Some Twitter Reactions To Katie Taylor’s Win
The reactions and memes on Twitter (and elsewhere) to Katie Taylor’s win this afternoon are.. well see for yourself: Film star Samuel L Jackson: All of IRELAND Raise A Pint for Katie Taylor's Gold Medal Russian beatdown!! — Samuel L. Jackson (@SamuelLJackson) August 9, 2012 Pop duo Jedward: Katie Taylor has the coolest Bling Now […]
#Nikeletter Campaign
A 16 year old in the US who has cerebral palsy may have inadvertently sparked a massive social media campaign targetting Nike. The letter Matthew Walzer posted on his blog a couple of days ago was picked up by NiceKicks, who have not only blogged about it and encouraged other people to share the letter, […]
Canoe With Google
Google’s doodle today is interactive again and this time the theme is canoeing. As usual you can control the avatar using your keyboard, though this time round you can also control the canoe’s position using the “up” and “down” arrows, though that’s not indicated in the instructions [youtube]http://youtu.be/e3StGKCGc_Q[/youtube] Yet again when doing the screengrab I […]
Daft.ie Unveil TV ad
Daft.ie is one of Ireland’s great online success stories. Up until now, however, the site has relied primarily on “word of mouth” and online advertising to expand and grow. However this may change as they unveiled their new television advert earlier today which features original music by Maria Clarke [youtube]http://youtu.be/vkbiW0rmyFc[/youtube] They’ve also made available some […]
The Police Raid On Kim Dotcom Footage
Megaupload’s Kim Dotcom (Kim Schmitz) has been getting a lot of media coverage in recent months. One of the more recent scandals surrounding the Megaupload founder, however, is not so much related to Megaupload’s activities but to the manner of his arrest. When Kim Dotcom was arrested in New Zealand in January the authorities carried […]
Online Payments Provider Realex Announces Growth
Irish online payment provider, Realex Payments, has announced significant growth. In a release earlier this afternoon the Dublin based company announced revenues up by 28%, transaction volumes up 44%, client base increase by 74% (!!!) They’re now processing 1.5 billion euro a month on average! During the year Realex Payments signed up an additional 3,550 […]
Google’s Basketball Doodle
Today’s Google doodle is sports themed again. This time round it’s basketball and yes, I still can’t play! Here’s a quick screengrab of it: [youtube]http://youtu.be/b2FPEXQfYK0[/youtube] Related articles Shootin’ Hoops – London 2012 Basketball Google Doodle Game (techie-buzz.com) Shoot Hoops With Tomorrow’s Interactive Google Doodle (mashable.com) Google’s Interactive Doodle Is Olympic Themed (technology.ie)
Facebook To Monetise Mobile
One of the issues that Facebook has been grappling with is two fold. On the one hand their mobile traffic has been growing, in line with many popular sites. But while the traffic on mobile devices and overall mobile usage might be on the increase the social network has been having issues turning that usage […]
Google’s Interactive Doodle Is Olympic Themed
Google’s doodles are usually static images, but from time to time they have pretty slick animated ones. Today’s is pretty cool, though I didn’t do too well trying to control the little man in the animation: [youtube]http://youtu.be/kmSH26CbOL8[/youtube] You can browse past Google doodles on their dedicated site. Related articles Google London 2012 hurdles doodle lets […]
Visualising 2012 Olympians vs Historic Olympians
The New York Times is doing a series of visualisations of current Olympians compared with their historic counterparts. So far there are three sets available, the 100m freestyle (swimming), 100m sprint and the long jump. The visualisations use historic data and make it come to life so even those of us who aren’t that interested […]