Hammer & Tongs [Audio]
Brought to you by Blacknight - it's the technology.ie podcast with Michele and Conn. Blacknight has got the builders in! The development of our new datacentre has provided an opportunity to re-model the offices as well.
Mac Pro Teardown: 8/10 for Fixability [Video]
Announced in October, Apple's new Mac Pro started shipping just before Christmas. iFixit.com got their hands on one and promptly tore it apart! [youtube]http://youtu.be/h5_-sYIOD6M[/youtube] We've blogged about iFixit.com before and their mission to encourage people to
LIFX First Impressions
I mentioned the LIFX back in September 2012. It was one of those cool gadgets that crop up on KickStarter and I, like a LOT of others, was really impressed, intrigued and wowed by what we
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
Facebook To Monetise Mobile
Social Network Propaganda (Photo credit: blacknight) 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
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:
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









