Gene Murphy on Irish Startup Weekends [Audio]
It's Global Entrepreneurship Week, and four Irish cities are taking part in the Global Startup Battle. Galway Startup Weekend was on last weekend, and Dublin, Cork and Limerick are repeating the exercise next weekend. Gene Murphy is
Is Uber the Creepiest Company in Tech?
Uber, the chauffeur company, is under fire over its response to the recent comments by Senior Vice President Emil Michael that the company would be justified in spending “a million dollars” to hire researchers and journalist to investigate the personal
UK Air Traffic Visualised
If you fly a lot you might develop an interest in how the entire thing works. From the types of airplanes, the services they offer to the technology behind it all. But what about the actual
Dublin Airport’s Message For Patrick’s Day
Dublin Airport's Facebook page published a "notice" earlier this week that has gone viral: The image has been shared over 12 thousand times so far and has over 6k "likes", it's also been covered in a
As the Web Turns 25, Tim Berners Lee calls for an Online Magna Carta
On 12 March 1989, Tim Berners-Lee was working at CERN, the European nuclear research facility, when he submitted a proposal for an information management system which went on to become The World Wide Web. 25 years
Grumpy Cat Claims the Iron Throne at SXSW [Video]
Grumpy Cat, Grumpy Cat, where are you goin'? I'm going to Austin to look at the Throne. Grumpy Cat, Grumpy Cat, what did you there? I said: Get off, That's My Chair. [youtube]http://youtu.be/7218KbK0qlI[/youtube] via Mashable.
High Capital Gains Tax is Stifling Entrepreneurship says Ganley [Video]
[youtube]http://youtu.be/EuhJ22KGnSQ[/youtube] A Capital Gains Tax rate of 33% is a tax on risk, and operates as a disincentive to entrepreneurship in Ireland, which amounts to "economic illiteracy". That's the view of Galway based entrepreneur and