Driving Open Source Participation in WordPress Development [Video]
Much of today's internet is built on Wordpress: there's one wordpress site for every 101 people on the planet! It's free and open-source, extendible as a platform for plugins, relatively secure and reliable. A large part of its success is
Three Weeks to Web Summit: 200 More Speakers Announced
With three weeks to go, Web Summit has just added 200 more confirmed speakers to the programme, bringing the total to 500. The latest speakers confirmed include food blogger Adam Richman, Eventbrite co-founder Julia Hartz, and YCombinator partner Justin
Sky Invests in Video Startup Pluto.TV
Sky Television has invested $500,000 into LA-based startup Pluto.TV. Pluto.TV aggregates online video content from the web and programmes it into themed video channels, i.e. it takes on demand video and turns it into video
Pat Phelan to Speak at Startup Galway Launch Tomorrow [Audio]
Startup Galway is "an emerging initiative to build an entrepreneurial ecosystem in Galway", led by local entrepreneurs and technologists. Galway's unique combination of education & research institutions, technology industry, heritage, creativity and amenities in a 'small city'
In love with an AI
"I've never loved anyone the way that I love you" says Joaquin Phoenix in 'Her', the new film from Spike Jonze. "Me too", replies his Operating System. Some of us already feel quite a strong affinity
British Library Adds 1 Million Free Images to Flickr
The British Library has just uploaded a million images to Flickr, and they're all copyright-free! The images come from books held by the library dating from the 17th, 18th and 18th century which have been digitised
Win a Trip for Two to The Summit 2014
The dust has barely settled on The Summit* 2013, but it's time to think about 2014. And it's been announced that the first 500 tickets are now available on a 2-for-1 deal, i.e. 250 pairs at