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WordCamp Belfast is on next weekend and Blacknight is a sponsor – so I’ve Skyped with three of the organisers to find out what’s in store. Click on the player below to play the podcast, or download it here: 20:22; 12MB; MP3. Brendan Mulvaney is an IT consultant and tech blogger. He got involved at […]
It’s May the Fourth today – so we shout out to Star Wars fans! This year, it coincides with the May Bank Holiday Weekend in Ireland. Monday 7 May is a public holiday in Ireland. Support will be available by email and live chat from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm on Monday. Telephone service will be provided for […]
At Blacknight we’re all about taking care of business, but everybody needs a break. That’s why we sponsor events that are designed to feed the soul, like IndieCork, and the arts festival in our home town! Carlow Arts Festival (formerly Éigse) is celebrating its 39th year this year, and we’re delighted to be a sponsor. […]
Dublin Tech Summit gets underway today at the Convention Centre Dublin, and Blacknight is there with EURid, the EU domain registry. Come and say hello! We’re at stand D6, to the right of the hall as you enter, and near the stage. To celebrate, we’ve cut the price of .EU domains! Normally €6.95, you can […]
Tech Talk is a collaboration between Blacknight and KCLR 96FM radio. Every two weeks we join Ken McGuire on KCLR Drive for a chat about technology news. You can hear it live on the air, and it’s also a podcast. We include it here also in the Blacknight Podcast feed. Click on the player below to […]
Dietmar Stefitz is our guest on the Blacknight Podcast today. He’s the organiser of Domaining Europe – now known as NamesCon Europe following its takeover earlier this month. Blacknight is a sponsor of the event. Click on the player below to play the podcast, or download it here: 12:59; 7MB; MP3. A native of Austria, […]
UPDATE: 29/03/2018 9:30am. IEDR has announced that it will have staff at work on Friday 30 March, in order to deal with the current high volume of demand for IE domain names. We at Blacknight would like to wish all our customers and friends a Happy Easter! Our offices will be open as normal on Friday […]
It’s been a busy day here at Blacknight, thanks to the relaxation of the rules for registering .IE domain names, which came into effect today, and the irresistible value of Blacknight’s €4.99 .IE offer. I dropped into the Carlow office of Michele Neylon, Blacknight’s CEO, to get his thoughts on the day’s events. Click on […]
Have you ever wanted to register a .IE domain name, but couldn’t be bothered to justify why you wanted it? Got an idea, but it’s hard to explain? Tired of waiting for manual approval of your application, when other domain registries let you complete your registration with a couple of clicks? The good news is […]
Tomorrow is St Patrick’s Day, which means that Monday 19 March 2018 is a public holiday in Ireland. Support will be available by email and live chat from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm on Monday. Telephone service will be provided for support, accounts and sales from 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm. The usual on-call support will be available […]
Blacknight is an Irish company that does business internationally. It helps a lot that we speak English, and that lots of other people do around the world. But as the Internet brings us all closer, it also reveals the rich diversity of our cultures and languages to each other. Some people think that some languages […]
It’s International Women’s Day, and tonight in Dublin the Institute of Designers in Ireland will launch a gender equality initiative called Why Design. IDI President Kim Mackenzie-Doyle is our guest on today’s podcast. Click on the player below to play the podcast, or download it here: 11:23; 7MB; MP3. Why Design aims to encourage women to […]