Nokia Announce Lumia 920 and Lumia 820
So the rumours were pretty accurate .. Nokia has announced two new Windows Phone 8 devices – the Nokia Lumia 920 and the Nokia Lumia 820. So what new features do they bring? The Lumia 920 comes with a very big battery – 2000mAh – and also supports “wireless charging”. I’d have to admit that […]
Nokia To Announce New Windows Phones?
Nokia are expected to make an announcement later today. You can follow the webcast live here from 1000 EDT. But what will they be announcing? Rumour has it that they’ll be announcing one or more Windows Phone 8 devices. (Rumours speak of Lumia 920 and / or Lumia 820) Will these new devices be able […]
Ryanair Want To Charge For Their Mobile App?
Ryanair have launched a mobile app for iPhone. That in itself isn’t exactly “news”. What is, however, is that the budget airline want to charge users €2.99 to download it! None of the other airlines charge for their mobile apps (why would they??), so what makes Ryanair’s app worth €2.99? Does it have extra functionality? […]
Rumour: Apple To Announce iPhone 5 On September 12?
Apple might make an announcement about a new iPhone at an event in San Francisco on September 12. Of course Apple could make an announcement about any number of things at the event, but the invite graphic itself is highly suggestive (see above). More on this in The LA Times and The Guardian. Guess we’ll […]
Amazon Inks Deal With EPIX For Online Video
From the “not available in Europe” department .. Amazon have announced a deal with EPIX that will allow them to add even more new releases to their Amazon Prime Instant Video selection. So if you’re in the US you’ll be able to get all sorts of “shiny” streamed to you almost instantly including new releases […]
You want the ultimate geek pram?
You’re reading Pram and going what on earth this is Technology.ie isn’t it? Well I’m a relatively new dad so I end up getting links to things like this all the time. This stroller from a technology point of view sounds completely insane. I’m not even sure if Irish people call these things strollers? (it’s […]
Infographic: Internet 10 Years Later
Geektastic infographic from here about the evolution of the technology in the last 10 years
Find And Buy Cool Crowdfunded Tech
Crowdfunding is a cool concept, but what happens to all those products when they become available to buy? How can you find them easily? Outgrow.me tries to solve this with its marketplace of crowdfunded products from Kickstarter and IndieGoGo. You can search by “tag” or sort by availability ie. available to buy now vs. accepting pre-orders […]
NSFW – National Broadband Fantasy [Podcast #42]
This week’s podcast contains offensive language. It’s not safe for work and not suitable for kids (or people of quality and breeding – you know who you are). In our defence … actually – we don’t have a defence. We weren’t even drinking – but speaking of drink, there’s an idea. Being a Kerryman, I […]
Does it really matter that people don’t know what “the cloud” is?
The recently published U.S. survey (commissioned by Citrix) about the public’s knowledge of Cloud Computing makes for interesting reading. “Most respondents believe the cloud is related to weather, while some referred to pillows, drugs and toilet paper.” This makes for great headlines of course, but it’s the “first to mind” answer people gave when asked […]