This week EMC launched their cloud4gov initiative, along with the government, and other industry partners. The Minister for Communications Pat Rabbitte made a nice speech. I was talking tech on Raidio na Gaeltachta the next day when the interviewer asked me whether these kinds of announcements could ever deliver what they seem to promise. And [...]
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Win an Xbox 360 From Blacknight
We’re giving away an Xbox 360 over on the Blacknight Facebook page. More details here and you can enter here. Related Posts:“Yippee Doo Dah” [Podcast #14]SOPA, Facebook Privacy and Water [Podcast #12]Ice Cold in Orlando [Podcast #17]Keyboard Warriors [Podcast #16]An Irish SOPA to an Irish Problem [Podcast #15]
Kindle Fire?
Spotted in County Clare. OK, so it’s not an iPad killer, but that’s hardly an excuse to burn them by the bagful, is it? Related Posts:Technology.ie Podcast #3
Welcome to Ireland Netflix, but what about the bandwidth?
When I blogged about my plans to “cut the cord” the other day, I didn’t know that Netflix was coming to Ireland and the UK. But when I turned on Twitter this morning it was the subject of every second tweet. First of all, hats off to them for a simple sign up. This photograph [...]
Austerity Technology
I hate to use the word ‘austerity’. I’ve resisted giving in to the “doom & gloom”, aware that it’s a convenient trope for media in “the current climate”. But in 2011 it’s become clear that ‘austerity’ is more than just a media cliche. And this Christmas as we’ve reconnected with old friends, people are talking [...]
What is Carrier IQ?
That’s the question which puzzled Trevor Eckhart when he discovered it installed on a range of smartphones. But it’s not what it is, so much as what it does, that gave him cause for concern … Mobile networks have rushed to distance themselves from this product, and the company itself claims that it is nothing [...]
Geeky Christmas Cards
Someone posted about these over on Google+ and they really caught my eye Each card is available in multiple languages – programming languages obviously! If anyone sends me one of these it will be cherished! Related articles Code Cards of the Day (geeks.thedailywh.at) Sugar Shout Out: Cool and Colorful Geeky Gifts Under $25 (fabsugar.com) [...]
24 The Web
24theweb is a volunteer coding marathon over 24 hours which took place last weekend in Dublin. Via Stewart Curry, here’s the event in timelapse: 24 the web from Matt Finucane on Vimeo. Well done to all who worked so hard to create websites for three charities: Almost Home, Dress for Success and Ashoka Ireland. Thanks [...]
What has Silicon Valley got that we haven’t got?
A topic came up in Podcast #3 the other day. Adrian Weckler of the Sunday Business Post lamented the lack of startup success in Ireland, compared to Silicon Valley. He mentioned the Collison brothers as a case in point. Stripe is their second startup, backed by serious investors and apparently on course for a direct [...]
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