Phorest: Good Hair Days & Global Ambitions! [Video]
Phorest is a company with a Big Hairy Audacious Goal: to capture 25% of the global market for management software for hair salons and beauty parlours. They’re already number one in Ireland and the fastest growing in the UK, and they’ve just launched in the US. Connor Keppel is Phorest’s marketing manager and he spoke to Technology.ie at the Sunday Business […]
CIA Joins Twitter
The CIA (Central Intelligence Agency) has joined Twitter. So far they’ve shown a sense of humour, with their first tweet: We can neither confirm nor deny that this is our first tweet. — CIA (@CIA) June 6, 2014 But of course WikiLeaks decided to take a little jab at them: @CIA We look forward to […]
Humour: A More Honest Trailer For Top Gun
Top Gun gets the “honest” treatment and it is truly hilarious. Sorry Tom Cruise, it’s not personal, but I nearly spilt my coffee.
LocalSocial is a Beacon for Proximity Technology in Ireland [Video]
They’ve gone “gangbusters” in the US for proximity technology such as Apple’s iBeacon, says Sean O’Sullivan of LocalSocial. In Europe, we’re beginning to see deployments in just the last few weeks. One of those deployments is LocalSocial’s app for Savill’s Real Estate: Savill’s on Show. It’s designed for use in show-houses: users can install and run the […]
Illegal Content has Moved to The Dark Web – An Interview with Paul Durrant of Hotline.ie [Audio]
Today’s podcast (22:39; 13MB; MP3) features an interview with Paul Durrant, who operates the Hotline.ie service. Last week, Hotline.ie published its annual report for 2013. Since 1999 it has provided a service for internet users to report illegal content, particularly Child Sexual Abuse Material, on the Internet. Reports are treated as anonymous, and the service also relies […]
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 […]
Digital an Integral Part of the Marketing Mix – Adrian Hopkins, Sunday Business Post [Video]
These days it’s not enough to simply organise a conference, says Adrian Hopkins, you need to create a community around the event. Adrian is the Conference Director with The Sunday Business Post, organisers of The Digital Media and Marketing Summit, which was held last week at Croke Park. Almost 400 people attended the event to […]
John Oliver Explains Net Neutrality
John Oliver’s show “Last Week Tonight” airs in the US on Sundays and on Sky Atlantic on Tuesdays. This week Oliver spent about 13 minutes on “net neutrality”. It’s John Oliver, so his way of explaining things is hilarious and very irreverent – and yes there is some strong language at times. Worth watching, as […]
#sockies14 Releases A Video About .. Socks
The Social Media Awards 2014 edition, aka #sockies14, is on this week. In the runup to the event they’ve released a video about… socks.. featuring Rick O’Shea. Enjoy: Full details about the event as well as tickets are available via the official site. Related articles We Made The Finals Of #Sockies14 !! (blacknight.com) Knock their […]