Irish Scientist Wins Marie Curie Award for Communication of Science
Dr Shane Bergin, Investigator at Trinity College Dublin’s School of Physics and nanoscience institute, CRANN, has been awarded the European Commission’s Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) achievement award. The award recognises Dr. Bergin’s contribution to communicating science
Uber Partners with Spotify to let Passengers Choose Playlist
Uber, the chauffeur service has teamed up with Spotify, the music streaming service, to allow passengers in Uber cars to play their Spotify selections on the speakers of the cars they are travelling in. The service will be
‘Congregation 2014’ is Calling – A Podcast with Eoin Kennedy [Audio]
Eoin Kennedy joins us on today's podcast. Click on the player above to listen to the show, or download it here: 9:59; 6MB; MP3. Eoin is the organiser of CONGregation, the one-day 'un-conference' on social media held in the quiet
Trustev is Top Enterprise Startup at SXSW
Great news from Austin, Texas this morning as Irish startup Trustev took the top award in the Enterprise and Big Data category of the SXSW Accelerator contest. The timing couldn't be better for the Cork based
Twitter Claims 72% Of Followers Likely To Purchase
A couple of months ago Twitter finally made their "self-serve" advertising platform available to Irish and UK small businesses. We (Blacknight) have been using it a bit over the last couple of months and while we're
The Real Satoshi Nakamoto says: “I’m not Dorian”
As expected, Newsweek's claim to have identified the founder of Bitcoin, turned into a media frenzy yesterday, with an OJ-style paparazzi car chase and a storm of online criticism of the actions of the professional media, in
Satoshi Nakamoto is Real and He Lives in California
Update: Since this was published, Dorian S Nakamoto has given an interview denying his involvement in Bitcoin, and it appears that the real founder of Bitcoin has posted on a a long-dormant account to say: "I
