The Matrix was a fantastic film, though its sequels weren’t quite as good. There’s a rumour circulating that there might be a reboot of the franchise If nothing else it’s a good excuse to share this video:
Archive | February, 2014
Microsoft Ireland Celebrates International Women’s Day with Students
International Women’s Day is on March 8th, but Microsoft Ireland decided to celebrate it a week early by inviting girls from a number of secondary schools to an event focused on career opportunities for women, at their Sandyford headquarters this morning. TV presenter Collette Fitzpatrick chaired a panel discussion which included entrepreneurs Katie Cantwell, founder of […]
House of Carbs: Putting the Pasta into Politics
This is offered without comment – except to say that it’s spoiler-free, although it might encourage you to spoil your diet. It appears that somebody felt that ‘House of Cards’ was a little too lean. Luckily, there’s Tumblr to put that right! There’s more at the ‘House of Carbs’ Tumblr. via Mashable. Related articles ‘House of […]
Eventbrite in Ireland [Audio]
Our guests on today’s podcast (19:42, 12MB, MP3) are Ann Lowney and Marino Fresch of Eventbrite. Marino runs UK and Ireland marketing for Eventbrite, and Ann has just joined as the new marketing manager based in Dublin. Eventbrite has already seen significant growth in Ireland, mostly by word of mouth. Marino explains how Eventbrite grew […]
Advertising Dot.com domains ‘As Gaeilge’
Blacknight, which owns Technology.ie, is Ireland’s leading domain registrar. We sell domain names on behalf of domain registries like Verisign, who operate the dot-com and dot-net registries, and we work with them on marketing. So when Verisign showed us their new international video ads, we knew just what to do! Tá áthas agus bród orainn […]
End of the Road for Laser Debit Cards
They’ve been phasing out of use for several years, depending which bank you use, but the Laser debit card scheme will finally cease operations on Friday. A statement from the Irish Payment Services Organisation has announced that all Laser cards have now been replaced with Visa and MasterCard debit cards. The operation of Laser card transactions […]
Netflix Pays Comcast for Access – Is Net Neutrality Dead?
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Netflix has agreed to pay Comcast to peer directly with the broadband provider in order to ensure smooth delivery of Netflix services to end users. The issue of Netflix performance had come to the fore in recent weeks. The streaming video service now accounts for about 30% of […]
Declan Ganley will Speak at Startup Galway
Startup Galway has got off to a great start with Trustev’s Pat Phelan and VC Dermot Berkery headlining its first two gatherings. And they’ve just announced their third event will feature entrepreneur and campaigner Declan Ganley. From the event description on Eventbite: Declan Ganley is one of Galway’s most successful technology entrepreneurs. He founded Rivada […]
WhatsApp Acquisition In Perspective
While the announced acquisition price for WhatsApp is significant (ok, let’s just say “huge”), how does it compare to other tech industry acquisitions? Here’s a nice chart from Statista that puts it in context
Humour: Netflix Launch New Plan
I love Netflix but I probably spend more time browsing and searching for something to watch than I do actually watching .. at times anyway. So this parody video from The Onion really appealed to me – it’s so close to the truth