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Weird Wide Web: Anonymous chat rooms, an unusual umbrella and an iPod for dogs

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.

Chat room app of the week

Facebook launched an anonymous chat room app this week, which allows you to talk about just about anything and no one will ever know it’s you.

Share the burden option of the week

Spotify’s announced a new service which lets premium users add five separate accounts to their monthly bill so they can split it between friends or family. Thousands of future family arguments avoided.

Nervous pet remedy of the week

If your dog suffers from anxiety (don’t scoff, pet skeptics it’s a real thing), this iPod for dogs is just the thing. According to Mashable, the device plays music that is specifically designed to soothe nervous pooches.

THROUGH A DOG'S EAR THROUGH A DOG'S EAR

Coveted gadget of the week

If this actually works, we have to have one. Chinese designers have invented an umbrella which uses a”force field of air” to keep rain off you, Buzzfeed reports. The people walking beside you probably wouldn’t be too happy about it though…

Air Umbrella Air Umbrella

Security tool of the week

Internet security is everything now, especially in light of recent high profile leaks of user data. With that in mind, this week Google introduced a new tool to be used in two-step verification for Gmail – an actual physical key.

Yubico Yubico

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    Mute Dermot O Dwyer
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    Mar 22nd 2014, 7:46 PM

    Even explosive devices go around in groups in Tallaght…………

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    Mute Tom Fennelly
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    Mar 22nd 2014, 7:52 PM

    One day we will tune in to Six One News and it will say “Good Evening, it’s Six One News with ……. Nobody was shot in Dublin today and no pipe bombs were dealt with by the army” As it is this is what we have come to expect and now the animals don’t even care about children. Sad.

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    Mute Barry Humphreys
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    Mar 22nd 2014, 7:52 PM

    I thought he was firing those rockets into the sea. He’s got some explaining to do . Thankfully nobody hurt.

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    Mute Harry Trafford
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    Mar 22nd 2014, 7:57 PM

    Lol Some people prob wont get the joke!!!

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    Mar 22nd 2014, 7:45 PM

    The Dublin bomb squad should go over to Iraq and teach them how to disarm bombs. Plenty practice!!!!

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    Mute Wayne Scales
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    Mar 22nd 2014, 9:18 PM

    Can you get an IDA grant for opening a bomb factory?

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    Mute Sean Lynch
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    Mar 22nd 2014, 7:47 PM

    Cough cough “Gilligans crew” cough cough.

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    Mar 22nd 2014, 8:16 PM

    Wow dublin is like Chicago in the 1920s and 30s

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    Mar 22nd 2014, 9:00 PM

    Yes but Chicago jailed their criminals for tax evasion where we elected them to represent us in the dail .

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    Mute des papazian
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    Mar 22nd 2014, 8:43 PM

    Tallagh trash

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    Mar 22nd 2014, 8:47 PM

    Cheers for that.

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    Mute Tony
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    Mar 22nd 2014, 8:55 PM

    Where is Tallagh ? Or did you mean Tallaght.

    A rather silly comment to make des.

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    Mute Alan Scott
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    Mar 22nd 2014, 9:34 PM

    Des you know where you can put that comment

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    Mute Alan Scott
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    Mar 22nd 2014, 9:45 PM

    Des could you please explain why you referred to all of Tallaght people as trash have you ever been to Tallaght ?

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    Mute Elaine Donegan
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    Mar 22nd 2014, 10:09 PM

    And your from where des??

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    Mute Tom Fennelly
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    Mar 23rd 2014, 7:49 AM

    Ignore the likes of Des. He is probably living in some leafy suburb deprived of such facilities as our wonderful Hospital that saved me from cancer, our Civic Theatre, National Basketball Arena, one of Ireland’s top public Library’s, Swimming Pools, Square Shopping Centre and numerous other facilities, most of which have been provided and continue to be maintained by a vibrant and very special community whose spirit is a lot stronger than any other thug or critic.

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    Mute Carajean Murphy
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    Mar 23rd 2014, 11:39 AM

    If you don’t like it Go home you don’t have to stay here

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    Mute Niall Binead
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    Mar 23rd 2014, 5:23 PM

    AS#HOLE!

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    Mar 23rd 2014, 5:27 PM

    Looked like my comment was not put under the AS#HOLES that I wanted it to! My AS#HOLE comment was meant for ‘des papazian’, like his name, his comments make no sense!

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    Mute Niall Binead
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    Mar 23rd 2014, 5:30 PM

    SORRY! Not with it today, my previous comment could easily refer to Stevie Leslie also! Pathetic comments from a pathetic pair……….. of AS#HOLES!

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    Mute Eoin Reardon
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    Mar 23rd 2014, 12:02 AM

    Des you wouldn’t say that in Tallaght now would you.

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    Mute Carajean Murphy
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    Mar 23rd 2014, 11:38 AM

    Des there are plenty of lovely people living in Tallaght so keep your smart comments to yourself or better again if you don’t like it go home .

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    Mute Alan Scott
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    Mar 22nd 2014, 8:25 PM

    Yes Clyon so dont come to close

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    Mar 23rd 2014, 9:56 AM

    Just let bombs go off.may improve the kip and take sum skum with it

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