Internet
# internet - Sunday 11 November, 2012
Weird Wide Web: the week in online oddities
The internet’s best offerings in social media, tech, science and weird news.
# internet - Saturday 10 November, 2012
The 7 best things the Internet is saying about the Bieber-Gomez split
Can you belieb it?
# internet - Monday 5 November, 2012
Funerals to be streamed online
Through the use of internet technology, people living elsewhere in Ireland or in any other country in the world will be able to attend a funeral ‘virtually’.
# internet - Sunday 4 November, 2012
Column: If you read something offensive, don’t retweet it, report it
The future of the internet depends on social networks like Facebook and Twitter developing better protocols for dealing with offensive and potentially criminal postings, writes Dr Ciarán Mc Mahon.
# internet - Saturday 3 November, 2012
The 7 most crushingly mundane ‘XXX’ website addresses
These sites are absolutely suitable for work.
# internet - Wednesday 31 October, 2012
Funeral of teenager Erin Gallagher taking place
The 13-year-old was found dead at the weekend after posting messages lashing out at people who had verbally abused her online.
# internet - Tuesday 30 October, 2012
Column: Our children need lessons in how to behave online
We teach kids how to behave appropriately in real-life – and we need to do the same when our children log on, says Ian Power.
# internet - Thursday 25 October, 2012
Irish Rail rolls out free wi-fi on Dublin’s commuter trains
Commuters on the Drogheda, Maynooth, M3 Parkway, Kildare and Gorey services can now work on their laptops, tablets and smart phones during their commute.
# internet - Sunday 21 October, 2012
The Weird Wide Web: the week in online oddities
The internet’s best offerings in social media, tech, science and weird news.
# internet - Friday 19 October, 2012
Mozilla CEO says Google is a “frenemy”
Gary Kovacs says that while Mozilla, which created Firefox, gets most of its revenue from Google, the two companies are still eyeing each other carefully.
# internet - Wednesday 17 October, 2012
Dublin Web Summit: Credit and debit cards could become a thing of the past
In the future people will want to be able to make payments directly from their current account using their phone, rather than a card, the Dublin Web Summit heard today.
Smartphones the future of internet – and 10 other predictions
AOL’s Digital Prophet David Shing was speaking at the Dublin Web Summit today.
@ireland.com email users slam ‘disgraceful’ decision to end service
Some 15,000 active users of the email facility will now have to transfer their data and set up a new email account as the service will shutdown next month.
# internet - Sunday 14 October, 2012
The Weird Wide Web: the week in online oddities
The internet’s best offerings in social media, tech, science and weird news.
# internet - Saturday 13 October, 2012
Report of copyright review committee delayed to 2013
The independent Copyright Review Committee, examining possible changes to Irish law, will not report until March.
# internet - Wednesday 10 October, 2012
VIDEO: Is this the ultimate in dog shaming?
A dog dressed as a panda bear? Shameful.
# internet - Monday 8 October, 2012
Trade unionist in Singapore sacked for racist Facebook post
Assistant director of National Trades Union Congress ‘wrote racially offensive comments about the country’s Malay minority’.
# internet - Sunday 7 October, 2012
The Weird Wide Web: the week in online oddities
The internet’s best offerings in social media, tech, science and weird news.
# internet - Sunday 30 September, 2012
Weird Wide Web: The week in online oddities
The internet’s best offerings in social media, tech, science and weird news.
# internet - Friday 28 September, 2012
Column: Why internet trolls exist and why they’re unlikely to go away
Ciarán Mc Mahon writes on the theories behind internet trolling and explains why, as long as there is a free and open internet, they’re probably not going to go away.
# internet - Wednesday 26 September, 2012
Column: Why the KildareStreet.com debacle is just a symptom
KildareStreet.com might survive – but its story represents a wider Irish problem, writes William Campbell.
# internet - Sunday 23 September, 2012
Weird Wide Web: The week in online oddities
The internet’s best offerings in social media, tech, science and weird news.
# internet - Monday 17 September, 2012
How the internet freaked out over Kate Middleton’s topless photos
The web went a little crazy this weekend. Here’s what happened after the news broke…
# internet - Sunday 16 September, 2012
Weird Wide Web: The week in online oddities
The internet’s best offerings in social media, tech, science and weird news.
# internet - Saturday 15 September, 2012
Read Me: Why Facebook is at a very tricky stage
The Data Protection Commissioner here is finalising a report on the social media giant, writes Eoin Lynch, and the findings will be closely watched by the tech-business world…
# internet - Friday 14 September, 2012
11 weirdest Irish gift ideas from the internet
T-shirts! Murals! Terrifying mousepads! What happens when the internet is let loose all over the term “Irishness”…
40 jobs to be created in Dublin by mobile payment company
SumUp, which helps small businesses take payments using mobile technology, is setting up a customer support centre in Dublin.
# internet - Monday 10 September, 2012
Free WiFi for all travellers at Dublin Airport
The no-fee service is being launched today.
# internet - Thursday 6 September, 2012
Man who invented web: ‘No, there is no button to kill the internet’
Tim Berners-Lee says there’s no single way to kill the internet – unless governments around the world acted in unison.
# internet - Sunday 2 September, 2012
Weird wide web: The week in online oddities
The internet’s best offerings in social media, tech, science and weird news.
# internet - Thursday 30 August, 2012
Almost 80 per cent of lone pensioners have no internet access
Age Action Ireland said it has concerns that older people may become increasingly isolated and excluded from certain services as they continue to move online.
# internet - Wednesday 29 August, 2012
The Evening Fix: Wednesday
Things we learned, loved and shared today.
# internet - Sunday 26 August, 2012
Weird wide web: The week in online oddities
The internet’s best offerings in social media, tech, science and weird news.
# internet - Wednesday 22 August, 2012
Happy 21st birthday, World Wide Web! You’re now officially a grownup
Now here are some things you should REALLY grow out of.
# internet - Monday 20 August, 2012
These iPhone 5 leaks suggest some big changes ahead
Taller, thinner displays and better battery power.
Google offers free classes for over 50s to tackle low internet usage
More than 400 people have received training through the technology giant’s Age Engage programme it is running in the Dublin community where it is based.
# internet - Sunday 19 August, 2012
Weird Wide Web: The week in online oddities
The internet’s best offerings in social media, tech, science and weird news.
# internet - Friday 17 August, 2012
The 5 at 5: Friday
5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock.
Prophetic 1990s Kids’ Video of the Day
No comment.
# internet - Sunday 12 August, 2012
Weird Wide Web: the week in online oddities
The internet’s best offerings in social media, tech, science and weird news.






















































