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 […]
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. […]
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 of the Hardware Hackathon in September, the weekend event added a focus on design this time around. The event was organised […]
Excitement is building in advance of Web Summit next week. In just four short years it has grown from just 400 attendees at the first event, to 20,000 who will throng the RDS next week. In a post on the Web Summit Blog, founder Paddy Cosgrave admits that, by traditional wisdom, theirs is an unlikely success: Arguably no technology […]
PCH, the company that designs custom manufacturing solutions for startups and Fortune 500 companies, has confirmed that experts from some of the world’s leading companies will join Ireland’s first Design and Hardware Hackathon, which it is co-hosting with DCU on November 1-3 at the DCU Innovation Campus in Glasnevin. The event is being run in […]
With just under two weeks to go to Web Summit 2014, ticket prices are set to double tomorrow. Some tickets are still available for €658 ex VAT, but late booking charges will apply from Friday. The schedule of speakers and events has been published Meanwhile, organisers have confirmed that the Nasdaq Bell will be rung at the Summit again this […]
PCH, the company that designs custom manufacturing solutions for startups and Fortune 500 companies, announced today that it will co-host the Design and Hardware Hackathon in partnership with DCU, Ireland’s University of enterprise. The event will be run in conjunction with the Web Summit, and in partnership with NCAD. Airbnb, Allied Irish Bank (AIB), Design Partners, […]
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 […]
Michael Jackson is a partner with Mangrove Capital Partners. They’re a venture capital firm based in Luxembourg with a European vision, who want to invest in businesses with “worldwide potential or people with great ambition”. He thinks the Irish startup scene is very interesting right now, which is why he took the Startup Express to […]
Here’s another video from Startup Express. Andrew MacAdam is Technology Evangelist with Microsoft Ireland and came from Dublin to Cork especially to join the Geek Train on its way to Web Summit. Andrew explains Microsoft’s interest in supporting startups and talks about the Bizspark programme which provides entrepreneurs with free access to Microsoft tools and […]
