Pat Phelan to Speak at Startup Galway Launch Tomorrow [Audio]
Startup Galway is “an emerging initiative to build an entrepreneurial ecosystem in Galway”, led by local entrepreneurs and technologists. Galway’s unique combination of education & research institutions, technology industry, heritage, creativity and amenities in a ‘small city’ should make it a fertile ground for startups, they say, and they believe it can be ‘Ireland’s Bay Area’. […]
In love with an AI
“I’ve never loved anyone the way that I love you” says Joaquin Phoenix in ‘Her’, the new film from Spike Jonze. “Me too”, replies his Operating System. Some of us already feel quite a strong affinity for the technology that supports and aids us in our daily lives. As that technology improves in its ability […]
British Library Adds 1 Million Free Images to Flickr
The British Library has just uploaded a million images to Flickr, and they’re all copyright-free! The images come from books held by the library dating from the 17th, 18th and 18th century which have been digitised by Microsoft. The Library hopes to “stimulate and support research concerning printed illustrations” and plans to launch a crowdsourcing […]
Win a Trip for Two to The Summit 2014
The dust has barely settled on The Summit* 2013, but it’s time to think about 2014. And it’s been announced that the first 500 tickets are now available on a 2-for-1 deal, i.e. 250 pairs at €790 per pair. What’s more, the 250 ticket-pairs will be entered into a draw for free summit tickets and […]
Is There a Social Media Selection Bias in Modern Media? [Video]
Elaine Larkin is a journalist and copywriter and she brought a professional media background to bear on her participation in Congregation, last month in County Mayo. She points out that the people you interview or quote for an article or blog post can help you to promote that story as well. It’s in their interest […]
Cartier Winter Tale
Luxury brand Cartier released this animated advert a few weeks ago. It’s impressive: The brand had released “teasers” via their Instagram account in the run up to the ad’s debut, though as one industry commentator noted, their account isn’t that active
Gary Vaynerchuk at LeWeb
Gary Vaynerchuk is always interesting and entertaining to watch so here’a video of him from Le Web Q & A session from LeWeb with Loic Le Meur: Enjoy!
Fun and Games with Ryanair in the Bad Old Days
Nowadays, Ryanair is all ribbons and kittens, engaged on social media and trying not to “unnecessarily piss people off”. Of course it’s nothing more than basic good customer relations, but back in 2009 they wore “Cheap and Nasty” like a badge of pride! And when Jason Roe blogged about a bug on their website, he was […]
Better Call Saul Coming to Netflix Ireland
Netflix has announced that they’ll be “airing” the Breaking Bad spinoff “Better Call Saul”. European subscribers will be able to access the episodes shortly after the show airs in the US, while US subscribers will have to wait until the entire season is over to get access. The show centres on Saul Goodman in the […]
I For One Welcome Our New Robot Overlords
So Google is indexing all human knowledge, it knows where you are and what you want, and now it’s gone and bought this company which is developing creepy walking scary running robots for the US military. [youtube]http://youtu.be/wE3fmFTtP9g[/youtube] The New York Times reports that Google will honour the existing contracts which its new acquisition, Boston Dynamics, has […]