Twitter Changes Blocking – Then Reverses It
You may have missed this but, late yesterday, Twitter introduced changes to the way blocking works. Hours later they rolled back the changes in response to user protests. In the current scheme of things, blocking a
Upworthy Takes Viral to a Whole New Level
Those Upworthy posts are certainly viral, but according to the latest data, when it comes to the number of Facebook shares per article, there's simply no comparison with anything else. Newswhip have published their monthly report
Law School Head Says Blogging is “Not Academic Work”
The Irish law blog Cearta.ie is offline this morning after its owner, Dr. Eoin O'Dell of Trinity College, shut it down in response to a decision regarding its academic value. Responding to queries from his
A Flatter UK Namespace – But Who Gets FC.UK?
Nominet, the company which runs the .uk ccTLD, have announced that from 2014, people will be allowed to register domain names directly under .uk. Prior to this, you had to choose a second level domain in
Twitter says: Oops! You’re not an Advertiser – Do You Want To Be?
It's the social media equivalent of bumping into someone as a pretext to asking them on a date. (Does anyone actually do that? In movies maybe? OK, forget it.) Yesterday Twitter sent emails to several (not
Geeky Controversy [Audio]
Brought to you by Blacknight, it's the Technology.ie Podcast with Michele Neylon and Conn Ó Muíneacháin. It's our first show together since Conn joined Blacknight full time, and we talk a bit about how Technology.ie is
