Christmas Online Could Be Bumper
The guys over at Skimlinks have produced an interesting infographic on e-commerce and the Christmas season. While the data is US biased it’s still very interesting and quite relevant if you’re selling online What do you think the results will be like this year? Will you be doing any of your shopping online?
Belkin Announce iPhone 5 Car Charger
Belkin are now offering pre-orders of their new iPhone 5 compatible car charger. With the launch of the iPhone 5 Apple switched connectors, so any accessories that you had for any iPhone models up to and including the 4s are not compatible with the iPhone 5. Belkin are the first company to announce a “lightning” […]
Infographic: Current State Of Linux
Which Linux distributions are popular? Why do people use it? Who contributes the most to it? Pingdom have released a pretty slick infographic that answers these and other questions:
US iTunes Store Now Offers Charity Donations To Red Cross
US iTunes users now have the option to make donations to the American Red Cross directly from within iTunes. Users can choose to donate amounts from USD$5 up to USD$200 directly from within their iTunes account. Apple has been rolling out a number of payment options for users of subscription services like Hulu via iTunes […]
Irish Web Awards 2012 Winners
The 2012 Irish Web Awards, sponsored by Realex, was held on Thursday evening in Dublin’s Mansion House. The evening featured the awards themselves (obviously), but also included some fun antics, sex toys and “hoop offs”: [youtube]http://youtu.be/CPCWC0zuxfw[/youtube] Here’s the full list of winners: Best Online Publication: Totally Dublin Best Web Only Publication: TheJournal.ie Best Radio Website: […]
Standing On the Trapdoor [Podcast #48]
Brought to you by Blacknight it’s the technology.ie podcast episode 48 with Michele Neylon and Conn O Muineachain. “You have failed me for the last time” (Tim Cooke is a bad–ass!) Speaking of Star Wars … disney buys Lucasfilm, announces Episode VII. Sick of politics (or babies) clogging up your stream? Whedon endorses Romney. Self-defence with iPhone. Sky To Launch phone […]
Apple Releases iOS 6.0.1
Apple has released an update to iOS. The update addresses a number of issues that iOS users were experiencing: Fixes a bug that prevents iPhone 5 from installing software updates wirelessly over the air • Fixes a bug where horizontal lines may be displayed across the keyboard • Fixes an issue that could cause camera […]
Irish Web Awards Tonight
By this time tomorrow we’ll know who all the winners are for the 2012 Irish Web Awards. The event takes place tonight in Dublin’s Mansion House with doors opening at 7pm. Full details of the evening are on the site Best of luck to everyone! Disclosure: Blacknight is sponsoring the Most Beautiful Website in Ireland […]
Web Reactions To Lucas Film Sale To Disney
Last night (Irish time) Disney announced that they were acquiring Lucas Film. They also announced plans for another instalment of the Star Wars franchise. George Lucas spoke about the acquisition yesterday: [youtube]http://youtu.be/YyqlTi7lkhY[/youtube] So how did people react? Sure, there’s been thousands of articles written in just about every mainstream media outlet and film aficionado site […]
Sick Of Politics? Remove Them From Your Streams Easily
If you’re active on Twitter or Facebook (or both) then your streams probably fill up with a lot of talk of politics – especially when there’s an election going on.. At the moment the big one is obviously the US Presidential Election, but there’s plenty of others.. So what do you do if you’re not […]