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Web Summit Founder Paddy Cosgrave opens the 2014 Summit. Image: CC-BY Web Summit

Silicon Valley CEOs Evacuated by Dublin Fire Brigade as Web Summit gets Underway

The CEOs of Dropbox and Evernote were among a group of about 50 high profile technology figures who were evacuated from the home of Paddy Cosgrave last night after his chimney caught fire. The Web Summit founder told the story as he opened the 3-day event on the main stage, welcoming the thousands of attendees to the RDS in Dublin. […]

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Winners of the Design and Hackathon hosted by PCH International with DCU Innovation Campus

Cash Up wins Dublin Design and Hardware Hackathon Weekend

Ireland’s first multidisciplinary Design and Hardware Hackathon has been one by Cash Up, the team which developed and prototyped a connected cash register over the course of the three-day event which finished last night. Following on the success of the Hardware Hackathon in September, the weekend event added a focus on design this time around. The event was organised […]

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Engineering Serendipity: Why Web Summit hires Data Scientists to Help You Network

Excitement is building in advance of Web Summit next week. In just four short years it has grown from just 400 attendees at the first event, to 20,000 who will throng the RDS next week. In a post on the Web Summit Blog, founder Paddy Cosgrave admits that, by traditional wisdom, theirs is an unlikely success: Arguably no technology […]

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Web Summit Ticket Price will Double Tomorrow

With just under two weeks to go to Web Summit 2014, ticket prices are set to double tomorrow. Some tickets are still available for €658 ex VAT, but late booking charges will apply from Friday. The schedule of speakers and events has been published Meanwhile, organisers have confirmed that the Nasdaq Bell will be rung at the Summit again this […]

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Design & Hardware Hackathon is On the Weekend before Web Summit

PCH, the company that designs custom manufacturing solutions for startups and Fortune 500 companies, announced today that it will co-host the Design and Hardware Hackathon in partnership with DCU, Ireland’s University of enterprise. The event will be run in conjunction with the Web Summit, and in partnership with NCAD. Airbnb, Allied Irish Bank (AIB), Design Partners, […]

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Andrew MacAdam of Microsoft Ireland [Video]

Here’s another video from Startup Express.  Andrew MacAdam is Technology Evangelist with Microsoft Ireland and came from Dublin to Cork especially to join the Geek Train on its way to Web Summit. Andrew explains Microsoft’s interest in supporting startups and talks about the Bizspark programme which provides entrepreneurs with free access to Microsoft tools and […]

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