Online activist saves 172 doomed BBC websites for $3.99

The BBC confirmed last month that it would proceed with a 25% online operations budget reduction, with the loss of…

13 years ago

Both BBC iPlayer iPad and Android apps now live

The long anticipated BBC iPlayer iPad and Android apps have finally arrived earlier today. Response has so far been subdued,…

13 years ago

Spotify is “looking forward” to launching in the United States soon

Free online music site, Spotify, is “looking forward” to launching in the United States in the coming months, according to…

13 years ago

Mobile Ireland 2011 – Smartphone usage in Ireland [Infographic]

Mindshare Ireland have published an interesting infographic regarding smartphone usage in Ireland. The survey, conducted by Sponge It in November…

13 years ago

Hero granny helps foil bank robbery, helps catch suspected thief

A have-a-go hero granny, Ann Timson, helped foil a gang of bank robbers as they attempted to break into a…

13 years ago

Trócaire challenges Facebook users to ‘give it up’ for day

Irish charity Trócaire is inviting Facebook users to give up something they love for just one day, to raise money…

13 years ago

BBC iPlayer for the iPad coming this Thursday, complete with HD

As speculated last month, Geoff Marshall, a BBC interactive operations engineer, has confirmed that the BBC iPlayer will get its…

13 years ago

Google Nexus S to arrive in Ireland sooner than expected

Following our coverage earlier this week regarding the intentions of Carphone Warehouse Ireland to stock the Google Nexus S smartphone…

13 years ago

Diagnosis by iPad, FDA approves medical iOS App

Star Trek style medical scanners took a step closer to becoming reality this week following the United States’ Food and…

13 years ago

AOL to acquire The Huffington Post for $315 million

American news website and content aggregator The Huffington Post will be acquired by AOL for $315 million US dollars, in…

13 years ago

Skype is giving away free WiFi for Social Media Week

To celebrate Social Media week 2011, Skype will be giving away freey WiFi access in eight cities around the world.…

13 years ago

Has Trinity College copyrighted the term “The Books of Kells” for use in digital downloads

Trinity College Dublin has filed several applications in the past year to copyright the term “The Books of Kells”, for…

13 years ago

Armchair archaeologist discovers 2,000 potential archaeological sites using Google Earth

Australian archaeologist David Kennedy has discovered 1,977 potential archaeological sites in Saudi Arabia using Google Earth from the comfort of…

13 years ago

Apple’s Valentine’s present – will it announce iPad2 next week [Rumor]

Apple will announce details of the iPad2 on Valentine’s day, ahead of an April 2011 release, if rumors reported by…

13 years ago

Nokia to make announcement – will it drop Symbian for Windows Mobile 7

Nokia and Microsoft are to make a joint announcement next Friday, a move which suggests that Nokia may be about…

13 years ago

Facebook Places launches in Ireland

After what has seemed like an never-ending wait, Facebook Places has finally launched in Ireland. The service was quietly launched…

13 years ago

The spread of Irish unemployment by county over the last eight years [Infographic]

The data collected and shared by the Central Statistics Office Ireland (CSO) is both expansive and extremely important, but not…

13 years ago

Is Google capitalizing on its Bing Sting by registering hiybbprqag.com

It looks like a Google employee has found a neat way of capitalizing on the “Bing Sting” operation it carried…

13 years ago

Gardaí warn of sophisticated AIB ATM skimming scam in operation

Gardaí and the National Consumer agency today warned ATM consumers to careful of very convincing skimming devices that have been…

13 years ago

Stunning HDR time-lapse video

Photographer Patryk Kizny has combined HDR and time-lapse photography to create this stunning short film titled The Chapel. The piece…

13 years ago