NewsWhip, the Irish tech start-up company launched in 2012, today announces a move to new Dublin headquarters and the 100% expansion of its workforce. From March 22nd, 2016 NewsWhip will be located at NewsWhip House on Merrion Square. The move to the 4 story 200 year old Georgian building facilitates the expansion of the company’s […]
Thirteen years after it began broadcasting, the BBC’s youth oriented TV channel BBC Three stopped broadcasting yesterday. Instead, it is to continue as an online service, offering about 4 hours a week of new content, available on-demand via the BBC iPlayer, and YouTube. It’s a significant milestone in the move away from ‘linear’ TV, meaning programmes streamed sequentially in a ‘channel’ […]
Last week, the High Court granted billionaire businessman Denis O’Brien an injunction against RTÉ, prohibiting it from revealing any details of his relationship with IBRC (formerly Anglo Irish Bank). Then yesterday, independent TD Catherine Murphy made specific allegations about the banking arrangements between O’Brien and IBRC. Ms Murphy was speaking in a Dáil debate, and her words are privileged under the Constitution, […]
The new RTÉ Player International was launched yesterday by Ryan Tubridy, along with some other well known RTÉ faces. Based on a ‘freemium’ model, the app, which is available on iOS devices only, offers about 100 hours of free RTÉ programming, with up to 500 hours available for a subscription of €8.99 per month. The […]
Last night, Netflix announced premiere dates for its upcoming slate of original TV series, documentaries and stand-up comedy specials including: Original Stand-up Comedy Specials: Chris D’Elia: Incorrigible – 17 April Jen Kirkman: I’m Gonna Die Alone (And I Feel Fine)- 22 May What Happened Miss Simone- 26 June Original Series: Between- May, 2015 Sense8- 5 June […]
Beginning next Monday, The Irish Times is to introduce a digital subscription which will allow users to access up to 10 articles free per week, before being invited to subscribe. Priced at €12 per month, the Standard Subscription will give full access to irishtimes.com on computers and mobile devices, including the digital archive of 150 years of Irish […]
Malachy Browne is our guest on today’s podcast. With a solid background in both journalism and technology, he worked for Village magazine and co-founded Politico.ie before joining Storyful as News Editor. In December he joined international news startup Reported.ly, where he is Managing Editor and Europe Anchor. Click on the player above to listen to the show, or download […]
SpunOut.ie, the youth information service, is holding a privacy workshop on this Wednesday January 7 at its headquarters in Temple Bar. The event will be led by privacy activist Tommy Collison, whom we interviewed in a podcast just before Christmas. Tommy’s already run a couple of these events in New York, where he is a student of journalism. Back home in Ireland […]
Today’s podcast is an interview with blogger, student journalist, and encryption advocate Tommy Collison. Currently in his second year at New York University where he majors in journalism, Tommy is well known in Irish blogging circles where he has been active since he was 12. Click on the player above to listen to the show, or download it here: […]
HTC have just announced the brand new Desire 620 with 4G connectivity, 5MP front-facing camera for the perfect ‘selfies’ and all wrapped up in a colourful and eye-catching design. You can’t get it from Santa yet, but it’ll be out in 2015. The HTC Desire 620 follows the highly successful HTC Desire 610 and features the same […]
