What Should We Ask Sciencefiction.com’s Patrick Ruddell?
This week we’ll be speaking to a very special guest – Patrick Ruddell. Patrick is the founder and Editor in Chief of ScienceFiction.com. ScienceFiction.com was launched in 2010 and covers all aspects of sci-fi and fantasy, with regular updates on movies, tv shows and a whole lot more. Apart from running one of my favourite […]
ZX Spectrum Released 30 Years Ago Today
Conn and I are old enough to remember the ZX Spectrum, so Google’s “doodle” on Google UK this morning both brings back memories for me and makes me feel a little old 🙂 I remember picking up a secondhand ZX Spectrum 48k a couple of years after their initial release. It was a wonderful machine, […]
Lightly Salted [Podcast #25]
Serbian tech blogger and social media marketeer, Nebojsa Radovic, aka ENIAC, joins Conn and Michele as a guest on this week’s podcast. Being the week that’s in it, we remember a former flagship of Irish technology with an unfortunate history. Â Titanic has been somewhat rehabilitated by the movies in recent years, but the current fad […]
Dominos Get Clever With Audio
Dominos pizzas in the Netherlands have come up with an interesting way to help their delivery bike riders keep safe and also promote their brand. [youtube]http://youtu.be/n17B_uFF4cA[/youtube] The word “lekker” means “tasty” or “nice” Related articles Domino’s Solution for Soundless Electric Scooters Is Rather Brilliant [VIDEO](mashable.com) Domino’s Pizza Safe Sound, A Human-Made Engine Noise Installed on […]
Viber – I’m Late to the Party
Many of us know the feeling of being the geek in the family. Â Tech support … what should I buy … oh – give us a look at your phone! And sometimes the show is on the other foot, like this weekend when my sister-in-law asked: “have you tried Viber?” She’s an IT professional, so […]
Paypal Dumping Local Domains?
It looks like Paypal is centralising everything under their .com domain name. So if you’re using Paypal to accept payments via your website you might need to check your code. More details on our company blog
Dot-Bubble [Podcast #24]
Instagram is worth €1bn?  What?!  In a rare moment of unity, both Conn and Michele are in agreement.  Watch out!  It’s a big fat tech bubble and it’s gonna blow! Google Plus gets a new look!  Social Media Awards longlists are out – and they’re long! Check out Memolane.  It builds a timeline of your aggregated […]
Memolane
Conn and I talked about Memolane on the podcast this week Here’s their video explaining what the service does: [youtube]http://youtu.be/2MMiMTN9swY[/youtube]
Cool Marketing From Belgium
I love innovative and fun marketing, so this video from a Belgian TV station really caught my eye. To give it a bit of context here’s their description of the video: To launch the high quality TV channel TNT in Belgium we placed a big red push button on an average Flemish square of an […]
What Are This Week’s Hottest Stories In Technology?
Even though this week is “shorter”, as Monday was a holiday in many countries (including Ireland) it’s been a very busy week in technology news circles. The announced acquisition of Instagram by Facebook is probably the biggest story this week, but what other stories are people talking about? We’ll be recording this week’s podcast tomorrow […]