Every Monday on Moncrieff, the show welcomes internet-savvy Darragh Doyle live in studio to guide us through what's weird and trendy on the web.
Tune in today at 2.45pm to hear what apps and websites attracted Darragh's attention this time around: http://www.newstalk.com/player/
Want Ed Sheeran to play in Leitrim? Want U2 to play in Termonfeckin? Want Bon-Jovi in Ballina? These are the team to make it happen.
Gigstarter, an Irish start-up, lets Musicians and their management go direct to their fans and ask them where they should play. Fans pledge to buy tickets, with this info they plan and fund the tour, so more money from the ticket goes to the Artist.
Gigstarter takes the traditional crowd sourcing and funding of gigs to a new level. Mainly for musicians, but also for conferences and masterclasses, Gigstarter enables ticket sales first and only confirm an event when costs are covered.
They’ve already used gigstarter to sell almost $1m of event tickets and the platform has been used for events attended by thousands right down to tiny events with 60 people.
Tinder is an app that revolutionised the way online dating worked, in that it’s based mostly on how good the photo is. Like the look of the person? Swipe Right which marks it as a favourite. Don’t like them? Swipe Left to get rid of them. Easy, right?
Now it’s been done for trees.
March 1st to 8th is Tree Week, an annual event organised by the Tree Council of Ireland, supported by Coillte. So ESB, who created Timbr.ie to help you find the perfect walk or park to enjoy trees. You tell them the location, they’ll match you with trees. Once you choose a tree, you get directions from where you are to the tree and can enjoy…
How cute is your pet? Let one of the biggest online audiences in the world decide with Cute Or Not - another swipe Left / Right app, this time for cute animals.
Users can upload their own pet images as well as rate those of others, and there are badges to earn for rating more and more of the pictures you see. The app’s top pets have a chance to be featured on BuzzFeed.com.
Pets are big business though. Boo, the world’s most popular dog on Facebook has some 17.3m followers and gets endorsements, contracts, books, plush toys etc. Tardar Sauce, better known as Grumpy Cat, a cat with feline dwarfism has some 7.5m fans as well. Is the next animal star staring up at you listening to the radio right now?
Does what it sounds like - what’s the difference between things. Teach yourself stuff you didn’t know you needed to know, but you might.
Some of what we liked were the difference between:
Socialism and Communism
Violin and Fiddle
Ghetto and Slum
Breast cancer and lymphoma
Bemused and amused
Methodist and Presbyterian
The site picks movies that received high ratings both from viewers (IMDB) and critics (Rotten Tomatoes) - in other words, really good movies and allows you to choose based on your mood, on genres or on Tags. Some of the moods include 90's-themed / Absorbing / Action-packed / Beautiful / Challenging / Depressing / Dramatic / Heart-warming / Humane / Inspiring / Intense / Sweet / Thought-provoking / Thrilling / Touching / Twisted / Uplifting /Weird
What was that song in that episode? Who sang it? What was the version? Here’s where you find it.
Featuring songs and scenes from the following TV shows -
Blacklist , Reign , Vampire Diaries , Grey's Anatomy , Castle , Beauty And The Beast , Arrow , Pretty Little Liars , Continuum , Nashville , Supernatural , Gossip Girl , The 100 , The Originals , Bones , Rookie Blue , Motive , Covert Affairs and more
What are people doing around the world at any one minute? This app aims to make it a bit easier to find out.
At one random minute every day, receive a notification and anonymously share a photo with the whole world.
At a random minute every day, your phone will get a push notification to take a photo of what you are doing right then and there. You upload and see what else has been uploaded. Missed the minute? Wait until tomorrow to try again.
"A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP," was how Leonard Nimoy ended his time on Twitter.
Read the last tweets people have sent before they died. Read their cause of death, bio and more.
