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Teresa Mannion finds Storm Desmond Memes “Keep on Giving” [Video]

“It’s all been good” says Teresa Mannion about her experience going from reporting the news to being the subject of viral online memes over the past two weeks. Teresa is an experienced television reporter, but last week she became an internet star, as her dramatic report from a storm-tossed Salthill Prom in Galway drew international attention. Last night […]

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Frank Underwood Launches US Presidential Campaign

Netflix’s marketing team announced the Frank Underwood presidential campaign bid last night to coincide with the final Republican debate. The campaign video (above) includes a reference to FU2016.com, which is a rather creepy, but amusing, campaign site for Underwood. Kevin Spacey’s eyes follow you around the screen if you mouseover his image! The site also […]

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Star Wars Trailer From China Features Dialogue

There have been plenty of different trailers and loads of media coverage for the upcoming release of Star Wars The Force Awakens. However, up until now, the trailers have been devoid of dialogue. Earlier today a trailer for the Chinese market was released which fills that gap, as well as adding some new footage: Star […]

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Adele’s “Hello” As You’ve Never Heard It

Adele’s “Hello” and the album it came from, “25”, have been breaking records around the world. And the singer has shown that it is still possible to sell large volumes of albums even when there are plenty of legal (and illegal) ways to get your hands on music. But of course with any popular song […]

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Outify.Me has a Passion for the Outdoors [Video]

Carlos Oleaga is passionate about outdoor adventure sports like hiking and rafting. So he created Outify.me as an online marketplace for people like himself. From Madrid he came to Web Summit in Dublin, where we spoke to him. [youtube]https://youtu.be/S9-Y_y2mAe0[/youtube]   It’s been a busy few weeks in the Irish tech scene. We’ve got lots more video […]

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Bank of Ireland Lays Down a Trackway for Startups [Video]

Bank of Ireland’s Innovation Team was out in force at Web Summit last week, promoting their new StartLab incubation programme. We spoke to their Entrepreneur-in-Residence Gene Murphy. [youtube]https://youtu.be/DiJrxQiBAvA[/youtube]   StartLab is an intensive six-month boot camp; the first one starts in Galway in January, and applications close on 27 November. Before that, however, there are a number […]

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Radix Finds an Eager Audience for New Domains at Web Summit [Video]

Here’s the first of many videos we will bring you from Web Summit 2015. We spoke to Sandeep Ramchandani from Radix, the company behind some of the most tech’ and business friendly new Top Level Domains, including .TECH, .PRESS, .HOST, .WEBSITE, .SITE, .ONLINE, .SPACE and .PW. Registries agree that part of their job involves educating a public still unfamiliar with the […]

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That Night in Dublin at ICANN 54 [Video]

ICANN might be somewhat less glamorous than Web Summit – and certainly smaller – but its work is no less important, and probably more fundamental to the workings of the Internet. Last month, over 2,000 delegates attended ICANN’s first meeting in Ireland, ICANN 54 at the Convention Centre Dublin. Feedback from the event has been hugely positive, […]

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