Here’s a chart from Mt Gox, a Bitcoin exchange, showing Bitcoin’s value for the past month. Following a spike which saw Bitcoins trade for over $1200, the price would appears to have stabilised at around $500 – $600 the value it has had for most of the past month. But throughout 2012, the crpytocurrency […]
Here’s a very quick video by Social Bakers summing up the social media trends of 2013. It points to the success of Facebook and Twitter in 2013, and adds that Google has become “the go-to social platform … for commenting on Youtube videos!” [youtube]http://youtu.be/JEzoEuiP1-o[/youtube] Related articles YouTube Encourages Users to Let Go of Anonymity […]
SUXmas is the Christmas party for Irish startup community, and the community has responded enthusiastically, with all 250 tickets sold out for the event tomorrow night in Bar Tengu in Dublin. Blacknight are sponsoring the event, and Technology.ie will be chatting with guests on the “red carpet” as they arrive. Then we’ll put the cameras […]
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’. […]
“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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 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!
