Michele and Conn get together at Blacknight HQ for a podcast (32:18; 19MB, MP3) as the final preparations are put in place for the launch of the new datacentre next Monday! We talk about Naoki Hiroshima and the hackers who stole his $50,000 twitter name. Congratulations to Stripe and to Intercom on their recent investments […]
Archive | January, 2014
Sherlock will Consider Merits of CERN Membership
The Minister for Research and Innovation, Seán Sherlock TD, has announced that he will consider the merits of Ireland joining CERN, the European Organisation for Nuclear Research, in the context of an overall review of Ireland’s membership of international research organisations. The Minister has asked his Department to carry out a review of Ireland’s international engagement on research and innovation, […]
Anna Kendrick’s Super Bowl Ad That Didn’t Happen
Unless you’ve been living on another planet for the last year or so you’ve probably heard Anna Kendrick’s smash hit “Cups”. Or maybe you’ve seen some of the films she’s been starring in. And if you’re a Twitter user you might have been following her rather wry tweets. Even if you haven’t you might find […]
Ireland in Top 10 for Internet Speed
Ireland ranks 10th in the world for average internet connection speed according to the latest research by content delivery company Akamai. Akamai have published their State of the Internet Report for Q3 2013. With an average connection speed of 9.6 Mbps, Ireland ranks 10th globally, and 5th in EMEA, behind the Netherlands, Switzerland, Czech Republic […]
Sean O’Sullivan launches €20k Mathletes Challenge for Schools [Video]
Dragon’s Den investor Sean O’Sullivan has launched a competition for Irish schools which he is funding to the tune of €20,000 to develop competitive mathematics skills in Irish youth. The programme will use material from the Khan Academy, and further details are available at mathletes.ie. I caught up with Sean on Tuesday evening as the […]
Naomi’s Graphical Harvest from the ITLG Forum
Naomi Fein from Think Visual was at the ITLG conference in Limerick yesterday. Here’s her graphical ‘harvest’ from the event:
Man Risks His Life to Save Xbox [Video]
The man suffered smoke inhalation – but don’t worry, the Xbox is safe! [youtube]http://youtu.be/d6d1etqqZyk[/youtube]
ITLG Young Innovators Focus on the Future [Video]
Technology.ie is reporting from ITLG Silicon Valley Global Forum today in Limerick, and we’re not the only ones! There are video cameras everywhere, print media, radio and podcasters and Think Visual are drawing pictures. RTE Digital are one of the official media partners for the event. They produced this at yesterday’s ITLG Young Innovators event […]
Drawing the ITLG Forum – with Think Visual
Naomi Fein from Think Visual is at the ITLG Silicon Valley Global Forum here in Limerick today. Think Visual use graphics to tell the story of an event. The conference was formally opened by President Michael D Higgins: Former Minister Conor Lenihan was in attendance, in his current role as a VP with the Skolkovo […]
President Higgins Quotes Spock, Calls for a Republic of Creativity
President Michael D Higgins has called for a Republic of Creativity built on invention and original thinking. He was speaking at the opening of the Silicon Valley Global Forum organised by the Irish Technology Leadership Group in Limerick this morning. Entrepreneurs and technologists from Ireland and Silicon Valley gathered at the University Concert Hall for […]