Goos3D.ie was started with one simple idea in mind: made tech simple and make tech fun. For almost three years, Goos3D.ie has been searching the online world to bring you the latest tech and entertainment news. Apparently, we haven’t even been doing a bad job of it.
The Littlewoods Ireland Blog Awards
This is our second year in the Blog Awards Ireland. Last year we brought home the bronze and hope to go even further again this year. The Littlewoods Ireland Blog Awards are chock-a-block of talented writers, so we’ll be up against stiff opposition. Either way, we’ll be attending the ceremony later this month. It promises to be quite an event in Duffy’s Circus Dun Laoghaire. Here’s hoping we can pull like a dog and at least finish in the medals.
The Realex Web Awards 2016
Payment gateway providers, Realex, have been sponsoring the Web Awards for a few years now. A fresher face to the competition will be Goos3D.ie. This is our first year to participate in the Web Awards. The good news is, in our first year, we’ve made it past the early rounds, finding ourselves in a final against heavyweights RTÉ. What a rollercoaster trip it’s been.
and about saying congrats…
The Goos3D.ie team write because we love technology and entertainment. The thought of someone downloading an app and using it daily because we recommended it, is a magical idea. To say congrats to our team of incredibly talented and passionate writers, simply follow us on Facebook or Twitter. The next time you like, share or re-tweet, we know that’s you saying thanks to Jon, Dean, Gary, and Martin.
Also, we owe you a massive debt of gratitude. Without our readers, there would be no Goos3D.ie. So thank you. Stick with us as we have big ambitions of where this should go.
Sure they sell everything! It’s rare you will pop into Flying Tiger and leave empty handed. Here at Goos3D, we are understandably excited by virtual reality. Over the past few months, the fledgeling platform has grown massively with the 
Oculus Rift where the driving force behind virtual reality become a viable entertainment project. Google Cardboard made experiencing virtual reality unbelievably cheap. The Google Cardboard project utilised the power of smartphones and some crafty make-and-do to create a convincing virtual reality experience. These cardboard viewers are the perfect, cost-effective gateway into 360 content – particularly 
Flying Tiger practically has a price limit of €2 and you’d be hard-pressed to find anything more expensive in there. Sure enough, these Google Cardboard style viewers are €2. We’ve been waiting for viewers like these to become available at this price point. The volume of 360 content is growing online daily. For an amazingly low price, you can now have a virtual reality headset in your house for trying out YouTube 360.
The Night Of is your classic Netflix binge series. One major point worth noting is that Netflix people have nothing to do with it for once. Based upon BBC series 
Many have drawn parallels between The Night Of and the likes of Netflix phenomenon Making a Murderer and true-crime Podcast Serial. While there are certainly parallels, the HBO series is not based on any one particular true story though it may borrow from real cases. For the sake of pigeon-holing the series, it’s best to refer to it as a crime drama.
More of us, than ever before, get our daily news fix from social media. We are particularly plugged into Facebook and Twitter. And while Trump is undoubtedly more in tune with the Twitteratti, both candidates have used social media as a way to engage with voters directly en mass. Facebook 
Hillary’s tact appears to be one of quality rather than quantity; her tweets tend to get up to 3 times the level of interaction than Trump’s. However, her overall reach is still short of what Trump has achieved.
First of all, when travelling the world and seeing the sights, 
For any of these apps to benefit Pat and John, the pair will first have to get their hands on a new smartphone. The reason being Brazilian police have confiscated their own phones. Police interest in phones means they are looking for texts and photos. Now, the last thing the two lads want the police to find is them rolling around a Rio bed covered in Olympic Tickets. 
Those ads you see on Facebook claiming to be selling magical Android TV boxes are indeed offering an alternative. It’s somewhat of a grey area if you can throw your mind back to the Showbox days, it’s very similar. Dreamboxes are effectively Android TV boxes, and will set you back anywhere between €70 to €150. The humble Android TV box comes in many shapes and sizes and run everything from Kodi to Showbox and beyond. Dreamboxes are setup with Kodi to stream access to premium sports and movies. This does come with a warning that the party is unlikely to last forever and is, at best, a legal grey area. Still, several benefits of having an Android TV box are completely legit making them great value.
Have you ever heard Kodi or XBMC mentioned? If you already know what it is, great – for those of you who don’t know what it is, it’s an all in one media centre app, it can provide streaming for music, video and more, but wait. Kodi is also the brains behind the Dreambox replacing your TV subscriptions, but again remember this is a grey area.
Wunderlist is a must have for those seeking to inject a bit of organisation into their lives. Such a craving for organisation normally comes during the planning phase of a wedding. Our in-depth research (a season and a half of “
Yes, you need to have a wedding hashtag. A hashtag has become one of the most interactive and rewarding elements of a smart wedding. By deciding upon a unique hashtag and making it known to your guests, you are growing the number of photographers present exponentially. Your smart wedding hashtag will also act as a unique identifier for IFTTT – which we will discuss later.
It’s perfect timing for Samsung to release their new watch as smart watch sales 
From the teaser images Samsung has released, we expect the watch to have a rounded face. This seems to be the preferable trend from smart watch consumers. They seem to want to keep their watches similar to your standard watch, but with the added perks of it… well… being smart.
A great crowd in attended the launch of Samsung’s latest superphone at Dublin’s 
The Note7 is slightly bigger than the Galaxy S7 Edge. On paper, that equates to a 5.7″ screen versus a 5.5″ screen. Side by side, you would be hard-pressed to tell the two handsets from each other. Holding the handset doesn’t make it any easier to tell the two apart. You wouldn’t notice the bigger Note7’s design as it fits really snugly in your palm. The curved edges of the screen is extremely subtle and the blue model is gorgeous – much nicer that the blue Galaxy S5 that we feared was being resurrected.
Lots of the hardware onboard the Note7 echoes the Galaxy S7/S7 Edge, but two big features stood out on the bottom of the device. Many of those accessories you have will no longer be directly compatible with the Note7 as Samsung finally opt for a USB-C charging port. For the user, this means faster data transfers, faster charging and the knowledge that the local pub is unlikely to be able to give you a charge.
You won’t feel like you’re living in a futuristic world until you unlock your 
Production delays led to delays in the availability of the Gear 360. Such delays should be in the past now, as the latest in image capturing was on show at the Note7 event. Combined with the companion app, users can capture stunning 360 images with no visible stitch line. The Gear 360 is rumoured to be entering the market at £450 so whether or not it will be accessible remains to be seen.
Quite the opposite to the Gear 360 is the Gear VR. Coming in at just €99, the Gear VR is an affordable alternative to high-end virtual reality devices. The latest, black version, of the Gear VR will be much like the model that shipped with the Galaxy S7. Notable differences included an updated touchpad and interchangeable connections for micro-USB and USB-C.