More than 2,000 entrepreneurs, industry representatives and researchers from around the country are attending the first national Innovation Showcase in the National Convention Centre Dublin today as part of a Government drive to open up the innovation, research and development infrastructure to business. The event is being streamed live by AerTV. Organised by Enterprise Ireland on behalf of the […]
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250,000 People Experience the ‘Power of Science’ during Science Week 2014
An estimated 250,000 people took part in 800 science festivals, demonstrations, seminars and tours across the country this week during the 19th annual national science week. The week coincided with the success of the European Space Agency’s Rosetta mission in landing the Philae lander on Comet 67p: a suitable demonstration of the ‘power of science’ – the […]
Galway is First in the Fray as Four Irish Cities Join Global Startup Battle
Global Entrepreneurship Week gets underway this weekend, and startup weekends are being held in four Irish cities as part of the Global Startup Battle. Galway Startup Weekend is kicking off in about an hour at NUI Galway. Participants with ideas will make 60 second pitches which then get whittled down to the top ideas. Teams will be formed […]
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 with Liam here). Peter Thiel is on stage at 4:35pm , and Bono at 5. If you can’t be here, you […]
Web Summit Day One in 30 Seconds [Video]
There’s so much happening at Web Summit, but they’ve managed to scrunch Day One on the Centre Stage into a 30 second video! Web Summit Day 1 in 30 seconds from Sportsfile on Vimeo. I’m here with the Blacknight team, and shooting video for technology.ie. Got a story to tell? Book a slot to come […]
Come and talk to Technology.ie and Blacknight at Web Summit
I’m at Web Summit for the next three days reporting for Technology.ie, and the Blacknight team are here too. You can talk to Gianni about domains and hosting, dedicated servers and colocation in our state-of-the-art datacentre. Or you can talk to me about your story: your startup, your business, your idea. We’re shooting video interviews over the […]
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 he opened the 3-day event on the main stage, welcoming the thousands of attendees to the RDS in Dublin. […]
Web Summit Full Schedule Published
The full schedule for Web Summit was published earlier today. The event will be held across several stages in the RDS with each stage being devoted to a different theme (well, sort of): Center Stage (sic) – keynotes etc Enterprise Builders Machine Marketing Music Sport Library Food Cinema According to Web Summit head man Paddy Cosgrave […]
How we Grew DoneDeal, by Fred Karlsson [Video]
These days it’s a household name, but DoneDeal.ie started life as an idea in the minds of Fred and Geraldine Karlsson when they moved back to Ireland from Sweden in 2005. Having used a similar site to sell their stuff in Sweden, they wanted to do the same to furnish their home in Ireland, and they […]
Duolingo’s Irish Language Course Launches in Beta
Duolingo, the crowdsourced language-learning company, has beta-launched one of its most eagerly anticipated courses: Irish. It may come as a surprise to some, but when Duolingo asked its community what language courses they should develop next (after Portuguese, Spanish, English, Italian, German and French), the top requests were for Irish, Danish and Dutch. On St Patrick’s Day, […]