As part of Google’s rather elaborate suite of April Fool’s jokes they’ve unveiled a “Treasure Map” mode for Google Maps. [youtube]http://youtu.be/_qFFHC0eIUc[/youtube] Here’s O’Connell Street in Dublin using Treasure Map mode: And if you switch to street view you get this kind of sepia tone effect: You can view pretty much everywhere using the “treasure map” […]
Well no, it isn’t really, but seems that their April Fool joke is this hilarious video featuring lots of Youtubers: [youtube]http://youtu.be/GuCMQGgTPU4[/youtube] Of course Youtube is owned by Google who have an annoying tendency of shutting down services that people use, so maybe the joke is really on us?
Just back from meetings in Brussels and London, Michele joins Conn for a podcast. They check out the Irish language version of EURid’s site and look ahead to ICANN 46, next week in Beijing. Michele explains the Cyberbunker attack on Spamhaus: who are they, and what’s behind it. And are some people guilty of exaggerating […]
As it’s St Patrick’s Day in Ireland Google.ie is now displaying the St Patrick’s Day themed doodle: The graphic for today is a playful animation of some very stereotypical traditional Irish dancers – some of them with red hair! Interestingly they’ve also given Google UK the same treatment, but they haven’t made any changes to […]
It’s makeover time for websites,as the Irish Times and Irish Independent try out new looks. Google Plus gets a touch up – nobody notices. Facebook announce a new look – has anybody actually seen it yet? Anyway, Facebook is uncool. Again. Google reader gets culled. Conn and Michele go and wallow in aggregator nostalgia. […]
Music streaming service Deezer are launching an API for developers, but with an added twist. Developers will not only be able to integrate their apps with Deezer, but they’ll also get paid for referrals they generate. Deezer CEO Axel Dauchez said: “Music streaming isn’t about giving people access to soulless databases of songs – we […]
Google will have to pay a $7 million fine in the US. The fine stems from Google’s “Street View” vehicles sucking up too much data. While photographing streets and buildings the “street view” vehicles also collected a LOT of other data, including accessing unsecured wireless networks and collecting hundreds of gigabytes of personal data. Full […]
Websites get hacked all the time. No matter what kind of website compromise is involved it’s still an annoying and traumatic issue for website owners. Google have released a number of videos and guides to help website owners deal with the issues if they arise. The videos and tips don’t assume any technical knowledge – […]
Netflix have been ranking ISPs for the last few months and publishing data on their blog. In the case of Ireland and the UK the data was on their Irish and UK blog (obviously!) The new “speed index” covers all territories where Netflix is available They’ve got quite a lot of data to draw their […]
About.me was acquired by AOL when it launched. However two years later the company’s founders Tony Conrad and Ryan Freitas have just announced that they’re independent again. The company is ambitious: Our commitment is to make about.me the web’s starting point for identity – we believe everyone will eventually have an about.me page they integrate […]
