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Web Summit Tweets and Treats

Web Summit has published details of Twitter traffic over the three days of the event: 120,000 tweets published (from over 40,000 unique Twitter accounts) Tweets per minute peaked between 11am and 2pm on Tuesday (coinciding with

By |November 7, 2014|Categories: Events, General|Tags: , , , , , , , , |12 Comments

‘Internet of Things’ Emerges as a Dominant Theme at Web Summit 2014 [Video]

Connectivity between devices and people in their homes, work and cars has emerged as the big theme to dominate the discussions, deals, and bars around Web Summit 2014. Paul Daugherty, CTO of Accenture, pointed out that

Centre Stage Highlights to Watch for at Web Summit Day 3

It's third and final day of Web Summit at the RDS. There's a drone demo starting shortly on centre stage. Liam Casey and Tim O'Reilly will talk about The Future of Wearables at 10:35am. (Check out our conversation

By |November 6, 2014|Categories: Events, General|Tags: , , , , , , , |7 Comments

Silicon Valley CEOs Evacuated by Dublin Fire Brigade as Web Summit gets Underway

The CEOs of Dropbox and Evernote were among a group of about 50 high profile technology figures who were evacuated from the home of Paddy Cosgrave last night after his chimney caught fire. The Web Summit founder told the story as

By |November 4, 2014|Categories: Events|Tags: , , , , , , |4 Comments

Cash Up wins Dublin Design and Hardware Hackathon Weekend

Ireland’s first multidisciplinary Design and Hardware Hackathon has been one by Cash Up, the team which developed and prototyped a connected cash register over the course of the three-day event which finished last night. Following on the success

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