Online activist saves 172 doomed BBC websites for $3.99

14 years ago

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

Both BBC iPlayer iPad and Android apps now live

14 years ago

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

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

14 years ago

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

Mobile Ireland 2011 – Smartphone usage in Ireland [Infographic]

14 years ago

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

Hero granny helps foil bank robbery, helps catch suspected thief

14 years ago

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

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

14 years ago

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

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

14 years ago

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

Google Nexus S to arrive in Ireland sooner than expected

14 years ago

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

Diagnosis by iPad, FDA approves medical iOS App

14 years ago

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

AOL to acquire The Huffington Post for $315 million

14 years ago

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

Skype is giving away free WiFi for Social Media Week

14 years ago

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

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

14 years ago

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

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

14 years ago

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

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

14 years ago

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

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

14 years ago

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

Facebook Places launches in Ireland

14 years ago

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

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

14 years ago

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

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

14 years ago

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

Gardaí warn of sophisticated AIB ATM skimming scam in operation

14 years ago

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

Stunning HDR time-lapse video

14 years ago

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