Mission Statement “Weird Al” Yankovic
“Weird Al” Yankovic’s latest album “Mandatory Fun” is doing well in the charts. So well that it’s actually topping the charts in the US. One of the tracks from the album is sung in the style of Crosby, Stills & Nash and might hit a chord with anyone in the business world or high tech […]
Irish Researchers in Nanotechnology Breakthrough
Professor John Boland, Principal Investigator at AMBER, the Science Foundation Ireland funded materials science centre at Trinity College Dublin has made a world-first breakthrough in area of material mechanics. Professor Boland and his team along with Prof. Sader from University of Melbourne have developed a simple, robust approach to measure one of the most fundamental […]
INM Create Almost 40 New Digital Media Jobs in Dublin
Independent News & Media (INM) has announced that it is making significant investment in its digital arm through the creation of close to 40 new roles in its Dublin office. A recruitment drive has begun with roles such as Multimedia Designers, Product Managers, Mobile Engineers, Technical Architects, UX Designers and Digital Sales Specialists on offer. […]
Mobilising the Enterprise: Don’t Get Left Behind [Video]
Simon Gray is Head of Mobile Workplace Solutions at Fujitsu, UK and Ireland. He gave a talk, entitled Mobilising the Enterprise, at the Fujitsu World Tour at Dublin’s Convention Centre. According to Simon, businesses need to act fast to address the challenges and opportunities of the mobile enterprise. There is a danger that both customers and employees may […]
New Apple Ad Celebrates Sticker Creativity
“You are all individuals”, is the message from Apple to its army of loyal customers, with this latest video ad. It’s a celebration of the MacBook Air, and it’s screen-back logo, customised and augmented in dozens of different ways. http://youtu.be/ULL6DqJfdoE Via Business Insider. Related articles Apple Launches New ‘The Notebook People Love’ MacBook Air Ad New MacBook Air Ad […]
This is What Big Data Looks Like
Sorry – but it’s good for a giggle! Via Visual Idiot on Twitter.
Could JIBO be your Family’s First Robot?
Take a tablet, and give it the ability to orient itself: to twist in your direction when you speak, to recognise and track faces and use a speech interface. You’ve got a robot! It won’t make the tea for you, or clean the bathroom, but Jibo looks like it could be a real leap forward for a user interface […]
CONGregation is Back for 2014! Interested? Let Them Know
It was one of the most unique and intimate events relating to social media in 2013. Now the organisers of CONGregation, the one-day social media unconference held in Cong, Co Mayo, are looking for “expressions of interest” for 2014. CONGregation is unusual in that you cannot buy a ticket for the event: you have to blog your way in. There […]
Visa Digital Wallet will Expand to Ireland by the End of the Year
Visa Europe today confirmed that its digital wallet service, V.me by Visa, will expand to Ireland, Germany, Norway, Sweden and Italy by the end of the year. Pilots will also launch in Greece, the Czech Republic and Slovakia in 2015, taking the total number of markets offering the service to 12. They’ve also announced a further […]
NetApp’s Matt Watts on the Changing Role of IT in Business [Video]
Matt Watts is EMEA Director of Technology and Strategy at storage & data management provider, NetApp. He spoke at the Fujitsu World Tour event at the Convention Centre in Dublin last week, on the topic of The Changing Role of IT – Becoming a Broker of Services to Business. Technology.ie is powered by Blacknight, Ireland’s leading provider of domains and […]