Tagged: Richard Branson
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Mismatch between ICT industry skills needs and what third level is producing News
27.11.2012 A gap between the skills needs of industry and what Ireland’s third-level sector is actually providing is to be discussed at an Oireachtas Committee meeting that will be...Categories: Upskilling, Training, Software & Web Development, Software, R&D, Graduate, Government, Engineering, Education, Economy, Digital Media -
Virgin Galactic gets green light for rocket-powered test flights News
31.05.2012 Virgin Group founder Richard Branson’s space tourism plans have been given a boost, as Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo has been cleared to carry out its first-ever rocket-powered...Tags: Richard Branson, Space -
Ashton Kutcher set to fly on Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo News
20.03.2012 Actor Ashton Kutcher is the latest person to sign up to fly on Virgin Galactic’s first ever space voyage as an astronaut tourist, Richard Branson has revealed in his blog. -
Boeing Engineer of the Year to give lecture at UL News
16.03.2012 Irishman Dr Pio Fitzgerald, who last year was named Boeing Commercial Airplanes’ Engineer of the Year at the age of just 34, will give a free lecture at his alma mater,... -
Virgin to splurge £100m on ‘futuristic' bars and seats News
06.02.2012 Richard Branson’s Virgin Atlantic is preparing to invest £100m in giving its business class a complete overhaul on the new Airbus A330-300 aircraft that’s due to be revealed...Tags: Virgin, Richard Branson, -
Tech tweets of the week News
07.01.2012 A compilation of this past week's Twitter messages - from the serious to the whimsical - from some top names in technology.Tags: Craig Newmark, LinkedIn, Amazon, Craigslist, Twitter, Tweets, Dylan Collins, Maxroam, Jack Dorsey, Richard Branson, -
Irish aeronautical engineer wins top Boeing award at age of 34 News
15.11.2011 Dr Pio Fitzgerald, a University of Limerick aeronautical engineering graduate, has won the highest engineering accolade from Boeing, having been named Boeing Commercial... -
Social blog platform Tumblr raises US$85m News
26.09.2011 Social blogging platform Tumblr has raised US$85m from seasoned Silicon Valley venture capitalists Greylock Partners, which has invested in Facebook and Groupon, and Insight...Categories: Software & Web Development, Social Media, Internet, Games/Entertainment, Funding, Financial -
Tech tweets of the week News
13.08.2011 A compilation of this past week's Twitter messages - from the serious to the whimsical - from some top names in technology. -
Canadian teen to be youngest in space News
27.06.2011 When a teenager from Calgary, Alberta, takes off on Virgin’s SpaceShipTwo upon turning 18 next year, he will become the youngest person to ever be in space. -
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Clinton and Schwarzenegger attend second world forum on sustainability News
01.04.2011 Former US president Bill Clinton, former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, filmmaker James Cameron, and Virgin Group president Richard Branson, along with specialists... -
Richard Branson's database to reduce shipping emissions News
06.12.2010 Richard Branson has set up a free internet database that will list the energy efficiency of ocean-going vessels in an effort to reduce shipping emissions. -
Download issues take away from Branson's Project launch News
30.11.2010 Richard Branson’s online magazine exclusive to the iPad – Project – was launched today, but while Branson might have beaten Rupert Murdoch with the release of his product, there... -
Bookie tips Murdoch to beat Branson in digital paper chase News
25.11.2010 Irish online betting firm Paddy Power is taking bets on which soon-to-be-launched digital "newspaper" will have the highest circulation by the end of 2011. -
Branson planning iPad magazine – watch out Murdoch! News
25.11.2010 High-flying businessman Richard Branson is also planning to break into the iPad media business and next week will unveil a digital magazine tailored specifically for the tablet...Categories: Software & Web Development, Internet, Games/Entertainment, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, Computers -
BSkyB sells 10pc stake in ITV to meet competition requirements News
09.02.2010 Satellite broadcaster and broadband provider BSkyB is selling a 10.4pc stake in ITV for an estimated stg£200 million in a move that will end a long-running legal battle over its... -
Branson unveils SpaceShipTwo for budding private astronauts News
08.12.2009 Billionaire Sir Richard Branson yesterday unveiled his latest spaceship in the California desert – SpaceShipTwo – that he will use to ferry fare-paying passengers into space.Categories: R&DTags: Richard Branson, Virgin, -
2010: A space tourist odyssey News
14.11.2008 In space, no one will serve you drinks – or at least not while you’re in zero gravity. Besides, the little cocktail stick would float away and the martini would bounce off the...Categories: Digital Life, R&DTags: Richard Branson, -
Virgin Galactic unveils plans for space tourism News
29.07.2008 Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo Animation The cost of leaving the stratosphere as a space tourist aboard Rich Branson’s new WhiteKnightTwo jet? US$200,000. The memories?...Categories: R&D, Digital LifeTags: Richard Branson,