Twinsters is a story of the Internet Age. Identical twins separated at birth, adopted and brought up on different continents, Samantha Futerman and Anaïs Bordier would probably never have met if a friend of Anaïs hadn’t seen Samantha in a viral video on YouTube. From there it was a click to Samantha’s own YouTube account and […]
“Are we out of Internet again? … You’ve it all used up playing that oul Facebook” says Martin’s mother in this new video from Martin’s Life. Here’s another 60-second slice of authentic Irish life from the mystery animator: Skyping the Sister! [youtube]https://youtu.be/6AOS_9qTg40[/youtube] “She’s probably drinkin’ away below in Bonsai Beach” observes the mother when Martin’s sister […]
Yesterday we published the Ipsos MRBI’s infographic of their latest Social Networking Quarterly Survey of Ireland. They also published the Social Messaging Quarterly Survey, with similarly interesting results. Of 1000 people aged 15 and over, 50% have a Skype account; yet only 7% of them use it daily. Viber, Whatsapp and Snapchat have all shown steady growth over the past […]
So how can you call an international telephone for 25% less than Skype? Well it’s got to use some kind of VOIP, right? Wrong! Today’s podcast (18:10; 10MB, MP3) is an interview with Bhavin Turakhia, CEO of Ringo, a new company which is offering “carrier grade call quality for less than the cost of Skype”. How […]
Skype’s corporate blog has been hacked. See screenshot below: Apparently their social media presences on Twitter and Facebook were also compromised, though they have since regained control of them. More details here
Brought to you by Blacknight it’s the technology.ie podcast, episode 55 for January 11th 2013, with Michele Neylon and Conn Ó Muíneacháin. Newspaper link debacle update. Plus – the backlash against twitterphobia! Blacknight launches WhoOwns.it. Google might escape the FTC but EU’s gunning for them now. (Flashback to Google ubiquity in 2006). EU is also concerned about how companies are […]
Microsoft is killing off Microsoft Messenger / MSN Messenger / Windows Live Messenger. The instant message service is being replaced with Skype and if you’ve already upgraded to the latest version of Skype you’ll be able to access and merge your messenger account and contacts there. It’s not clear how users on other platforms ie. […]
