Is Uber the Creepiest Company in Tech?
Uber, the chauffeur company, is under fire over its response to the recent comments by Senior Vice President Emil Michael that the company would be justified in spending “a million dollars” to hire researchers and journalist to investigate the personal lives of journalists and give the media a taste of its own medecine. #452892250 / gettyimages.com The remarks were […]
UK Air Traffic Visualised
If you fly a lot you might develop an interest in how the entire thing works. From the types of airplanes, the services they offer to the technology behind it all. But what about the actual air traffic itself? The hundreds of planes that fly over our heads every day? The UK’s National Air Traffic Services […]
Irish Scientist Wins Marie Curie Award for Communication of Science
Dr Shane Bergin, Investigator at Trinity College Dublin’s School of Physics and nanoscience institute, CRANN, has been awarded the European Commission’s Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) achievement award. The award recognises Dr. Bergin’s contribution to communicating science in a fun and attractive way and mentoring the next generation in science. The European Commission presented the award […]
Uber Partners with Spotify to let Passengers Choose Playlist
Uber, the chauffeur service has teamed up with Spotify, the music streaming service, to allow passengers in Uber cars to play their Spotify selections on the speakers of the cars they are travelling in. The service will be available in 10 cities starting November 21: London, Los Angeles, Mexico City, Nashville, New York, San Francisco, Singapore, Stockholm, […]
‘Congregation 2014’ is Calling – A Podcast with Eoin Kennedy [Audio]
Eoin Kennedy joins us on today’s podcast. Click on the player above to listen to the show, or download it here: 9:59; 6MB; MP3. Eoin is the organiser of CONGregation, the one-day ‘un-conference’ on social media held in the quiet and lovely village of Cong, County Mayo, now in its second year. Technology.ie went along to the inaugural CONGregation […]
New York City to Replace Payphones with Gigabit WiFi Kiosks
Remember payphones? They used to be everywhere, distinctive green and yellow in Ireland, red in Britain. These days you might find one in a retro pub, a nod to the ‘good old days’. Nowadays we don’t just all have phones in our pockets: we’ve got media hubs, portable WiFi hotspots, TVs – and TV stations! So we […]
Snapchat Launches Snapcash Money Transfer Service using Square
Snapchat have announced a partnership with Square, allowing Snapchat users to send cash to each other. The service is available to US users over 18. [youtube]http://youtu.be/kBwjxBmMszQ[/youtube] A security breach in January led to the usernames and phone numbers of 4.6 million users being published. Snapchat’s announcement makes it very clear that they will not be storing debit […]
Netflix Release Marco Polo Trailer Featuring the Music of Hozier
Netflix‘s new original drama series Marco Polo will premiere on December 12 in all regions, starring newcomer Lorenzo Richelmy in the title role. They’ve just released a second trailer featuring the song “Arsonists Lullaby” by acclaimed Irish musician Hozier. [youtube]http://youtu.be/_q5ht2HS3FE[/youtube] The sweeping drama’s ten episodes were shot in Italy, Kazakhstan and Malaysia. The global cast includes […]
Breaking Bad Vs Frozen [Video]
A Breaking Bad parody of a Frozen song? I guess that was inevitable. It’s also quite amusing. [youtube]http://youtu.be/uty2zd7qizA[/youtube] Breaking Bad spinoff series Better Call Saul is set to debut early next year and Frozen is still bringing in millions for Disney in merchandising.
See Glasnevin Cemetery & Botanic Gardens From A Drone [Video]
Using drones and small, high definition, video cameras we’re seeing more and more videos of cities, parks and monuments from angles that we’d normally never get to see. This one, which was released a couple of months ago, is of Glasnevin Cemetery and Botanic Gardens. The soundtrack is by Kíla, who also supplied some of […]