Conor Brophy

Conor Brophy

Hoping to find virtue in Vice

Hoping to find virtue in Vice

Vice Media aims to get young people back on the couch to watch old-fashioned scheduled TV. Will it work?

Conor Brophy: Going native in the war of attention

Conor Brophy: Going native in the war of attention

Pop-ups have annoyed so many Irish users that ad-block software denied firms here €100 million in revenue last year

Minority Report day may bring us back to the future

Minority Report day may bring us back to the future

Back To The Future II got it wrong on the hoverboards and flying cars, but another blockbuster movie may not have been far off the mark

Two US websites on the copyright gridiron after using snippets of NFL action

Two US websites on the copyright gridiron after using snippets of NFL action

Twitter suspended the fansites’ accounts - then reinstated them. So where are the limits of fair use?

A tech firm putting puzzles on a billboard at a train station in the capital knows its target in the war on talent

A tech firm putting puzzles on a billboard at a train station in the capital knows its target in the war on talent

An outdoor poster at a train station doesn’t, at first glance, seem the most obvious way for a ...

A new dimension for the humble brick

A new dimension for the humble brick

This time, Disney won’t share Star Wars for Lego’s latet video game venture

Pirate king or Larry Flynt?

Pirate king or Larry Flynt?

YouTube managed a stalemate, but Megaupload’s federal fight will be harder

Nescafé’s online move to Tumblr shows that there’s life in the old blog yet

Nescafé’s online move to Tumblr shows that there’s life in the old blog yet

The development is interesting for what it says about the beverage giant and the platform

Can Primark crack the United States?

Can Primark crack the United States?

The cut-throat ‘fast fashion’ sector in the United States is notoriously tough to break

The rise of verticle video on mobile phones

The rise of verticle video on mobile phones

The increase of so-called ‘vertical’ video on mobile phones shows no sign of ending any time soon

Video creates the radio star

Video creates the radio star

Video clips have been deployed to sell records since the early 1980s. But in the internet age, they can be used to push almost any product imaginable

Amazon paid top dollar for Top Gear team

Amazon paid top dollar for Top Gear team

It would be cruel to compare Jeremy Clarkson to cheap supermarket lager, but that’s what he is for Jeff Bezos’s Amazon Prime Video: a loss leader

Google’s name change pays off to tune of $20bn

Google’s name change pays off to tune of $20bn

The search engine giant's share price rose by 4% in the days after the announcement

The magazine that bucks all trends

The magazine that bucks all trends

The Economist has just made a £60m operating profit. Sales are robust and its digital offering is thriving. What is the secret of its success?

Media and marketing: Serial success

Media and marketing: Serial success

The success of crime podcast Serial has spiralled so much that its creator is now fair game for parody on Saturday Night Live