davidgoldstein

About David Goldstein

David has been researching and writing on issues relating to the internet since the mid-1990s. For the last 17 years he's been providing online media monitoring services and blogging, mostly on domain name issues, for a small number of sites. He currently resides in Australia and has dual Australian and Irish citizenship.

Google and Barnados Working Together To Make The Internet Safer For Irish Kids

By |2019-10-24T15:14:49+01:00October 24th, 2019|Categories: Legal Issues|Tags: , , , , |

Google, through their philanthropic arm Google.org, have donated €1 million grant to Barnardos to help enable children in [...]

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Ireland’s Telecommunications Continues to Move From Fixed to Mobile

By |2017-09-27T10:08:18+01:00September 27th, 2017|Categories: business|Tags: , , , , , , |

Ireland’s telecommunications use is changing. In the last 12 months there has been a decline in voice communications, [...]

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When Choosing A Domain Name, Readability Matters More Than Size

By |2018-12-06T09:12:36+00:00September 5th, 2017|Categories: Domains|Tags: , , , , , , , |

Choosing a domain name for your business, or even your personal hobby, is important. Once chosen and implemented [...]

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Irish Domain Registrations Show Strong Growth Amid Global Slowdown

By |2018-02-09T08:42:06+00:00July 24th, 2017|Categories: Domains, Hosting, iedr|Tags: , , , , , , |

Registrations of Ireland’s ccTLD grew 5% in 2016 outperforming the average for other ccTLDs which grew 3.1%. The [...]

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Latest Ransomware Exploit Shows Importance Of Up-To-Date Cybersecurity

By |2017-05-16T02:31:17+01:00May 15th, 2017|Categories: security|Tags: , , , , , , |

The latest ransomware exploit to create havoc on computers around the world shows the importance of businesses and [...]

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Protecting Your Customers’ Data Can Save Your Reputation And Money

By |2017-02-10T12:03:27+00:00February 10th, 2017|Categories: security|Tags: , , , , , , , |

Data Privacy Day on 28 January sought to alert you as to how to better protect your customer’s [...]

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Irish Shoppers Flocking To Paying By Contactless And Mobile

By |2016-12-21T09:10:51+00:00December 21st, 2016|Categories: business, ecommerce, mobile|Tags: , , , , , , |

Irish shoppers, like those across Europe, are flocking to new payment options using contactless credit cards and mobile [...]

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