CurrencyFair has announced that they will give a year’s worth of international money transfers without fees, to the first 500 Irish businesses to sign up with them from today, April 28. The campaign aims to help Irish businesses to grow their exports in international markets and challenge financial institutions’ current high currency rates, highlighting that many Irish businesses are […]
The Net Visionary Awards were held on Friday night at the RDS Concert Hall, organised by The Irish Internet Association and sponsored once more by the IEDR, the DotIE registry. Each year awards are presented in 17 categories, with the highlight of the evening being the conferring of the title ‘Net Visionary’ on the person who has displayed extraordinary […]
A second Irish eCommerce Expo will be held on April 21st 2015 at the Crowne Plaza in Dublin Northwood. It’s billed as an opportunity to hear from Irish online retailers who have been through it all and to learn from their experience. The Expo is organised as a series of learning seminars featuring over 15 speakers […]
On Friday night, the Dot IE Net Visionary Awards was a heartwarming occasion. It’s great to see old friends and meet new ones. And after a night of awards in different categories, there is a special moment when one among us is singled out for that special recognition: the Overall Net Visionary Award. Reading the citation, […]
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It’s Net Visionary time again! The Irish Internet Association‘s annual awards event is on tonight at Smock Alley Theatre in Dublin. This year’s MC is Brian Colhoun: he’s got a unique approach to dealing with speaker anxiety! http://youtu.be/5G4yamAyp6Q I’m looking forward to the night; Joan Mulvihill and the IIA always put on a good show, and I’ll […]
The Irish Internet Association organised a breakfast gathering on the fringe of Web Summit last month, just across the road in AIB’s Bankcentre. Most of the people there were involved in the tech side of media, and the speaker was Matt Galligan, co-founder and CEO of Circa. [youtube]http://youtu.be/p_bsygXnlow[/youtube] This video is a a good deal […]
I had pleasure of chatting with Mel McLaine, on Friday night at the Dot IE Net Visionary Awards. He was the official photographer for the event and I’m delighted to see that his photo-record of the event is now available online! Go check yourselves out if you were there. Ye’re all looking gorgeous! 🙂 I’ve […]
This show was recorded late on Tuesday night, with Michele in a Dublin hotel room prior to taking a New York flight the next day. We talk about the Google ‘Wi-Spy’ story. The New York Times identified the Google engineer who wrote the software – it turns out he’s also the author of Netstumbler, a […]
Brought to you by Blacknight, it’s the Technology.ie podcast episode 18, presented by Conn Ó Muíneacháin and Michele Neylon. Our guest this week is Joan Mulvihill, CEO of the Irish Internet Association. With a background in ecommerce, Joan feels strongly about helping IIA members do business online. What’s more, this year’s annual conference is going to […]
