A Flatter UK Namespace – But Who Gets FC.UK?
Nominet, the company which runs the .uk ccTLD, have announced that from 2014, people will be allowed to register domain names directly under .uk. Prior to this, you had to choose a second level domain in which to register, such as .co.uk for businesses, .ac.uk for academic institutions, .gov.uk etc. According to Michele on the […]
Irish Radio International, from Cork to the World [Video]
Moira O’Brien is co-founder of Irish Radio International, an online radio station based in Cork which caters especially to the Irish Diaspora abroad and the new Irish at home. We met her at the launch event for TEDxCorkWomen, which takes place next Friday at the Firkin Crane Theatre in Cork. Blacknight is a sponsor of […]
Ulster Bank Screws Up Cyber Monday
It’s a big day for online retail, and consequently for credit and debit cards, but millions of customers of RBS and its subsidiaries in Britain and Ireland, including Ulster Bank, found themselves unable to use their cards online or at ATMs yesterday. The banks’ mobile apps and internet banking services were also inaccessible for a […]
Amazon: Dream Big – Dream Weird!
I almost feel like this video ought to be a hoax, but then this is, after all, the company who’ve put free live webcam support into their newest tablets. If Amazon seems quirky and outlandish to us when they come out with things like this, maybe it’s because we don’t fully grasp how big their […]
Congregation was Fun! [Video]
[youtube]http://youtu.be/Vj-6WabssEA[/youtube] Congregation took place in Cong, Co. Mayo on Saturday and technology.ie was there. Participants came from the worlds of PR, media and technology, and every participant was a speaker. All had “blogged their way in”, and on Saturday they gathered in a series of “huddles” to talk about social media and how to get […]
Cyber Monday Deals?
Black Friday was big in the US and a lot of Irish online retailers also cashed in on the “big day”. But what about “Cyber Monday”? Several online vendors are running deals today including Amazon – they’re offering a Kindle Fire HDX with a £30 discount today along with many other deals Think Geek are […]
Late Late Toy Show will be Live Worldwide on RTÉ Player
What’s bigger than Black Friday in Ireland? The Late Late Toy Show is what! And RTÉ have announced that the live broadcast will be available worldwide tonight on the RTÉ player. [youtube]http://youtu.be/NDRBjkNh3tU[/youtube] Broadcast rights are bought and sold on a regional basis, and RTÉ generally does not have the right to stream programmes it has […]
Think Visual Will Graphically Harvest Your Event [Video]
We published an interview with John Kennedy of Silicon Republic a few days ago, which made reference to the graphics they’ve featured by a Cork company: Think Visual. Then I met Naomi Fein, CEO of Think Visual, at the launch of TEDxCorkWomen last week. [youtube]http://youtu.be/sWmpyEo4O4M[/youtube] Think Visual are passionate about graphics and about the potential of […]
It’s Black Friday in Ireland Too!
“Black Friday” marks the start of the holiday gift-buying season in the United States every year. It’s the day after Thanksgiving, so many people (except retailers!) have a day off to go shopping. An equivalent in Ireland might traditionally have been the 8th of December, the Feast of the Immacculate Conception, and a day off […]
Silicon Republic Is Tops for the Sixth Year [Video]
“You’ve got to be able to have, not only done the story, but also be part of the conversation that follows”, says John Kennedy, editor of Silicon Republic, which picked up the Best Science and Technology Site award for the sixth year in a row, at the Realex Fire Irish Web Awards a few weeks […]