It’s Not a Good Time to be a Gatekeeper says Clay Hebert [Video]
Clay Hebert thinks gatekeepers are a good idea - but only up to a point: "I'm glad that there are gatekeepers for pilots and for surgeons, but in this entrepreneurial world - entrepreneurs and creative endeavours -
Kickstarter Comes to Ireland and, yes, you can use Irish
Thin Lizzy and Flann O’Brien. The Abbey Theatre and the Havok game engine. Dylan Moran and Dracula and the original Mr. Tayto. What are you going to create? Kickstarter, the New York based crowdfunding service for arts
Social Messaging Apps Thriving, Latest Irish Survey Shows
Yesterday we published the Ipsos MRBI's infographic of their latest Social Networking Quarterly Survey of Ireland. They also published the Social Messaging Quarterly Survey, with similarly interesting results. Of 1000 people aged 15 and over, 50% have a Skype
Data Commisioner Confirms Credit Card Data Was Not Encrypted
The Irish Times is reporting that the Data Protection Commisioner, Billy Hawkes, has confirmed that the compromised credit card data at LoyaltyBuild had been stored in an unencrypted form - together with the 3-digit CVV number
Cosaint Sonraí: Na Rialacha
Tá go leor ceisteanna inniu faoin sárú slándála ag an gcomhlacht LoyaltyBuild, inar goideadh sonraí na gcártaí creidmheasa le leathmhilliún duine ar fud na hEorpa. Tá fiosrúcháin ar bun ag na Gárdaí agus ag An Coimisinéir Cosanta
500,000 Credit Cards Compromised at Irish Firm
The Data Protection Commisioner, Billy Hawkes, has sent inspectors to the offices of LoyaltyBuild in Ennis, Co. Clare, after it was revealed that the credit card data of 500,000 users in Ireland and elsewhere in Europe
Congregation in Cong [Video]
I met Eoin Kennedy at the Realex Fire Irish Web Awards and he told me all about CongRegation - the social media unconference he's organising in Cong, Co. Mayo on 30 November. "You can't get tickets
