Ireland's Technology Blog

ITB Is Moving, just platform though, not to the moon

It is safe to say that many of you will have noticed that content on ITB has been a little slow of late, but we have been toying with the prospect of moving platform and weighing up the pros and cons. The core team at ITB now feels comfortable that a platform move at this time is right for us and will streamline our site, processes and ultimately allow us to bring better content to you the…

Nuclear diamond batteries that last forever

Yes, Nuclear Diamond Batteries That Last Forever, well okay not quite forever but thousands of years. Nuclear waste is a big issue, while Nuclear power is still the cleanest and safest form of energy the waste it produces can and could have disastrous effects on our planet. A team of physicists and chemists at the University of Bristol have discovered a way to make nuclear waste less dangerous…

New QWERTY Android BlackBerry spotted

BlackBerry is a company that just wont die, despite major managment blunders, poor software and poor devices up to this point, bar a few exceptions. Now however it appears that BlackBerry is gearing up to release another new Android phone, with a fully Qwerty keyboard sometime in 2017. The device was spotted on Chinese social media features a large top grille, possibly a speaker and ear piece and…

The reMarkable might replace paper, but probably not

The reMarkable is a new eInk tablet that is looking to completely replace traditional paper, be it books, copies or newspapers the reMarkable features the fastest eInk display with a textured canvas feel. This is the kind of device that I would have loved in school, to replace every single copy book I had. The reMarkable also has a…

The Last of Us: Part 2 confirmed in stunning trailer

The Last of Us on PlayStation 3 was one of most talked about and amazing games in history and when the remastered version of the game hit PS4 we just knew there would be a sequel coming. Now the developer Naughty Dog has dropped the first trailer for The Last of Us: Part 2. We see Ellie has now grown up and in a broken down shack, the scene sees her playing the guitar after seemingly killing some…

SwiftKey makes all Android and iOS themes free for Christmas

Do you use SwiftKey on your Android or iOS device ? For those that don’t know SwiftKey is just about the best keyboard you can get on any phone and they feature swipe, fast response times and themes. Recently bought by Microsoft they company has gone from strength to strength despite issues surrounding privacy of late. SwiftKey have just announced that they have made all their themes and theme…

Something for the weekend – OhMiBod has new sex tech

Despite Ireland still being a bit backwards when it comes to sex and oddly technology, people are afterall still only getting around to feeling comfortable in sharing their location on social or checking in, there are still those out there who want to splice the two together. OhMiBod which is a great name and when said with a Dublin lilt really sounds like it could be Irish have released a new…

Lego’s Minecraft clone Lego Worlds hits stores Feb 2017

Minecraft is a major gaming juggernaut, so much so that Microsoft bought the developer a couple of years back, said developer is now sitting on a bag of cash drinking Martini’s. Lego, the original building game using blocks was none too impressed by all this Minecraft business and finally they have announced that their Minecraft clone if you will called Lego Worlds will hit stores on February…

Facebook launches Instant Games

Facebook is rolling out a new feature called Instant Games which will let you play classic games with your friends straight from your news feed and even from Messenger. There will be 17 games to start you off and Facebook promise to add more over time, but what is there now is pretty impressive and even Pac-Man is playable. You will be able to challenge your friends and Facebook will even keep…

Christmas Gift Guide For The Geek You Know

The holidays are coming as the song goes in the Coke adverts that have finally hit our TV screens and you really know its Christmas when they do, except it’s not quite yet so don’t panic that you haven’t got all your gifts just yet. Do you have a tech lover in your family, or a geeky friend who just loves all things technology, well below are our top 5 gifts you could buy this year for just such…

Tesla’s delf drive demo is very impressive

Tesla cars are just about the most advanced motoring system you can buy today and usually people think of speed and ‘Auto Pilot’ when you say Tesla to them. However Elon Musk’s vision is that the cars ill one day be 100% self drive and the video below is further evidence this is coming. In the video above we can see the car driving on its own, through junctions and we can also see what the car…

Facebook Pages now lets you manage Instagram and Messenger

Do you happen to run a Facebook Page, Instagram account and Messenger support account ? It can be hard to manage all three when comments and notifications are coming in from all angles. Thankfully Facebook have realized this and are releasing an update to Facebook Pages app that will allow you to access all your comments and notifications from within that one app. This is a welcomed update for us…

OnePlus push the competition with the OnePlus 3T

OnePlus were a scrappy upstart from China when they launched the OnePlus One, but since then have gone on to push boundaries in the smartphone world and their latest OnePlus 3T is set to push harder still. The new OnePlus 3T is more of an iterative update to the OnePlus 3 but everything new is designed to keep the phone feeling fresh and also future proofing it for the next 18 months. The new…

Google’s new PhotoScan app digitizes any old photo

Remember when we took photos and you actually had to take the film out of the camera, then bring to a photo hutch somewhere down the road, wait 3 days and then you got back actual photos, no ? Well that could be because you were born after digital cameras came about. There are millions of people around the world that have thousands…

#gallery-0-7 { margin: auto; } #gallery-0-7 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 50%; } #gallery-0-7 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-0-7 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes/media.php */

The images were taken by Andrew Zuckerman show off 20 years of Apple’s ‘innovative‘ and minimal design. However the book wont appeal to everyone but it seems like everyone is releasing a book theses days so why not Apple.

#gallery-0-8 { margin: auto; } #gallery-0-8 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 50%; } #gallery-0-8 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-0-8 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes/media.php */

Sadly for Irish customers the book will not be on sale here in Ireland but will be available in Australia, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, the UK and the US, and select Apple Stores so you should be able to import it no problem. Failing this you could just Google Image search Apple Design and you will be fairly well covered.

This could be the best Christmas gift for the Apple lover in your life, but it wont come cheap at $199 for the 10 x 12 and $299 for the 13 x 16 inch versions.

Find out more in here.

Now anyone can use Skype without an account

Skype has finally rolled out its latest feature whereby anyone can now use it to make a call or video call even without an account. As of today if you want to make a call all you need to do it go to http://www.skype.com and you will be asked to enter a ‘handle’ or name to use. From this point on you will be provided with a link that…

Conor McGregor joins the cast on Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare

The Notorious Conor McGregor has been trying his had at some acting of late with his own UFC game and now he is turning up in the latest Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare game along side Jon Snow of Game of Thrones fame. In the latest trailer you will get to see McGregor lay down some blows around 1:42 You can also check out the below…