What’s bigger than Black Friday in Ireland? The Late Late Toy Show is what! And RTÉ have announced that the live broadcast will be available worldwide tonight on the RTÉ player. [youtube]http://youtu.be/NDRBjkNh3tU[/youtube] Broadcast rights are bought and sold on a regional basis, and RTÉ generally does not have the right to stream programmes it has […]
We published an interview with John Kennedy of Silicon Republic a few days ago, which made reference to the graphics they’ve featured by a Cork company: Think Visual. Then I met Naomi Fein, CEO of Think Visual, at the launch of TEDxCorkWomen last week. [youtube]http://youtu.be/sWmpyEo4O4M[/youtube] Think Visual are passionate about graphics and about the potential of […]
“Black Friday” marks the start of the holiday gift-buying season in the United States every year. It’s the day after Thanksgiving, so many people (except retailers!) have a day off to go shopping. An equivalent in Ireland might traditionally have been the 8th of December, the Feast of the Immacculate Conception, and a day off […]
“You’ve got to be able to have, not only done the story, but also be part of the conversation that follows”, says John Kennedy, editor of Silicon Republic, which picked up the Best Science and Technology Site award for the sixth year in a row, at the Realex Fire Irish Web Awards a few weeks […]
Julie Cullen has never written a line of code. That makes her the perfect Irish ambassador for Europe Code Week! Why? Because the message of CodeWeek.eu is that coding is for all, especially for those who haven’t had the opportunity until now. Julie joined me on the podcast, by phone from Brussels where she’s attending […]
It’s Europe Code Week, and Alex shows us around the Citywise Coding Club in Dublin. This is really watchable and well-made by Galway Education Centre and gives a great insight into what goes on at coding clubs and Coder Dojos around the country. And Alex is a great presenter and interviewer. Well done! EU Code […]
On Saturday, Technology.ie paid a visit to Galway’s Christmas Market, which has just opened in Eyre Square. There I met Jill Holtz, CEO of MyKidsTime.ie, who talked about how that business has grown over the last six years, leading to MyKidsTimeStore.ie which has just been launched. Jill explained that the ticketing expertise developed at MyKidsTime […]
Europe Code Week starts today, and there are hundreds of events taking place in Ireland and across the EU. The aim of the week is to increase awareness of and build interest in computer programming and the message is that coding is for everyone, not just those whose job it is. Coding is the new literacy, and […]
Bhí sé thar am againn teilifíseán nua a fháil. Ó cuireadh deireadh leis an gcóras analógach ní raibh de ghléas againn sa teach ach ríomhaire Windows 7, le cárta teilifíse ann, agus Windows Media Centre in úsáid againn. Ach bhí an ríomhaire sin ag teastáil san oifig, agus bhí orainn rud éigin a chur in […]
The Irish Internet Association organised a breakfast gathering on the fringe of Web Summit last month, just across the road in AIB’s Bankcentre. Most of the people there were involved in the tech side of media, and the speaker was Matt Galligan, co-founder and CEO of Circa. [youtube]http://youtu.be/p_bsygXnlow[/youtube] This video is a a good deal […]
