Chatting with Holly – Vodafone’s Virtual Assistant
I got into a delightful chat the other morning with Holly. She's the first line of Vodafone's online chat support service, and she's a bot. Holly prefers the term 'Automated Online Assistant', and that's fine with
What Goes Upworthy Must Come Down
Back in December we wrote about how Upworthy, the good news, fluffy, heartwarming, annoying, viral video meme site was dominating interactions (likes and shares) on Facebook. So have you seen as many Upworthy videos lately? Me
Walter White’s Facebook Movie
I'm bad at Facebook. I don't share. So when I go to Facebook's new Look Back service, I don't get a cool movie dramatising my social media career; I only get a few pictures. Somehow I
How to Raise Seed Funds and Venture Capital in Ireland
Via Shane McAllister on Facebook, here's a great presentation by Helen Cousins of Xcel Business Solutions on How to Raise Seed Funds and Venture Capital in Ireland: How to Raise Seed Funds and Venture Capital (VC)
The Day We Fight Back in Galway
Tomorrow is billed as 'The Day We Fight Back', against online surveilance. Michele has blogged about it earlier. It's something we support here at Technology.ie because we believe that the erosion of trust caused by unchecked surveillance
NUI Galway Gigapixel Photo Tags Students to Promote College
NUI Galway have come up with an inspired use of social media in their efforts to promote the college to new undergraduates, and they've recruited hundreds of ambassadors to help in the task: their own students.
