Facebook Messenger Reaches 500m Users
Facebook has announced that the Facebook Messenger standalone app has reached 500m users. That's fairly impressive, it's true. But it's less impressive compared to over a billion users who access the social network every month from
The Day We Fight Back in Galway
Tomorrow is billed as 'The Day We Fight Back', against online surveilance. Michele has blogged about it earlier. It's something we support here at Technology.ie because we believe that the erosion of trust caused by unchecked surveillance
Big Brother Is Watching
Privacy is and will continue to be a hot topic in tech circles over the coming years. With more and more of our daily lives being managed online we're going to be interacting with more and
NSA Proof Font?
So if you're worried about the NSA (and other government agencies) reading your emails, documents etc., then maybe this new font is the solution. Here's a video explaining both how it works, what it looks like
Instagram Reminds Users of Terms of Service Change
Remember the Instagram debacle? While the company may have listened to users' outrage (and there was a lot of that.. ) they've still made changes to their terms of service, although the changes are much less
Declaration Of Internet Freedom
In the past few days several well known internet companies and thought leaders have launched the "Declaration of Internet Freedom". Rather than try to explain it here's the actual text which I think speaks for itself:
