Duolingo, the crowdsourced language-learning company, has beta-launched one of its most eagerly anticipated courses: Irish. It may come as a surprise to some, but when Duolingo asked its community what language courses they should develop next (after Portuguese, Spanish, English, Italian, German and French), the top requests were for Irish, Danish and Dutch. On St Patrick’s Day, […]
Archive | August, 2014
See you at Growth Hackers in Dublin this Evening
Some last minute tickets will be available on the door for Growth Hackers #5 at the Sugar Club in Leeson Street, beginning at 6:30 this evening. “A community of data-driven Growth Hackers and innovative entrepreneurs who will share the fundamentals of rapid growth hacking & digital marketing best practices” This evening’s speakers are: Fred Karisson, Founder of DoneDeal.ie; Howard Kingston, […]
Poorly Written Scam Emails are Designed to Weed out the Wise
dearest one, I than good for sedning you to me and i pray this enrteprise will be to our mutual benfiot … We’ve all got them: scam emails, 419 Nigerian frauds (although they come from other countries as well), phishing, advance fee fraud. One of my Facebook friends recently shared an email he had received, remarking that, if it […]
New gTLD Business is a Long Play – Andy Churley of Famous Four Media [Audio]
“It costs an absolute minimum of 100,000 dollars to run a registry for a year, with almost zero registrations” says Andy Churley on today’s podcast. (Download: 32:35; 19MB; MP3, or click the player above). Ultimately, new generic Top Level Domains (gTLDs) will need to reach a “critical mass” of perhaps 50,000 to 100,000 registrations if they are to survive. […]
Irish Web Awards vs Da Vinci
This year the Realex Fire Web Awards turn 7! They continue to be popular and this year the organisers are expanding the number of business categories to cope with demand. And since it’s the Web Awards there’s going to be some “tongue in cheek” fun – we love the “last supper” concept 🙂 Full details […]
Dad turns Boy’s Playtime into Special Effects Adventures
Like all kids, Daniel Hashimoto’s son James has a lively imagination. Unlike other kids, his Dad has the special effects skills to turn playtime into amazing action movies. You may have seen Volume 1 of Daniel’s adventures. Now here’s a new video:
Dublin at Dawn, from the Top of the Spire [Video]
From the drone who brought you a peep into Poolbeg’s chimneys, here’s a dizzying view of Dublin at dawn, from the top of the O’Connell Street Spire.
Ridesharing Companies Face ‘Resistance to Innovation’ – an Interview with Steve DelBianco of Netchoice [Audio]
Steve Del Bianco is the guest on today’s podcast (42:16; 24MB; MP3). He’s the executive director of NetChoice, “a trade association of eCommerce businesses and online consumers all of whom share the goal of promoting convenience, choice, and commerce on the net”. Steve is based in Washington DC, where he lobbies on internet issues, but the latest issue he’s focused on is playing […]
TG4 agus Gaeltacht an Idirlín: Agallamh le Pádhraic Ó Ciardha [Podchraoladh]
Today’s Irish language podcast (19:20; 11MB; MP3) is an interview with the Deputy CEO of TG4, Pádhraic Ó Ciardha. TG4, the award-winning multi-platform Irish language media service, has announced the completion of three major phases in the implementation of its digital content distribution strategy. The first is the new Smart TV App, available and live on all major […]
Irish Startups Go Hiking!
Forget wine bars and breakfast meetups; Dublin’s startup community is taking to the open air for recreation and – yes – networking. It started with a tweet from Andreea Wade, who was soon joined by Aisling Hannon and Tracy Keogh. I want to go hiking. Do you also want to go hiking? Because I really want to go […]