The technology giant Apple introduces a new plan aiming to help its customers repair phone and other electronic equipment themselves at home. The plan known as ‘Self Service Repair’ will make Apple genuine parts and tools available for the customers for the first time. The plan will begin officially in the US next year and … Read more
WhatsApp will challenge an order by the Data Protection Commission (DPC) where the commission ordered to pay a fine of €225 million for data breach. The European arm of WhatsApp secured permission from a High Court to challenge the order by DPC in last August. DPC had accused WhatsApp of breaching European Union’s General Data … Read more
The streaming platform Netflix has introduced new games to its customers as part of extending their business. The five mobile games are now available for the android users worldwide. Two of these games are titled ‘Stranger Things’ which is a popular series on the platform and the other three are not related to the Netflix … Read more
The social media company Facebook.Inc has changed its name to Meta. CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the name change at the company’s virtual-augmented reality conference yesterday. Speculations about the name change have been in the air since last week and there were reports that the name would be related to the word ‘Horizon.’ But the new … Read more
Facebook’s profit in three months to September recorded $9 billion (€7.7 billion) despite the emergence of controversies related to safety and privacy. The company is facing scrutiny over its policies in the US and many countries and whistle-blowers have come forward against the company alleging Facebook encourage extremism and act against communal safety. But the … Read more
UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has fined Facebook a mammoth £50.5 million (€60 million approx.) for breaching an order imposed during an investigation about the company’s purchase of GIF platform Giphy. Facebook had deliberately failed to comply with this order, and the penalty served as a warning that no company was above the law- … Read more
Popular social media platform Facebook is planning for a name change which will bring it to the groups of platforms managed by the parental company Facebook Inc. says report. According to the report by the US technology blog Verge, the new brand name will be announced by CEO Mark Zuckerberg at the company’s annual Connect … Read more
Google has unveiled their new series of smartphones Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro. The phones will be available in the Irish market from October 28 and cost €649 and €899 respectively. The company has made a lot of changes in these succeeding models from series 5 including all new dedicated processor and big battery. … Read more
An astronaut from NASA has shared the photo of Dublin city viewed from an International Space Station. The photo was taken from the Endeavour window on the Space Station by Shane Kimbrough while it was passing above the Irish sky. “One of my favourite cities – Dublin, Ireland! Look forward to seeing all of my … Read more
Facebook has said a ‘faulty configuration change’ was the cause of global outage of the social media platform, along with Instagram and WhatsApp, for several hours on Monday. The users were getting a notification as ‘something went wrong’ or ‘check your internet connection’ while trying to login to these platforms. The outage was reported from … Read more
Apple has launched the latest version of its operating system, iOS 14.5, which features the much-anticipated app tracking transparency function, bolstering the tech giant’s privacy credentials. But iOS 14.5 also introduced support for the new Apple AirTag, which risks doing the opposite. For the uninitiated, an AirTag is a small device (similar to a Tile) that … Read more
A courageous dog has travelled from Kildare to Dublin in search of her owner. Adding more to the story, she took a train to cover a distance of more than 60 Kilometers until finally reunited with the owner all alone. The incident happened on Thursday morning while the little black puppy took a train from … Read more
Kilkenny has been selected as one of the luxurious cities in the world by Money.co.uk. Kilkenny came on the 7th spot in the website’s ‘World’s Top 20 Most Luxurious Cities By Size’ published today. Meanwhile Indian capital New Delhi also booked a place in the list and comes at the 9th spot. The list is … Read more
Dublin 8 has become one of the coolest neighbourhoods to live in 2021 under the list prepared by global magazine Time Out. The list is prepared annually by the expert panel by considering many factors including food, drink, nightlife and culture. But as the pandemic hit the world for the last 18 months, the editors … Read more
This is nothing other than a dream come true for the Cork woman Catherine Ward. Catherine has finally passed the driving test and entitled for a driving license after 27 years of trying. During almost the three decade wait, she participated in 9 tests and passed at the last attempt. “Every time I went out … Read more