Tagged: Crowdfunding
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Personal camerman device gets US$500k injection from Grishin Robotics News
22.05.2013 California start-up Swivl, the maker of a robotic video device that mimics a personal cameraman, has raised US$500,000 from the investment company Grishin Robotics to focus on... -
‘Story bud?’ filmmaker on a mission to document Irish slang News
25.04.2013 Irish filmmaker Jenny Keogh is attempting to crowdfund a feature film that will take a close look at the unique phrases that crop up in the vernacular of each county of Ireland. -
Irish founder of City-of-London.com seeks to raise stg£100,000 News
25.04.2013 Peter Dodds, an Irish advertising and media industry veteran behind City-of-London.com, is planning to raise stg£100,000 from individual investors at the FT Digital Media...Categories: Media, Marketing, Investments, Internet, Funding, Financial, Digital Media, Digital Marketing, Digital Business -
The week in gadgets: Apple’s ‘iRing’ TV remote, a tiny fish eye and non-stop bubble wrap popping News
08.04.2013 A look at gadget happenings, as Apple television set rumours now come with added bling, an Indiegogo project to produce the world’s smallest digital fish eye camera snaps our... -
Walter the Wandering Wave creator to crowdfund global TV pilot News
26.03.2013 Storybook and mobile app cartoon character Walter the Wandering Wave, created by Irish entrepreneur Shane Janssens, is set to have his own TV programme around the world....Categories: Software & Web Development, Phones, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Investments, Internet, Games/Entertainment, Funding, Digital Media, Development, Design, Apps -
iFixit estimates 10-year lifespan for Pebble smartwatch News
13.03.2013 Its creators call it the first watch built for the 21st century, but what did the tech repairs experts at iFixit make of the Pebble E-Paper Watch once they prised it open for a...Categories: Mobile, Consumer TechTags: Crowdfunding, Gadgets, -
Crowdfunding a new kind of industrial revolution News
12.03.2013 Across the world people are beginning to invent new products ranging from games consoles to watches and thermostats, raise finance by asking the public to support their... -
Golfing gadget backed by Silicon Valley’s finest launches IndieGoGo campaign News
05.03.2013 Game Golf, a technology invented by Irishman John McGuire of Active Mind Technology and designed by Jawbone’s Yves Béhar, today launched its IndieGoGo campaign to bring the...Categories: Software & Web Development, Investments, Hardware, Games/Entertainment, Funding, Financial, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, Apps -
The week in gadgets: Barnes & Noble does a U-turn, Google searches for Glass testers News
25.02.2013 A look at gadget happenings, as Barnes & Noble makes a U-turn on the Nook, Samsung confirms a Galaxy S IV due date, Google searches for explorers and we discover two handy...Categories: Week in Gadgets -
New crowdfunding site PledgUp offers €1,000 to community projects News
11.02.2013 PledgUp, a new crowdfunding website dedicated to community groups and projects, is offering €1,000 for groups that come up with the most innovative fundraising ideas. -
Review of 2012 in gaming News
29.12.2012 We take a look at the last 12 months and ponder what games and consoles have left an impression on us. Money-makers, crowd-funding, Irish game development - Adam Renardson looks... -
Crowdfunding website Kickstarter launches in the UK News
31.10.2012 As of today, people in the UK will be able to launch their creative projects on the crowdfunding platform Kickstarter, as the website is now open for UK registrations. -
Interview: Indiegogo co-founder Danae Ringelmann on the rise of crowdfunding (video) News
19.10.2012 Using Indiegogo as a platform, anyone with an idea could potentially raise money. At the Dublin Web Summit this week, co-founder Danae Ringelmann explained her inspiration to...Categories: Social Media, Investments, Internet, Funding, Economy, eCommerce, Digital Media, Digital Business -
Actor Russell Crowe helps a new start-up, with US$25K pledge via Kickstarter News
09.08.2012 Actor, film producer and musician Russell Crowe has given a US start-up a bit of a dig out. Crow has pledged US$25,000 via the US crowdfunding platform Kickstarter to help a... -
Music industry of the future News
02.08.2012 With fears that music fans are becoming less likely to pay for music in the digital age, the industry needs new ideas, and there are those who are finding new ways to make and... -
Irish crowdfunding platform Fund It passes €1m in donations News
31.07.2012 Today, Fund It is saying thanks to 18,000 people who together have donated more than €1m to 350 projects on the site over the past 16 months. -
Friends of ‘no limbs, no limits’ teen to crowdfund making of documentary News
27.07.2012 The brave 16-year-old Cork teenager Joanne O’Riordan who has no limbs but wowed the world at the UN Girls in ICT Day earlier this year with her positive attitude and love of... -
Ouya Android games console roars past US$2m on Kickstarter News
11.07.2012 A new games console based on Android 4.0, running off a Tegra processor, and designed by Yves Behar, has so far raised US$2.3m on crowdfunding site Kickstarter. The console is... -
Kickstarter to launch its crowdfunding platform in UK News
10.07.2012 Kickstarter has announced via Twitter that people in the UK will be able to launch their creative projects on its crowdfunding platform from this autumn. Up to now, only... -
Hang onto yer helmet: 1994’s Carmageddon is poised for reincarnation News
10.05.2012 Nineties hit and destructive driving game sensation Carmageddon may return in 2013 thanks to the support of a Kickstarter campaign.