For different reasons, I’ve become a much more frequent user of Skype lately. The only downside is that it still isn’t available for some phones, including the Blackberry.
Well that’s about to change.
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remember the days when parents could use the old “you’ll ruin your eyesight” excuse to stop kids spending too much time on games consoles? Well not any more. It turns out a new US study has found video games can actually improve vision - or at least one specific part of it.
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So I got my hands on the Blackberry Storm last week.
Much excitement.
It looks good, the clickable touchscreen intrigues me. Very impressed by the 8gb memory card included with it. I spend at least 10 minutes of every day turning it around to watch the screen rotate itself (yes I am that sad).
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Last.fm fans will be disappointed to hear that the site plans on making its streaming Last.fm radio service subscription only to listeners outside the UK, US and Germany. So that would include us then.
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And so it begins. The Google Street View service hasn’t been available in the UK longer than a wet week and already the legal action is starting.
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I have never been a fan of Jade Goody. The recent media attention surrounding her illness was distasteful at best, regardless of whether she courted it or not.
But this type of reaction is not only over the top, but if you check out the source code of the page, is just plain nasty.
The top ten most annoying tweets, according to Niall Harbison.
I’d say the majority of Twitter addicts are guilty of at least two of these on a regular basis.
Does anyone know why Ryanair won’t allow you to book a flight through their website if you want to travel that day? Aer Lingus and other airlines allow it, but with “no frills” airline Ryanair you have to ring their reservations centre.
Considering they are trying to push us online for everything these days - reservations, check in - you think they’d sort this out.
Every time I log in to my Facebook page, I have a list of new causes that people have invited me to. Usually worthy, valid causes that most people would support.
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I was never a big fan of Blackberry devices in the past. They seemed a little too serious, a little too business-like for my taste. And to be fair, they were originally designed to keep busy people tethered to their email no matter where they were.
However, RIM’s latest offerings have certainly shaken off the “dull” tag that used to dog the Blackberry. From the Pearl to the Storm, and now the Curve, Blackberry is finding its niche in the consumer market.
It’s taken some time, but it’s safe to say I’m hooked.
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We had high hopes for SpiralFrog. When it was announced a couple of years ago it seemed like it may be an alternative to paying for music from iTunes.
Alas, it is no more. Insert your own pun about the service croaking it *here*.
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Mistakes happen. Every now and again we all get our email addresses wrong. But a polite request to the person who keeps giving out my gmail address as theirs: please stop.
In the past few months I have had family emails, friends updating me about hen parties I’m not actually going to and, once, some blood test results from a Dublin clinic. That one I replied to. The rest I’ve started blacklisting as spam.
Here’s the thing. If I wanted to sign up to newsletters from Aldi and Lidl, I would. And I don’t want notifications from online clinics, or be registered with HP for a printer I never bought. It might also explain the massive jump in spam in my account in the past few months.
So please. STOP. Thanks.
It must be tough being Google. I mean, you try to throw out some new services, out of the goodness of your own heart, and there are people standing by waiting to stomp all over your efforts with talk of “privacy”.
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Vote for George!
Maybe he’ll invite us all over one he gets the job as caretaker of the Islands of the Great Barrier Reef. At 17,000+ people voting for him, I doubt it, but we can dream.
Call me a cynic, but when I see another company boasting of its “eco friendly” products, I can’t help but smile.
Environmentally friendly technology is a growing business these days. With consumers seeking to cut bills and politicians pushing the carbon emissions agenda, everyone wants in.
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Another week, another survey on how the internet is wasting time for Irish employers. This one, by Peninsula Ireland, says Irish employees are wasting two hours and 20 minutes a day on personal internet use [Irish Times].
Now, does anyone else suspect some fudging of the truth was going on here?
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Microsoft is getting a bit of breathing space, it seems, with the news that the European Commission is backing off on its surveillance of the tech giant.
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So Blackout Ireland has started, and there’s a few blacked out avatars on Facebook and Twitter. I’ve yet to see how many people wrote to their ISPs and TDs to lodge their objections.
Danny O’Brien writes about it in todays Irish Times.
After his no-show last week for the US v Ireland at the National Stadium, the only clues to Kenny Egan’s whereabouts were on Twitter. @kennyegan was leaving us cryptic clues about his whereabouts through pictures and posts that seemed to suggest he was in New York.
But @kennyegan is no more.
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I love the different web clips that Google sticks into my Gmail account. Every so often there’s something interesting. Sometimes they are just bizarre. Like today’s “gem”.
“Inbox [2] Unread - www.secretlovemsg.com - There are secret messages waiting for you. Read them here €10/wk”
Oh look, internet strangers are sending me secret messages. I’ll just hand over €10 a week (a WEEK!!!) to read them.
Recession, anyone?
Irma’s approach to stamping out copyright infringement is winning fans all, it seems. Following the news that Irma was seeking to block Irish Internet users’ access to some websites, a new campaign has started to show Irma and the ISPs just how unhappy Irish net users are with the situation.
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