You can be sitting pretty in this elevated St Luke’s Cross area period home, writes Tommy Barker.

Heading towards the new year – and maybe a new you? Well, maybe the same you but with a few upgrades. From exercise to beauty and from gaming to gardening there’s a gadget to give you a helping hand. Caroline Delaney looks at some of the niftiest gadgets around – some are so new they’re not even in the shops yet and some have been around a while but have been improved or are available at a better price. Check these out!

After searching the internet and shops for the best tech deals, here are some of the gems I’ve found for Black Friday and beyond.

This week I’m explaining the simplest approach to weight loss. Recipe-wise I’m focusing on Halloween treats.

Apple is not alone in fearing President Donald Trump’s threat to extend tariffs over all the goods the US imports from China.

Ask Audrey has been sorting out Cork people for ages.

Police in Connecticut have arrested a man over the killing of his wife after an activity tracking device she wore showed she was alive for longer than the suspect told police.

To the uninitiated, the phrase ‘fashion tech’ may conjure up images of futuristic headgear or outfits straight from a sci-fi movie. However, this new industry is turning mainstream.

Ever heard of a ’social coach’ device? Suzanne Harrington has and she’s here to tell you all about it in time for Valentine’s Day.

Fitbit has already revealed some new devices this year but they're doubling down with two more in the form of the Charge 2 and Flex 2.

An update is rolling out for the Fitbit app, which will help you get to bed and wake up at a respectable hour every night.

Samsung wants to get in on the fitness tracking action with the Gear Fit 2 - and it has a lot to offer.

Fitbit held its quarterly company earnings call, in which it revealed that it had a stronger-than-expected quarter for revenue after taking in around €441.2 million. The company reported that it sold 4.8 million devices in the quarter.

We need to wake up to how our personal information is being used online. Tech companies are delighted to fund free email and wonder apps so they can read your email, know what you eat, what exercise you like, and where you shop. The key thing to remember is that if you are not paying for it, then you are the product, writes Marjorie Brennan

Startups will be looking ahead to the challenges ahead. There are several key issues facing small businesses.

Six months after its debut the Apple Watch is set to finally arrive on our shores at the end of the week, with the most expensive models costing more than €18,000.

The Apple Watch only launched in April 2015 in a handful of countries but the new device is already close to the top of the heap in the wearable war.

 

Fitbit, the maker of wearable devices that collect data on exercise and sleep patterns, is seeking to raise as much as $478m (€428.2m) in an IPO.

Fitbit, the maker of a popular line of wearable fitness-tracking devices, has filed for an initial public offering worth up to US $100 million.

David Cameron prepares for another term as British Prime Minister, the DUP retains its position as the largest party in the North and Ed Miliband, Nigel Farage and Nick Clegg step down in light of the British Election results. In other news a Dublin man admits to cheating on his wife on live radio and UCD look set to enter the Europa League. Just some of the latest and most read stories on irishexaminer.com.

Smartwatches for kids that serve as electronic tagging devices with panic buttons were among the hi-tech gadgets showcased at this week’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.

I KNEW that Jamie Oliver was successful, of course. How could I not? I knew that he made television programmes and led social crusades and sold cookbooks by the container-load, that there was his website and his apps, that he’d won an Emmy in America, that the mortar and pestle my mum gave me for Christmas has his name on it, and that a rash of Jamie’s Italians have sprung up on high streets.

Our tech gadgets are no longer being shipped from China to Europe. These days they are loaded on a train to Poland, according to Flextronics vice-president of operations John Scanlon.

Technology has revolutionised what we measure about ourselves. But is all that tracking good for our health?

The notion of being fashionably smart is getting a makeover, as internet-linked computers get woven into formerly brainless attire such as glasses, bracelets and shoes.