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Weird Wide Web: Freezing eggs, Pac-Man stamps and Apple's latest announcement

All of your essential tech and social media news for the week in one byte-sized portion.

WELCOME TO THE Weird Wide Web – where we take a look at the week’s best offerings in tech and social media news.

Strange employee perk of the week

It emerged that Facebook and Apple are paying for female employees to freeze their eggs so they can delay having children and keep slaving away for the tech giants.

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Postage stamp nostalgia of the week

An Post has issued these charming retro gaming stamps featuring some of the most iconic stars and games from the 70s, 80s and 90s. And just in time for the Christmas card period…

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Controversial invention of the week

An artist has in the US has built a typewriter that can only type in Comic Sans. It must be destroyed…

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Apple announcement of the week

This week Apple unveiled its thinnest tablet yet, with new burst mode, timelapse and slow motion video features. Snazzy.

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Hilarious computer animation of the week

We can’t stop laughing at these animations, which teach themselves how to walk. The results, however, are actually quite impressive.

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Peace of mind Facebook feature of the week

The Verge reported this week that Facebook is introducing a new Safety Check feature which will allow friends and family to check you’re safe during a natural disaster. A user just has to hit the ‘I’m safe’ button and a news feed story will be generated automatically.

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    Jun 11th 2015, 5:29 PM

    Absolute harrowing story.
    regardless of what hour it is Hi Viz gear should be worn it makes the pedestrian/cyclist more visible and relatively cheap or free from the RSA website.

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    Jun 11th 2015, 7:11 PM

    Alcohol… the elephant in the story

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    Jun 11th 2015, 7:21 PM

    juniper why do you mention alcohol…it was a dark country road….drunk or sober the man was knocked down….he could have been a non drinker.

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    Mute P Nee
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    Jun 11th 2015, 8:28 PM

    Not many non drinkers leave the pub at 2.30am to walk home
    Fewer still lie down for a kip

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    Mute John Moylan
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    Jun 12th 2015, 8:46 PM

    @ Josephine – where does it day he knocked anyone down? I read it as the poor man was already on the ground, hence being hard to spot. he could have fallen, earlier and just lay there. ..

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    Jun 11th 2015, 6:13 PM

    Cannot understand how two motorists could not see and run over a body lying in front on the road. and to dint a bumper surely you’d pull in to see what it was.

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    Jun 11th 2015, 6:26 PM

    The very same thing happened to a person I know a few years back.. The young guy was asleep/drunk on a very narrow back road and his neighbour ran over him.. Fair play to this family for highlighting the issue.. We all have the hi viz vests and we should make more use of them, day or night

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    Mute Bill Jones
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    Jun 11th 2015, 5:26 PM

    Sad story and all, but surely I’m not the only one to get a laugh out of that ‘Michael Jackson’ caption on the picture!

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    Mute Paul Furey
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    Jun 11th 2015, 5:30 PM

    Go away will you.

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    Mute Glenard
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    Jun 11th 2015, 5:46 PM

    There are probably a million Michael Jacksons. Some people are easily amused.
    RIP

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    Mute Neal Ireland Hello
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    Jun 11th 2015, 5:54 PM

    Since when is being amused a crime?

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    Jun 11th 2015, 5:55 PM

    No Bill not even the hint of a smile!

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    Jun 11th 2015, 6:01 PM

    I feel bad now, I guess I should just beat it.

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    Jun 11th 2015, 6:02 PM

    Bill Jones you need to grow up and show some respect

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    Mute Neal Ireland Hello
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    Jun 11th 2015, 6:17 PM

    He doesn’t “need to” do anything. He had a harmless chuckle about a coincidence in somebody’s name. Relax and have a nice cup of tea.

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    Mute Mary Kavanagh
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    Jun 11th 2015, 6:22 PM

    You are the only one apparently!

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    Mute Paul Furey
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    Jun 11th 2015, 6:27 PM

    Like others that post in thejournal – he needs to work out when it’s the right time and the wrong time to post a harmless chuckle. Most understand.

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    Mute Bernadette Dunne
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    Jun 11th 2015, 6:07 PM

    What a tragic story RIP and I hope you all can move on from such a tragedy and you are doing the right thing by highlighting the need for all out walking specially at night to be seen and even carry a little torch also so that they light up the walk home in unlit areas such as country roads so they do not trip over on uneven surfaces

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    Jun 11th 2015, 6:09 PM

    And motorists should also have them in their cars to wear if they have to get out of their car

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    Jun 12th 2015, 12:08 AM

    Bernadette its the law in Portugal that hiViz jackets have to be carried in vehicles to cover all the passengers and driver.

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    Jun 12th 2015, 1:21 AM

    Yes it is Gus Sheridan and in Spain and most of Europe too It should be here too

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    Jun 11th 2015, 10:26 PM

    I grew up in the arse end of nowhere in the South East in the 80s & 90s & I cycled everywhere at all hours. I always wore a Sam Browne belt & I was always spotted a mile off. Last Winter as a present day driver, I came within inches of killing a Johnny Cash look-a-like on a narrow back road in the dark. There’s a lot to be said for what these people are trying to do.

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    Jun 11th 2015, 5:58 PM

    Neal they passed that law last week. Apparently a law that says you can’t smile at women or you will be done for sexual harassment is on the cards too.

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    Jun 11th 2015, 11:33 PM

    This is an issue which needs to be highlighted and made compulsary. I was in a similar incident last year involving a pedestrian in a dimly lit area, any type of hi vis could have saved her life. This is a serious issue that needs to be resolved which in turn would save lives.

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    Jun 11th 2015, 11:29 PM

    This is an issue that needs to be highlighted! I was in a very similar incident involving a pedestrian in a dimly lit area some sort of hi vis could have saved her life. They should be compulsery for anyone out walking at night be it in a rural or city area.

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    Jun 12th 2015, 12:59 PM

    He should be campaigning for Spec-Savers.

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