a website up. Tick a box. We’re done – let’s see what happens’. Nothing will happen if you wait and see. Last […]
Amazon Prime Video Finally Available in Ireland
Amazon announced this morning that Amazon Prime Video is now available in Ireland. The tech giant has also extended the service’s availability to over 200 countries. The service will cost €2.99 / month in Ireland for the first 6 months, but will rise to €5.99 / month after. For now the service will only offer […]