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Free Mansion House event to showcase new digital innovations News
17.05.2013 The Mansion House in Dublin will be playing host to a free digital showcase called ‘Your Future City’ next Monday and Tuesday in order to give people a taste of how...Categories: Apps, Design, Digital Business, Digital Media, Education, Green Tech, Internet, Science, Social Media, Software, Software & Web Development, Sustainability -
Irish start-ups head to New York for some digital networking News
16.05.2013 Four Irish start-ups will be in New York next week to present at a new networking event called New York Digital Irish. The idea of the event is to help new Irish ventures in the...Categories: Software & Web Development, Software, Networking, Mobile, Marketing, Digital Media, Digital Marketing, Digital Business, Design, Deals Done, Apps Zone, Apps -
Dilbert creator Scott Adams offers coders the opportunity of a lifetime News
16.05.2013 Scott Adams, the creator of the Dilbert cartoon which appears in more than 2,000 newspapers worldwide in 70 countries and 25 languages, wants someone to build him a mobile video...Categories: Software & Web Development, Software, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Games/Entertainment, Development, Design, Apps -
TCD Lero team in €2.5m study into how ecology can help make better software News
15.05.2013 A Trinity College Dublin-based Lero team is to take part in a €2.5m European Commission-funded research programme to find out how the principles of ecology can be adopted to... -
Facebook’s new Timeline features include fitness, content ratings and music discovery News
15.05.2013 Following on from the launch of new Timeline sections in March such as Movies, Books and TV Shows, social network Facebook has now added the ability for users to rate their...Categories: Software & Web Development, Software, Social Media, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Internet, Games/Entertainment, Digital Media, Development, Design, Consumer Tech, Apps -
Tech start-up of the week: Guidecentral News
12.05.2013 Our tech start-up of the week is Guidecentral, a free mobile app for people to share and discover knowledge around everything from handmade crafts to home decor, fashion and... -
Aerospace firm reveals plans for hybrid-electric flying car (video) News
09.05.2013 Last year, US aerospace company Terrafugia unveiled its street-legal flying car known as the Transition. That flying car won’t be available for at least another two years, but...Tags: Electric Cars, Transport, -
Google celebrates graphic designer Saul Bass with vibrant video doodle News
08.05.2013 To mark what would have been the 93rd anniversary of his birth, Google has given US graphic designer and filmmaker Saul Bass a fitting tribute: an animated video doodle based on... -
Delve into casino life at new Science Gallery show Risk Lab (video) News
02.05.2013 What is your perception of risk? Want to learn more about the psychology and maths behind games such as roulette and poker? Well, the Science Gallery in Dublin has been... -
Interview with Intel’s first Irish female vice-president (videos) News
02.05.2013 We talk to Intel’s first Irish female vice-president, Ann Kelleher. Appointed vice-president in 2011, Kelleher is responsible for Intel’s Technology and Manufacturing Group and...Categories: Software, Leadership & Management, Hardware, Engineering, Engineer, Education, Economy, Digital Media, Development, Design, Computers -
Wicklow students to head to Texas for F1 in Schools world championships News
01.05.2013 A team of innovative students from St David’s Secondary School in Greystones, Co Wicklow, has scooped the national title in this year’s F1 in Schools Technology Challenge for... -
I.T. Alliance to cloud-enable HP’s LIFE skills endeavour News
01.05.2013 Technology giant HP has selected an Irish company, I.T. Alliance, to bring its US$20m HP LIFE programme, which has trained 2m students worldwide, into the cloud. -
Squarespace to create 100 new jobs in Dublin News
01.05.2013 Web publishing platform player Squarespace is to create 100 new jobs in Dublin, the IDA revealed this morning. The New York company’s platform allows anyone to easily create... -
Apple set to revamp the look and feel of its mobile interface with iOS 7 News
30.04.2013 Apple’s redesign of its iOS mobile operating system with iOS 7, which is being spearheaded by Apple senior vice-president of industrial design Jony Ive, will appeal to a new... -
Staples opens 3D printing centre powered by Irish firm Mcor’s technology News
29.04.2013 Global office supplies player Staples has gone live with a new 3D printing Experience Centre in the Netherlands, which is powered by technology made by Irish firm Mcor.Categories: R&D, Hardware, Enterprise, Engineering, Engineer, Digital Business, Development, Design, Deals DoneTags: Mcor Technologies , 3D Printing, -
CoderDojo NYC co-founder calls for more female mentors (video) News
24.04.2013 Rebecca Garcia, the 22-year-old co-founder of the first CoderDojo in New York City, says that learning how to code could enable children to overcome social and economic barriers...Categories: Software & Web Development, Software, Games/Entertainment, Engineering, Education, Economy, Development, Design -
Interview with CoderDojo Diva Limerick’s Karen O’Connell (video) News
25.04.2013 Today is Girls in ICT Day and the perfect occasion to highlight an interview with Karen O’Connell, mother of three and a former Dell worker, who helps run CoderDojo Divas in...Categories: Upskilling, Training, Software & Web Development, Software, Education, Economy, Development, Design -
Chipset giant Qualcomm is coming to Cork – R&D centre will initially employ 20 people News
26.04.2013 One of the leading powerbrokers in the smartphone revolution, Qualcomm, is establishing a R&D centre in Cork and has already begun recruitment. It is envisaged an initial 20...Categories: Wireless Communications, R&D, Phones, Intellectual Property, Hardware, Engineering, Digital Media, Digital Business, Development, Design -
Irish director’s sci-fi movie ‘Last Days on Mars’ selected for Cannes News
23.04.2013 Last Days on Mars, the debut feature film of Oscar-nominated Irish director Ruairí Robinson, has been chosen for the prestigious Directors’ Fortnight at the 2013 Cannes Film...Tags: Movies, Irish Film Board, -
Twitter unveils new keyword feature for advertisers to target users News
18.04.2013 Twitter has unleashed a new feature called keyword targeting that will give advertisers the ability to show users ads based on the content of their tweets.