With just two days to go until Web Summit, the organisers have just announced that SpaceX & Tesla founder Elon Musk will be among the speakers at this years event. He’ll take part in a fireside discussion with Taoiseach Enda Kenny and investor Shervin Pishevar. The discussion will be chaired by Storyful’s Mark Little. Web […]
Jason Roe has been in touch to tell us about an event called Open Brew: Open Brew is a movement for active Open Data developers and creatives. Leaving public policy at the door.. to work on real open data projects. There is one simple rule. If you want to attend, you must also invite someone […]
[Editor’s note: Starting today, in addition to our usual service, technology.ie will include regular content in the Irish language. Technology supports choice and opportunity, and while the English language dominates worldwide, almost half of all web content is in a language other than English. It’s not a zero-sum game, and technologists understand better than anyone […]
The Railway Procurement Agency is launching a new iPhone App which allows users with vision challenges to get Live Information (or Real Time Luas Passenger Information) for Luas trams including Travel Alerts, using Favourites to select their regular stops, and checking Luas Times (Operating Hours). This is the first tram service RTPI application in the […]
We mentioned Parcel Motel a few months ago. It’s a fantastic service and I’ve been using it for both business and personal use for the last few months and it’s saved me time and money. A lot of UK retailers either do not ship to Ireland or charge much higher rates to do so. With […]
Sothebys are hosting an auction for (RED) on November 23rd. The auction is all about design, as it’s organised by Jony Ive and Marc Newson that’s not much of a surprise. The Mac Pro they’ve designed looks amazing, but it also comes with a pretty hefty price tag, with estimates of EUR29,497 – 44,245 Here’s […]
Via Mark Cahill, police forces in the US are using a new technology which could reduce the necessity for dangerous high speed chases. Instead of risking accidents by chasing a suspect at speed, a police car uses an on-board compressed-air cannon to fire a GPS tracking device which sticks to the pursued vehicle so he can […]
And it is a trip! StartupExpress.net is one of the most delightful websites we’ve ever seen, and now the excitement surrounding the experience itself is really starting to build. It’s all thanks to a group of entrepreneurs who decided to hire a train to bring Cork’s tech community to the Dublin Web Summit in style. […]
Steve Ballmer is stepping down as Microsoft CEO, after 10 years which have seen the stock price stagnate at less than €40, following a peak of €59.56 in 2000. Of course, it’s not fair to measure him against the “irrational exuberance” of the dot-com days. But Bloomberg reports that a look at some other metrics […]
The 2013 EY Entrepreneur of the Year awards were annnounced last night at an event in Citywest, Dublin, which was broadcast live. The overall award went to Patrick Joy of Suretank, a world-leading manufacturer of CCUs (Cargo Carrying Units) for the Offshore Oil and Gas Industry. Seán is pictured here with last year’s winner, Edmond Harty […]
