A Question of Trust [Audio]
Michele joins Conn for a quick podcast this week (25:12, 15MB, MP3). He’s upset: he explains why ICANN’s disregard for EU law is discriminating against EU registrars. We talk about about The Day We Fight Back: a new global campaign against online surveillance which kicks off on Tuesday. And we look back on a week […]
ICANN says Screw EU to European Domain Registrars
Over on the Blacknight blog, Michele Neylon has smoke coming out of his ears. Here’s a picture: He’s upset because he wants to sell the shiny new generic top level domains (gTLDs) that are coming on stream, but ICANN won’t let him, or any other EU domain registrar. Before you can sell new gTLDs, says […]
Klout Now A Content Hub?
Klout has been around for the last couple of years and is probably best known for its “score”. Using a number of different metrics it calculates each person’s overall “influence” across social networks and assigns a score from 0 to 100. The higher your score the more influential you are. And if you have a […]
Live Video: Blacknight Data Centre Launch
Blacknight’s new data centre will be officially launched at 3pm by the Minister of State for Innovation, Sean Sherlock TD. You can watch it live here: Live streaming video by Ustream
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Blacknight’s New Datacentre
We’re counting down to the official opening of Blacknight’s new datacentre this afternoon at 3pm. You can watch it live here on technology.ie and at blog.blacknight.com. And while we wait for the show to start, here’s a guided video tour of the new facility, with Blacknight CTO Paul Kelly. [Update: 5 Feb 2014 – Video […]
Ireland’s Newest Datacentre is Open for Business
[youtube]http://youtu.be/Dl7rwlL8oOc[/youtube] Technology.ie is brought to you by Blacknight, Ireland’s only ICANN accredited registrar and leading provider of hosting and domains. We don’t blow that trumpet too much here on this site, but we hope you’ll forgive our excitement on this occasion. On Monday, Minister for Innovation, Sean Sherlock TD, will officially launch our new […]
The Purge [Audio]
Michele and Conn get together at Blacknight HQ for a podcast (32:18; 19MB, MP3) as the final preparations are put in place for the launch of the new datacentre next Monday! We talk about Naoki Hiroshima and the hackers who stole his $50,000 twitter name. Congratulations to Stripe and to Intercom on their recent investments […]
Sherlock will Consider Merits of CERN Membership
The Minister for Research and Innovation, Seán Sherlock TD, has announced that he will consider the merits of Ireland joining CERN, the European Organisation for Nuclear Research, in the context of an overall review of Ireland’s membership of international research organisations. The Minister has asked his Department to carry out a review of Ireland’s international engagement on research and innovation, […]
Anna Kendrick’s Super Bowl Ad That Didn’t Happen
Unless you’ve been living on another planet for the last year or so you’ve probably heard Anna Kendrick’s smash hit “Cups”. Or maybe you’ve seen some of the films she’s been starring in. And if you’re a Twitter user you might have been following her rather wry tweets. Even if you haven’t you might find […]
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 […]