There’s no doubt about the importance of video in the new world of online media, but the precise nature of how it’s going to turn out is still unclear, says Irish Times‘ Digital Development Editor Hugh Linehan. He spoke to Technology.ie at the OMiG Digital Summit in Galway last week. It’s no help looking to other industries for clues, explains […]
“Sorry to be the bearer of bad news: your son is a genius”, says the character Walter O’Brien in the pilot of the new drama series Scorpion, which will premier on CBS next month. It tells the story of a consulting firm staffed by high IQs, who have “saved the world several times over“. It’s the […]
Beaut.ie is one of the pioneers of Irish blogging, an inspiration to many as a classic example of turning passion into publishing. Not being a regular reader I was surprised to learn that they had thrown in the towel earlier this week, but just as I hear that news, it is announced that they have […]
Details continue to emerge surrounding the security breach involving customer’s financial data at LoyaltyBuild. The ESB has confirmed that 6,700 of its customers have had non-financial data compromised in the attack. According to The Irish Times: Loyaltybuild said the further data breaches, yet to be publicised, had only come to light late yesterday evening and […]
The Irish Times is reporting that the Data Protection Commisioner, Billy Hawkes, has confirmed that the compromised credit card data at LoyaltyBuild had been stored in an unencrypted form – together with the 3-digit CVV number from the backs of the cards. When first reporting the breach last week, the company had claimed that all […]
Simon McGarr has been writing extensively over the last couple of weeks about Newspaper Licensing Ireland and the Irish tradition media’s views on copyright. The story has gained a lot of traction and has garnered considerable coverage in the international press, both traditional and digital. Earlier today he posted an update which highlights NLI’s “clarification”. […]
IRMA is taking several of the larger Irish ISPs to court – again. This time round they’re having a go at UPC, Three, Imagine, Vodafone and Digiweb, according to a report in the Irish Times. Yet again the legal battle centres around file-sharing and The Pirate Bay in particular. UPC has consistently refused to block […]
The Irish Times has launched a new advertising campaign entitled The Story of Why. You can read more about the background to the campaign on their site. Here’s the extended version of their TV ad, which runs to 2 minutes. It’s not clear how long the actual TV version is, though obviously it’s not that […]
The Irish Data Protection Commissioner is appealing a case to the Irish Supreme Court. The case involves Irish ISP Eircom’s out of court agreement with the music industry to implement a “three strikes” rule or “graduated response” to alleged copyright infringers. The Irish Times has full coverage of this latest chapter in the IRMA vs […]
