Avengers Sing Christmas Carols
In keeping with the time of year we bring you The Avengers (and some other characters from the Marvel universe) singing Christmas carols. Enjoy!
Irish Company’s App Puts You in the Band Aid 30 Video
Yesterday saw the release of the Band Aid 30 single, and today Band Aid has announced that they are partnering with Irish company WholeWorldBand to launch the Band Aid Challenge. Already the fastest selling download of the year, Band Aid founder Bob Geldof is hoping to expand on its success with a viral social media […]
Generating Positive Friction: A Podcast with Jothan Frakes of Namescon [Audio]
Jothan Frakes joins Blacknight’s Michele Neylon and Conn Ó Muíneacháin on today’s podcast to talk about NamesCon, the domain names conference in Las Vegas from January 11 to 14. Click on the player above to listen to the show, or download it here: 36:39; 22MB; MP3. A veteran of the domains industry, Jothan is co-organiser of Namescon, now in […]
The Evolution of Christmas Presents
The guys over at Carphone Warehouse have produced a really interesting graphic that charts the evolution of popular Christmas presents over the past 30 years. How old were you in 1984? What did you want for Christmas? How old were you in 2004? Did you want Nintendo DS? What would you like this year? Are […]
Science Foundation Ireland signs Cooperation Agreement with Chinese Counterpart
Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) have today announced the signing of new Cooperation Agreement on the occasion of the State Visit to China of President Michael D. Higgins. The agreement will allow for greater collaboration between both foundations in maintaining and developing co-operative activities in the fields […]
Data Based, Business Driven: an Interview with Patrick Mee of AdRoll [Audio]
For every 50 new visitors who check out a product on your website, only one will buy from you on their first visit. But behavioural re-targeting services like AdRoll allow you to keep in touch with the other 49, so that when they visit other sites, they’ll see your ads reminding them to come back and finish the purchase. […]
Counter Crop Eliminates Food Miles by Growing in your Kitchen
New on Kickstarter is CounterCrop, a garden on your countertop developed by Intelligent Light Source (ILS), a San Diego start-up. ILS’s advanced LED lighting products are currently installed at MIT’s CityFarm project to study sustainable indoor agriculture at scale. The company claims that growing indoors uses 70-90% less water, saves energy, and provides a viable solution […]
Facebook Continues To Dominate Irish Social Media Usage
The latest Ipsos MRBI social media survey results were released earlier today. Facebook continues to reign with 60% of Irish people having an account. 72% of them use Facebook every single day, while only 37% of Twitter users are active on a daily basis. Dating app Tinder is apparently being used by 5% of Irish […]
150 Events Nationwide for the ‘Hour of Code’
150 events are taking place across the country this week as part of the global Hour of Code initiative, run by Code.org. As a platinum supporter of the global initiative, Microsoft is taking a leading role in Ireland to help drive awareness of the campaign and to create as many opportunities as possible for people […]
Generic Brand Video Parody
When the advertising industry start to parody themselves the results are often hilarious. This time round film stock site Dissolve have done a fantastic job, but the video is so “good” that it’s really hard to tell the difference between it (a parody) and any of the myriad videos and ads we’ve all seen this year […]