News emerged last night that social media giant Facebook was to acquire Instagram. What made the story particularly newsworthy was the amount of money involved – $1 billion So how is Instagram worth $1 billion? I don’t know, but as several people pointed out last night, there will be plenty of articles to help us […]
Love them or hate them, Google does some pretty cool things. For April Fool’s Day they’ve enabled an 8-bit retro version of Google Maps. It’s pretty cool if, like me, you’re old enough to remember the days when 8-bit graphics were the norm. If you’re bored you can check out some of the monuments that […]
Pinterest “soft launched” a few months ago, but in the recent weeks it not only opened its doors to the public, but rapidly became one of the hottest online properties. So, are you using it yet? If you are using it, are you just using it for personal stuff, or are you trying to use […]
Normally Conn does the write ups and puts the podcasts live, but this week I’m the one doing it, so here we go… This week Conn and I recorded the show in the evening, since both of us have been very busy. We picked up on the conversation we had been having a couple of […]
Have you ever wondered how businesses and organisations manage their social media? In this episode Michele Neylon talks about what they do at Blacknight. One of the key questions is how a team of people can administer a single social media account. Blacknight have been using a tool called Cotweet, but Michele is concerned that […]
2012 is upon us! So what does it hold for technology and the web? Will Facebook have an IPO? Will Google’s social network take market share from Facebook? Will ICANN be able to launch new TLDs on time? We don’t have the answers to any of those questions – yet, but throughout 2012 we plan […]
Brought to you by Blacknight, it’s The Technology.ie Podcast, Episode 8, with Conn Ó Muíneacháin and Michele Neylon. Our guest this week is Security Consultant Brian Honan. But first, let’s talk about .XXX. Michele decides it’s time to have that chat with Conn: everything he’s ever wanted to ask about the newest Top Level Domain but was afraid to ask. […]
Brought to you by Blacknight, it’s The Technology.ie Podcast, Episode 7, with Conn Ó Muíneacháin and Michele Neylon. Our guest this week is Paul Walsh of Metacert, a company with a mission to certify adult content on the web so that users can restrict access, for children in particular. First, a hat tip to Kila! Do […]
This isn’t 100% related to the content of any of our weekly podcasts, but since it’s: related to technology funny on Youtube Then I thought it was worth sharing .. Enjoy: [youtube]b7ZizDguxJA[/youtube]
