SISTEM is a conference run by students, for students, and we attended the conference last year at University College Dublin. SISTEM 2021 will be taking place on February 20th, 2021! Speakers include Cassidy Williams, Dr. Rebecca Pope, Stephen Howell, Sarah Cunningham, and many more. Several students will be giving talks as well. What is SISTEM? […]
An Post’s “Community Focus” includes making postage free to care homes
With COVID-19 numbers on the rise, care homes have begun to impose restrictions on visitations again. With the status of Christmas an uncertainty, it’s unclear when many of us may get to see some of our loved ones again. That’s why An Post has made postage to all nursing and care homes nationwide completely free […]
Hands-on with the Google Pixel 5 – Compact Beauty
The Googel Pixel 5 was unveiled just last week, and we managed to get our hands on one for review! I’ll be publishing my full review over on XDA-Developers as soon as I’m able to, but for now, I can show you some photos of the device and talk about its specifications! The Google Pixel […]
Huawei launches the Watch GT 2 Pro, FreeBuds Lace, FreeBuds Pro, and more in Ireland
On the 10th of September, the Huawei Consumer Business Group (BG) hosted the Huawei Seamless AI Life New Products Global Launch Event at HDC. Here, they announced several new products that will be coming to the Irish markets. These products will further enrich their 1+8+N All-Scenario Ecosystem. For the uninitiated, the 1+8+N Ecosystem refers to […]
Xbox Series S and Xbox Series X price in Ireland revealed
The next generation of console gaming is on the horizon, and following a series of Xbox-related leaks, Microsoft has decided to announce the prices of both the Xbox Series S and the Xbox Series X in Ireland. There’s a lot of differences between the two, but the biggest difference is that the Xbox Series S […]
Three Ireland launches RCS for better text messaging
Three Ireland is one of the latest service providers in Ireland to provide Rich Communications Services (RCS) messaging to its customers. RCS is basically iMessage for Android, and it allows you to communicate with other device-owners on RCS-enabled networks over Wi-Fi or mobile data. Messages sent should be entirely free, and they’ll integrate with your […]
Irish National Broadband Plan contract released, though it’s heavily redacted
For months, many have awaited the government’s release of the National Broadband Plan contract. The €3 billion contract was given the green light just a little over 9 months ago, however details of it were kept scarce until now. The government has now published the contract, split across 50 documents, though only 21 of them […]
The Dáil is set to be recalled early, following the reopening of schools
The Dáil is set to be recalled early. This comes after the recent Oireachtas Golf Society dinner, where more than 80 people attended a function at a hotel room in honour of late Fianna Fáil MEP Mark Killelea Junior. This function broke existing COVID-19 public health advice, with reports of no social distancing or masks. […]
The OnePlus Nord and OnePlus Buds are now available in Ireland, and we’ve been using them
The OnePlus Nord has just launched, having been unveiled through the company’s Augmented Reality event thanks to COVID-19 woes. It’s a brand new mid-range smartphone from OnePlus, marking a true successor to the company’s last mid-range smartphone launched way back in 2015 – the OnePlus X. The OnePlus Nord has a pretty decent set of […]
The COVID-19 contact tracing app is now available in Ireland – What you need to know
As the worldwide pandemic continues to ravage through many countries internationally, Ireland has managed to get a decent hold on it and contain it to a certain extent, even if we won’t be seeing any large gatherings for the foreseeable future. Whilst we’re starting to see single-digit numbers of new cases, there’s always the potential […]