Game Of Thrones Exhibition VIP Competition
Tickets for the Game of Thrones exhibition which is being held in Belfast in June will be released on May 17th. Entry to the exhibition will be free! The exhibition is being run in partnership between HBO, Northern Ireland Tourist Board, Northern Ireland Screen and Titanic Belfast. Visitors to the exhibition will be able to […]
Flipboard’s New Features Proving Popular
Flipboard recently launched a completely revamped version of their software with a bunch of new features. They’ve since released some data and statistics on usage of the new “magazines” and other options (click to enlarge) Related articles Flipboard Gets A Makeover (technology.ie) Flipboard 2.0 adds new social features, lets users create own digital magazines (androidauthority.com) […]
PyCon Ireland Announced
The Irish Python conference PyCon is being held this year on October 12th and 13th in Dublin’s Burlington hotel. If you’re interested in speaking at the event there’s an open call for speakers at the moment. Full details here.
A Geeky Gathering [Podcast #60]
Michele is en route to Beijing this morning for ICANN 46, and Conn phoned him last night at a Dublin hotel for this week’s podcast. We had a snigger at the annual crop of April Fool stories. The mobile phone is 40 years old – where did you first see yours? Twitter expands “cards”. Amazon expands […]
Hemlock Grove Coming To Netflix
Netflix has been making quite a stir in the last couple of months. Not only have they gained a large userbase in Ireland and the UK, but they’ve also started shaking up the market with their own inhouse productions. The first of them House of Cards we’ve mentioned several times in the past. On April […]
Choosing The Right Infographic
Using a graphic of some kind to illustrate a report or to make some statistics “come alive” is a good idea, but not every type of data is suited to the same type of visual presentation. So how do you decide? This flowchart might help Via – mentioned here.
Samsung Galaxy S4 Available For Pre-Order With O2
O2 Ireland are now accepting pre-orders for the Samsung Galaxy S4. If you order now you can also win a Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 tablet. So what’s the phone’s spec? 5” full HD SuperAmoled Screen with Corning Gorilla® Glass 3. 1.9Ghz Quad Core Krait 300 processor. 13 MP camera with new ‘Drama Shot’ shooting modes, […]
Google Launch Treasure Map Mode For Google Maps
As part of Google’s rather elaborate suite of April Fool’s jokes they’ve unveiled a “Treasure Map” mode for Google Maps. [youtube]http://youtu.be/_qFFHC0eIUc[/youtube] Here’s O’Connell Street in Dublin using Treasure Map mode: And if you switch to street view you get this kind of sepia tone effect: You can view pretty much everywhere using the “treasure map” […]
Youtube Shutting Down
Well no, it isn’t really, but seems that their April Fool joke is this hilarious video featuring lots of Youtubers: [youtube]http://youtu.be/GuCMQGgTPU4[/youtube] Of course Youtube is owned by Google who have an annoying tendency of shutting down services that people use, so maybe the joke is really on us?
Flipboard Gets A Makeover
A few days ago Flipboard released a major update. Now any Flipboard user can create their own “magazine” and populate it with content. They’ve also announced a new partnership with Etsy, which allows users to explore products and even buy them directly from within the app. Personally I’m addicted to Flipboard and use it every […]