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. […]
COVID-19 contact tracing app privacy concerns: The app isn’t the problem
As the COVID-19 pandemic rages on across the globe, Ireland seems to have mostly gotten a handle on things. Ireland has managed to suppress transmission, and with the help of the COVID-19 contact tracing app for iOS and Android, 105 close contacts have been identified through its usage since its launch. We’ve only had 400 […]
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 […]
HP Elite Dragonfly Review: Small, but powerful
HP is probably known for one thing when it comes to laptops, and that’s ubiquity. I personally can’t go anywhere without seeing an HP laptop somewhere. Be it in college, a coffee shop, or even the train as I type this, I can generally spot one or two HP laptops out in the wild. HP […]
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 […]
You can donate your unused Three Ireland credit to charity through LikeCharity
There are many causes out there that are struggling to finance their operations, and they are often reliant on outside donations in order to keep afloat. On top of that, I know many people who are on Three Ireland‘s €20 a month all-you-can-eat plan. One interesting feature of that plan is that those on it […]
The Nokia 1.3 can now be purchased through Vodafone Ireland
HMD Global announced that the Nokia 1.3 on April 28th. The Nokia 1.3 aims to deliver premium technology at a more-than affordable price point – something Nokia phones have excelled at in the past. The smartphone will run Android 10 (Go edition), and will also pack a brand new camera design. Nokia 1.3 We do […]
OnePlus 8 Review – Ireland’s new top smartphone
The long-awaited OnePlus 8 has just been announced, following the underwhelming OnePlus 7T Pro last October. The hope we had for this coming out was that it would be more like the 7 and the 7 Pro. Fewer bugs, more functionality, all around just a more attentive and regardful smartphone. Rest assured, this device is […]