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TheModerns.ie – an interactive, digital exhibition
The Moderns, the largest exhibition to be staged at the Irish Museum of Modern Art to date, will feature over 180 artists, writers, filmmakers, architects, designers and composers. It traces the development of Modernism in Ireland from the 1900s to the 1970s. It is the inaugural event for the Museum’s upcoming 20th Anniversary. To compliment...
Kinect could transform Microsoft
Microsoft. Once a software company, now one of the giants of the new digital age. It hasn’t gone away you know? This week is the first birthday of Microsoft’s Kinect Xbox 360. Only one year in and people from around the world have started re-imagining the potential of Kinect and the platform is now open...
YouTube invites celebrities and publishers to launch video channels
YouTube is to launch 100 new channels in its bid to become a major hub for popular, professional content. It has signed deals with celebrities such as Ashton Kutcher and Madonna to produce video channels for the site. “We’re announcing that even more talented creators and original entertainment will soon join YouTube’s existing channel lineup,...
Datahug lands $1.5 million investment
Datahug, winners of the Dublin Web Summit Spark of Genius Competition in 2010, has received a $1.5 million seed fund investment. The investment is led by Bill McCabe’s Oyster Technology Investments and includes Ron Conway, a high profile Silicon Valley super angel who was an early investor in companies such as Twitter, Google and PayPal....
Spark of Genius
In conversation with Edel McCarthy, digital marketing manager, ESB Electric Ireland. Describe the Spark of Genius award and why ESB Electric Ireland is the main sponsor? I attended the Dublin Web Summit last year and can honestly say I’ve never attended an event like it. Firstly there were a stellar array of speakers including the...
SkillPages and Inishtech land Bizspark One invites
Irish firms SkillPages and Inishtech will join Microsoft Bizspark One, “a fast track programme for the world’s highest potential start-ups”. The two companies were amongst only 100 companies identified globally for the programme. Bizspark One is an invite-only programme, where start-ups are paired with a relationship manager who works with them to promote visibility, expand...
Tech leaders to advise Irish Government
The Irish Technology Leadership Group’s (ITLG)* latest initiative promises to create a pool of global industry and technology leaders who will volunteer to serve on relevant Irish state boards until 2016 without remuneration. The objective of the Diaspora 2016 initiative is to make available to the Government a list of, at least, 100 highly qualified...
InfiniLED wins €100,000 in funding
InfiniLED, a company that has developed a next generation LED technology (µLED) which produces light more efficiently than conventional LEDs, has won the 2011 ITLG University Challenge held at its 4th annual Silicon Valley Comes to Ireland event that took place in DCU last night. Success at the Dragon’s-Den-style challenge gives InfiniLED the opportunity to...
€4.4 million invested in NDCR start ups
Companies graduating from the National Digital Research Centre are attracting investment. The NDCR’s annual report for 2010-2011 reveals €4.4 million was invested by third parties in NDRC-based technologies. What’s more, the NDRC portfolio includes over a dozen emerging firms with a combined market capital value of €25 million. 36 sustainable jobs are being created from...
iPhone 4S announced – no iPhone 5 just yet
After months of speculation and hundreds of millions of euro worth of ‘earned media’ gained, Apple finally announced its latest iPhone. It is called the iPhone 4S. Inside, it is all new. It has an A5 chip, same as the iPad 2. It is seven times faster than iPhone 4 with better graphics for gaming....
Jerry has the vision
The Irish Internet Association (IIA) this evening announced Jerry Kennelly of Tweak.com as the Overall Net Visionary Winner in the Dot ie Net Visionary Awards. Also announced this evening were the winners in 14 individual categories, all of whom were decided by public vote. The Awards, now in its 13th year took place in the...
