Tagged: Sport & News
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Robots meet rugby in UCD engineering competition News
18.04.2011 It was all about the robots today at University College Dublin (UCD)as first-year engineering students demonstrated the ‘Rugby Robots’ they had created in advance of the Siemens...Categories: Research, Intellectual Property -
71pc of journalists use Twitter as a news source News
12.04.2011 Highlighting the growing prominence of Twitter in the Irish media village, a poll of 100 journalists found that 71pc of them use Twitter as a source of news or as supporting...Categories: Wireless Communications, Social Media, Multimedia, Mobility, Media, Internet, Games/Entertainment, Digital Media, Communications -
London Tube dumps mobile phone coverage plans News
01.04.2011 The London Tube has abandoned plans to introduce mobile phone coverage for the 2012 summer Olympics, due to funding issues and limited time left to complete the project. -
People watching more TV worldwide - study News
28.03.2011 Viewers across the world are spending an increasing amount of time watching television, a new study has found. -
They're all winners at the Irish Blog Awards 2011 News
21.03.2011 From sports to music, politics and business, the Irish bloggerati marked six years of their awards at a shindig the Europa Hotel in Belfast – Europe’s most-bombed hotel – to... -
Sony acquires Hawk-Eye sports technology News
07.03.2011 Sony Professional has acquired Hawk-Eye, a UK-based company that specialises in sports tracking technology, for an undisclosed figure. -
New betting website to create 65 new jobs News
20.12.2010 Sixty-five new jobs are in the pipeline with the launch of a new sports betting site Betbidder.com based on the penny auction concept. Players can bid for cash prizes or tickets... -
Twitter unveils top trending tweets of 2010 News
13.12.2010 Twitter has revealed the biggest trends in 2010 out of 25 billion tweets posted, with the Gulf Oil Spill coming in at No 1.Tags: Twitter, Call of Duty: Black Ops, iPad, Android, iOS, Google Android, iPhone, Movies, TV, Sport, News, World Cup 2010, -
Guillet pitches for a sustainable 2018 World Cup News
02.12.2010 The road to the World Cup 2018 will be a green and sustainable one, according to former Holland international, Ruud Guillet, who is hoping to sway the opinion of Fifa's decision... -
Debate stirs as LFC coach's Twitter rant is removed News
18.11.2010 A damning tweet posted by the head of fitness and conditioning for the Liverpool Football Club, Darren Burgess, against the England football club has been removed. -
Sport social media site records half a million members News
16.11.2010 Irish sports social networking site Teamer.net has recorded 500,000 members and announced plans for an international rollout. -
Millennium Stadium gets HD retrofitted News
09.11.2010 Sport fans at Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium might soon have trouble focusing on the game with the completion of a £3m (around €3.5m) conversion project that sees the stadium...Categories: Networking, Multimedia, Media, Investments, Digital Media, Digital Marketing, Digital Business -
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Dublin student wins Irish James Dyson award News
04.11.2010 A new type of ski boot, the Flip Ski Boot, has earned Dublin student Brian Byrne, 23, the Irish James Dyson award. -
AD2ONE onside for Premier League advertising News
02.11.2010 Irish brands that wish to promote their brands to a larger audience can now advertise at English Premier League matches.Tags: Business , Online, LinkedIn, Advertising, Digital Business , Digital Advertising, Disney, Commerce, Sport, -
Grounds for improvement: how IT is at the heart of sports stadia’s strategic goals News
22.10.2010 In the business world, IT has been a key player for years, but in sports stadiums its role to date has been more like warming the substitutes’ bench. That’s changing: as clubs... -
Hawk-Eye pitching goal line technology News
21.10.2010 Hawk-Eye, the camera monitoring system used in cricket, tennis and other sports, claims it can provide the International Football Board (IFAB) with goal-line technology. -
Heineken Cup site launched for rugby fans to interact News
12.10.2010 Heineken has launched a new website where Irish rugby fans can interact during a match online through a Live Match Tracker. -
London Irish rugby team invests in analytics to up their game News
08.10.2010 Elite professional rugby club London Irish has deployed IBM Business Analytics technology to develop a ground-breaking new system to advance the club’s analysis of training and... -
Sony and Sky bring 3D to Ryder Cup News
01.10.2010 Sony Professional is working with BSkyB to bring live 3D coverage of the 2010 Ryder Cup, which begins today.