Today We Land on a Comet
We've talked about Rosetta before. The European Space Agency's mission to Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko took 10 years to catch up with the comet, which is about the size of a city, and which we now know is shaped like
Web Summit 2015 Tickets On Sale Tomorrow
While the dust on Web Summit 2014 has barely settled they're already working on the 2015 edition. Tomorrow will see 1000 tickets for Web Summit 2015 going on sale. They're apparently cheaper than the "2 for
The Cold War In 9 Minutes [Video]
Fall of the Berlin Wall 1989. Photo: Wikipedia With this week marking the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall a lot of people are probably a bit curious about the Cold
Chatting with Holly – Vodafone’s Virtual Assistant
I got into a delightful chat the other morning with Holly. She's the first line of Vodafone's online chat support service, and she's a bot. Holly prefers the term 'Automated Online Assistant', and that's fine with
How Free Is Our Media?
Freedom of the press is an important metric. And while Irish media have been discussing how much freedom there is versus the risk of legal issues, the overall ranking of Ireland's media isn't that bad. The
What Goes Upworthy Must Come Down
Back in December we wrote about how Upworthy, the good news, fluffy, heartwarming, annoying, viral video meme site was dominating interactions (likes and shares) on Facebook. So have you seen as many Upworthy videos lately? Me
Walter White’s Facebook Movie
I'm bad at Facebook. I don't share. So when I go to Facebook's new Look Back service, I don't get a cool movie dramatising my social media career; I only get a few pictures. Somehow I
