Social Media Lessons at the Ploughing Championship
We’ve got a lot of video on the way from our recent adventures at the IIA Net Visionary Awards and the National Ploughing Championships. Here’s the first of these, featuring an interview with two ladies who discovered that the best way to teach social media to busy people is to use the internet itself. Who […]
Michele Neylon wins IIA Net Visionary Award
Last night Technology.ie’s Michele Neylon attended the Net Visionary Awards, the IIA’s annual recognition of Irish tech talent. As CEO of Blacknight, sponsors of the category for the Most “joyous to look at and splendid to use” Web Design, he was there to present an award. But when when IIA CEO Joan Mulvihill stood up […]
Sony Xperia Z1
If you’re going to get yourself an Android you might as well get yourself one with a decent spec. The Sony Xperia Z1 looks like it could work well and runs the latest version of Android – Jellybean: Android 4.2 Jelly Bean 5″ touchscreen Snapdragon 800 processor with 2GB RAM 20.7 MP camera Exmor RS […]
George’s Tech
George Hook presents one of the most enjoyable technology segments on radio on his Newstalk show. That’s because he’s all-in, fully invested, curious and ready to play. And that enthusiasm comes across whether you hear him on the radio, or meet him on the ground at the National Ploughing Championships! This is the first of […]
Ryanair Pledges to be More Sociable
Ryanair’s AGM is on today and media are reporting that some shareholders are expressing criticism of the airline’s customer service and “macho culture”. The company’s executives appear to agree that improvements can be made and, having been dismissive of social media in the past, they’ve identified it as a priority for the months ahead. The […]
Social Media Risk
While you might want to share pictures of your coffee on various social media networks are there risks associated with your actions? Check out this graphic from Trend Micro: What do you think?
Pleading the Fifth [Podcast #70]
Brought to you by Blacknight, it’s the Technology.ie podcast, episode 70 for September 18 2013, with Michele Neylon and Conn Ó Muíneacháin. So, there’s a new iPhone – two in fact! But while US law says you have a right to withhold potentially self-incriminating information – such as a password – the same does not apply […]
Google Analytics To Drop Support For IE8
Google have announced that they’re dropping support for IE8 (Internet Explorer 8) at the end of the year. We decided to do this to both accelerate the pace at which we can innovate new product features, and to facilitate adoption of newer web technologies in the design of the Google Analytics product. Our ultimate goal […]
Linux By The Numbers
The Linux Foundation has released their latest report and also produced a nice little graphic to help illustrate it. Here are some of the headline numbers: Nearly 10,000 developers from more than 1,000 companies have contributed to the Linux kernel since tracking began in 2005. Just since the last report, more than 1,100 developers from […]
Hamster Drives Truck – Seriously
As PR stunts go this one combines a lot of the elements that we all love: – big vehicle – helicopters – cameras – cute hamster