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Spare the banhammer, spoil the commenter
So the European Commission, Microsoft, Google, Facebook and Twitter are in agreement: the Internet has a bullying problem. Well, bullying, misogyny, bigotry, religious intolerance, racism,...
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Why LinkedIn won’t be another Nokia for Microsoft
This week’s announcement by Microsoft of a $26.2 billion all cash deal for social network LinkedIn has commentators confused for a number of reasons. To name but a few concerns, firstly it’s by far the...
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Brexit: An appetite for destruction
No matter the outcome, #Brexit polls demonstrate how quickly half of any population can be convinced to vote against itself. Quite a lesson. – Edward Snowden The above tweet from PRISM whistleblower...
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Breaking up is easy to do
Of the many reactions to the launch of the iPhone in January 2007 two stood out for me: The first was an interview where Steve Ballmer dismissed the smartphone for its $500 price point and the lack of...
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Worker, upskill thyself
On this week’s TechRadio I talk with Comtrade’s Dejan Cusic about the digital skills gap and what his company (based in Slovenia with a significant operation in Ireland) does to combat what is a...
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RootMetrics report puts mobile operators on the spot
Last month mobile communications analyst RootMetrics released its first report in to the Irish market. Looking in detail at the centres of Dublin, Cork and Galway the study gave us an impartial picture...
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How the other half think
On the next edition of TechRadio we have an interview Prof Mick Morris with of the Amber Centre for Materials Research in Trinity College that should be of interest to the 50,000-odd students who got...
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When outsourcing goes bad
And now for something completely different from the Internet: Warner Brothers is on the verge of suing itself for copyright infringement. According to a report from the BBC, the studio has been engaged...
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When secure doesn’t mean private
Last week I filled out a boring event registration and got a little wiser about privacy. I was a little put out at having to fill in the form, so putting in anything bar the bare essentials was about...
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LRC report offers hope in war on trolls
Today saw the release of a report from the Law Reform Commission on what it calls ‘harmful communications’. The comprehensive study lists 32 measures for dealing with many forms of digital abuse with a...
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Apple and the way we live now
On this week’s TechRadio we discuss the state of Apple five years on from the death of Steve Jobs. The short version goes that the company is a lot more profitable (worth $50 billion at the time of...
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Samsung in meltdown
Remember Antennagate? When Apple released an iPhone that failed at the simple task of being able to receive phone calls? Remember the Microsoft Kin? A smartphone that stayed on the market for all of...
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Wake in flight
Later this week Twitter will announce its third quarter financial results for 2016 and, in all likelihood, a further 300 job losses. For a high-visibility social network with income on an upward curve,...
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It was Twitter wot won it
Every election since Barack Obama’s successful US presidential bid in 2008 has been hailed a victory for social media. I’m not seeing the same argument being made for President-elect Donald J Trump...
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A nation still divided
Two stories emerged over the past few days highlighting the state of broadband in Ireland and just how far the nation has to go before reaching the EU target of ensuring everyone has access to a...
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Don’t take our word for it on fake news
In yet another example of how this year’s US presidential election was like no other we are being treated to a series of post mortems from bemused Democrats and Republicans, poll watchers, mainstream...
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ICT recruitment a classic case of tail wagging the dog
Two reports came across my desk this week that, when put together, give a valuable overview of the state of ICT recruitment in Ireland. It goes like this: plenty of jobs, not enough qualified people to...
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Robot rights debate happening a decade too soon
If you only see one episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation I recommend Season 2’s The Measure of a Man. The story breaks down as follows: a scientist asks permission to dismantle android crew member...
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Pretty hate machine
Last year I wrote about Twitter’s struggle to remain viable as both a commercial entity and a marketplace of ideas. At the time the social network’s third quarter results had just been released and...
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Why drone deliveries won’t take off
This week UPS became the third company to trouble my inbox with news of a delivery service using drones. I still don’t get the point. If you haven’t seen how drone delivery works here’s the short...
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