Over the past few days leaders in technology and celebrities have been pouring buckets of ice water over themselves to raise awareness for ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease). So Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg did it a couple of days ago: and threw down the gauntlet to Bill Gates. Gates really took the challenge seriously and designed a […]
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Promiscuous Mode [Audio]
Conn and Michele recorded a podcast (37:19; 34MB; MP3) in Michele’s office at Blacknight HQ this afternoon. We discuss the Russian Blogging Crackdown and the recent US court ruling that Microsoft must hand over data on a server located in Ireland. Last week, Michele broke the news that ICANN’s 54th public meeting will be held in Dublin next […]
Maynooth Students Represent Ireland at Microsoft Imagine Cup in Seattle
Microsoft today wished Ireland’s Imagine Cup world finalists, students Matthew McCann, KC Grant and Jack Gallagher of NUI Maynooth, good luck as they prepare to depart to compete in the Microsoft Imagine Cup world final taking place in Seattle on August 1st. The students, who are national winners in the World Citizenship category of the […]
Windows Phone Ad pits Cortana vs Siri
Cortana is Windows Phone’s natural language virtual assistant – the counterpart to Apple’s Siri and Google Now. Microsoft have just released an ad demonstrating Cortana on a Nokia Lumia 635 in action against Siri on an iPhone 5S. Of course, any ad will select the scenario which best showcases its product, but Microsoft’s message is clear: they’re proud […]
Microsoft Completes Nokia Devices & Services Acquisition
Microsoft Corp. has announced that its acquisition of the Nokia Devices and Services business is now complete. The acquisition has been approved by Nokia shareholders and by governmental regulatory agencies around the world. “Today we welcome the Nokia Devices and Services business to our family. The mobile capabilities and assets they bring will advance our […]
The Story Behind The Windows XP Wallpaper
The default “wallpaper” in Windows XP is probably one of the most viewed photos ever. You’ve probably seen it hundreds if not thousands of times, but was the photo real or merely the result of some clever photoshop work? Find out the real story behind the photo in this video where the photographer who took […]
People Won’t Laugh at You for using Comic Neue, Maybe
The choice of a typeface is usually a matter of context. What’s right for a flyer advertising a funfair is wrong for an auditor’s report. Mostly, it’s a matter of taste, and design professionals generally favour a broad palette of fonts, but for many years there has been broad agreement on one point: it’s never […]
For Microsoft, Diversity is a Business Imperative
In the latest video in our series recorded at Microsoft’s International Women’s Day event, Cathriona Hallahan, MD of Microsoft Ireland explains that diversity isn’t just a “nice to have” for companies like hers: it’s a business imperative. This is one of a series of videos recorded at Microsoft’s Chic2BGeek event, which Technology.ie is publishing this week in the […]
Natalie B Coleman is a Role Model for Entrepreneurs
[youtube]http://youtu.be/dUZcCBx2UjI[/youtube] “I’m not a naturally techie person … but I have had to learn to love it because it’s vital for me”, says fashion designer Natalie B Coleman. She was one of the speakers at the Chic2BGeek event for secondary school girls held at Microsoft Ireland’s Sandyford campus on Friday, ahead of International Women’s […]
Microsoft Ireland Celebrates International Women’s Day with Students
International Women’s Day is on March 8th, but Microsoft Ireland decided to celebrate it a week early by inviting girls from a number of secondary schools to an event focused on career opportunities for women, at their Sandyford headquarters this morning. TV presenter Collette Fitzpatrick chaired a panel discussion which included entrepreneurs Katie Cantwell, founder of […]