Irish Web Awards Long Nominee List Out
The “long” list of nominees for the 2012 Irish Web Awards has been published The list will probably shrink a small bit as the judging commences, as some of the sites will be disqualified for a number of reasons. You can check the list here. Related articles Irish Internet Awards Showdown? (technology.ie) Irish Web Awards […]
Infacta Launch OSX Email Marketing Software
Infacta, who are based in Sligo, have been producing email marketing software for Windows for several years. They recently announced Hoolie, which brings their solution to OSX for the first time. Judging by the information on the site and the screenshots it looks like it covers all the bases, though the list management options appear […]
The Ultimate Geeky Lightbulb?
Over on Kickstarter at the moment there’s a very cool project which is for a new type of light bulb. To be honest it’s more than just a “bulb”, it’s more like an entire lighting system that comes in the shape / form of a light bulb. It’s got wifi, IPv6, it’s eco-friendly .. it’s […]
Apple Store Offline
The Apple online store is currently offline. With Apple due to make an announcement later today this is to be expected, though you’d have to wonder if any other company could take their shop offline and get away with it .. In the case of Apple taking it offline means people will come back later […]
Irish Internet Awards Showdown?
With “awards season” in full swing there’s been a couple of interesting developments in the last 24 hours. First off, Damien Mulley’s Irish Web Awards have reported their biggest number of entries to date. According to a report in the Business Post there have been over 600 entries so far. Meanwhile the Eircom Spiders have […]
46th Anniversary of Star Trek Google Doodle
Google’s doodles seem to be getting more complex over time. The most recent one is to celebrate the 46th anniversary of the Star Trek TV show Since it’s interactive here’s a screen capture of it: [youtube]http://youtu.be/9gM1_6rVL1o[/youtube] Related articles Google Doodle Boldly Goes Where No Doodle Has Gone Before (mashable.com) Google celebrates Star Trek’s 46th […]
Is it the end of Twitter as Apple users know it?
I remember, it was three and a half years ago. We were sitting in the living room of Michele’s house with our MacBooks open, when I finally installed Tweetdeck and started using Twitter intensively. At that time there was only a few good Twitter clients. I remember only Twitterrific and Tweetdeck. Twitter via the web […]
QR Gravestones & Vertical Forests [Podcast #43]
Michele and Conn take another ramble through the world of technology, covering geek prams, QR codes on gravestones, and vertical forests. We scratch our heads as Ryanair ask you to pay €3 for the privilege of marketing to you with their new iPhone app (which seems to be the same as their mobile website!) And […]
Video: Sh*t Apple Fans Say
Yes, I am an Apple fanboy. I’ll admit. Enjoy this video of “Sh*t Apple Fanatics Say” [youtube]http://youtu.be/FFhjDX-DUew[/youtube] Related articles This Apple Blogger Makes $500,000 A Year (AAPL) (businessinsider.com)
Amazon To Announce New Kindle Fire?
All the big tech companies are making announcements at the moment. The next big one to do so is Amazon, who are holding a press conference later today. Some suspect that the announcement will be about new Kindle Fire models. The company announced last week that the Kindle Fire had been their number 1 seller […]