Last night’s episode of “Last Week Tonight” was longer than normal due to John Oliver doing a special segment on government surveillance. The segment included a lengthy in person interview with Edward Snowden that John Oliver recorded in Moscow. As he has done in the past, Oliver managed to put government surveillance into context in […]
Check out the Mercedes F015. No you can’t have it. Mercedes’ concept of the future is unlikely to ever go into production, but it’s certainly a head-turner. https://youtu.be/DYTV4d-Gn0s In that respect, it’s certainly an improvement on the Google prototype demonstrated last year.
Google Street View has just released a new collection of imagery from parks, castles and historic sites from across the country. A wide range of iconic locations can now be accessed right from your phone, tablet or computer including Christchurch Cathedral, Dublin’s oldest medieval cathedral; Co. Clare’s Ennis Friary founded by the Franciscans in the […]
Here’s some information which, naturally, we all hope we’ll never need to use. But if the moment did arise, ignorance would be no comfort. It’s a great example of how to communicate an important message in a memorable way. Please take 40 seconds to watch it. [youtube]http://youtu.be/gtbUB1XPW_o[/youtube] Credit is due to St John’s Ambulance in the UK for this […]
Padraig O’ Scanaill, a young Waterford entrepreneur and finalist in Ireland’s Best Young Entrepreneur (IBYE) competition, picked up the award for the ‘Best Online Promotion of Business’ and won €1,000 worth of Google Adwords for his company, Fund Recs. Of the 24 finalists from 17 counties competing in the inaugural national competition, the special award […]
Tá sé fógartha ag Google inniu go bhfuil a gcóras ríomhphoist Gmail ar fáil anois i nGaeilge. D’oibrigh foireann Google le pobal na Gaeilge chun an t-aistriúchán a dhéanamh. Tá Gmail ar cheann des na seirbhísí ríomhphoist is mó atá in úsáid ar fud an domhain, é ar fáil i 71 teanga, le breis agus 425 milliún […]
Google has updated its reCAPTCHA, anti-bot system to cut down on the number of times it needs to ask you to identify distorted text. It turns out the bots are getting better at reading distorted text, as good as 98.9% accurate. Google, meanwhile, has developed advanced risk analysis of users’ behaviour which allows it give most humans a pass, […]
On the biggest day for online purchases in the calendar, new research from the Irish International Business Network (IIBN), reveals that almost a third (29.6%) of Irish businesses now believe e-commerce could help them grow their business, up from 16.2% last year. The IIBN Inter-trade and export report, which looks at the attitudes of Irish businesses […]
Lawyer Simon McGarr blogs at Tuppenceworth.ie, mostly about current affairs in general, and digital rights in particular. In the light of recent controversy about Uber, some people have chosen to boycott the service, and delete the app from their phones. But as Simon points out, while you may choose to forget Uber, they may not necessarily forget about you, unless […]
It’s Global Entrepreneurship Week, and four Irish cities are taking part in the Global Startup Battle. Galway Startup Weekend was on last weekend, and Dublin, Cork and Limerick are repeating the exercise next weekend. Gene Murphy is one of the organisers of Startup Weekend Dublin, and he’s my guest on today’s podcast. Click on the player above to […]
