Security Expert Brian Honan on the Paddy Power Data Breach [Audio]
English: Paddy Power - Broadway (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Paddy Power, the bookmaker, has written to almost 650,000 users of its online service advising them that their personal data was breached in a malicious incident in 2010.
Storyful’s Aine Kerr is an Honest Broker for User Generated Content [Audio]
Aine Kerr, Managing Editor of Storyful, is our guest on today's podcast (15:59; 9MB; MP3). Storyful calls itself "the world's first social media news agency". Founded by ex-RTE anchor Mark Little in 2010, it was acquired by
“Unskippable” YouTube Ad Shows How to Use 5 Seconds to Make an Impression
'Pre-roll' ads on YouTube are annoying. What makes them especially annoying is how ineffective and stupid most of them are. A company called Nail Communications says it's time to tailor the message to the medium, and
Adobe Worries
Patch Tuesday used to be just a Microsoft thing, but other companies have gotten involved recently, and this week Adobe released security fixes for Robohelp as well as Adobe Acrobat and Reader. But if you're thinking
AA Ireland at the Net Visionary Awards [Video]
Here's another video from the Net Visionary Awards. Eamonn Grant is Head of Online for AA Ireland. They got the award for "Best Mobile Service or App for fast moving people". [fvplayer src='https://technology.ie/video/netvis13-aa.mp4' width=854 height=480 splash='https://technology.ie/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/aa-netvis.jpg']
Pressdoc Rebrands as Pr.co
We've been using PressDoc to handle the company's press releases for the last few months. It's a simple yet powerful service. In the last few days they've rebranded as PR.co. Not only is the name shorter
Getbulb Breaks Down the Referendum Result
When it comes to politics, the story's in the data, and it always has been. Interpreting "the numbers" has traditionally been the preserve of a priest-like caste of tallymen and vote managers, who possess the ability to
