Is the semicolon dying out?

Would you buy a home that comes with a resident pet?An article in The Times today shows how new homeowners can sometimes purchase a property with a pet included, from a 90-year-old tortoise to some guinea fowl.Whether it be a neighbour’s pet or the local wildlife, some properties ...  Show more

‘RIP.ie Romeo’ may have gone too far, but he may have been on to something when it comes to romances formed at sad send-offs…Are funerals a good place to find love?Joining Seán to discuss is Deirdre Reynolds, Columnist with the Independent. 

For nearly 20 years now, the web has been Google’s platform; we’ve all just lived on it. Google is constantly changing that platform — it launched another attempt to combat ‘parasite SEO’ just this week — and not all of those changes have worked well. Earlier this year I talked ...  Show more

When Shivaun and Adam Raff's shopping and price comparison website all but vanished from Google's search results just days after launching, the pair began a gruelling legal battle that would end with a landmark judgement and the tech giant receiving a then record fine.European re ...  Show more

We tell the story of the single greatest business ever created: Google search. From its origins as a Stanford research project called BackRub, Google became the front door to the internet. Today it’s an essential service for over half the world, and one that generates more profit ...  Show more

It's easy to look at history and think one idea or another is ridiculous -- but we also have to remember modern civilization has its own vast collection of cartoonish concepts. You know, the sort of stuff we all agreed was "normal" until we really started to think about it. In to ...  Show more