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Ideas looking for industry help – the Catalyser investment programme
The NDRC (National Digital Research Centre) is looking for Irish businesses to collaborate with its researchers through its Catalyser investment programme. The focus is on developing digital products for health, education, entertainment and green tech markets. NDRC’s remit is to enable company and research collaborators “with a clear vision and collective know-how” to develop intellectual...
3D or not 3D, that is the question?
Four key players in the televisual industry are to join forces to create a standard for consumer 3D active glasses, in a bid to inject more life into the 3D TV market. The ‘Full HD 3D Glasses Initiative’ is being developed by Sony Corporation, Panasonic Corporation, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. and X6D Limited (XPAND 3D)....
Ireland must capitalise from the digital planet
Once again we receive another report saying Ireland is not embracing and not capitalising on the economic and social opportunities presented by the internet. The annual report (for 2010) of the Digital Hub Development Agency (DHDA) also highlights the potential cost savings, time efficiencies and service improvements that could be delivered by public and private...
How to post to Facebook and Twitter within Google+
So, you’ve had a look at Google + and now want to import your pics from your Facebook as well as post to Facebook and Twitter within Google+? Well, thanks to Zane Clae, an enterprising computer programmer, you can. Clae has created Start G+, a Google Chrome extension that allows you to do all of...
Could ‘Facebook Editions’ help struggling newspapers?
Facebook Editions will be ‘publication apps’ that will allow Facebook users to read news updates from select news outlets without having to leave Facebook. According to Forbes, about a dozen US news publishers like the Washington Post, CNN and The Daily have signed up to have their own apps created for Facebook. It is thought...
Dublin Web Summit’s eastern promise
The 7th Dublin Web Summit, #dws7, will focus on the Chinese and Indian digital entrepreneurs currently making waves around the world. Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Richard Bruton, alongside Paddy Cosgrave, organiser of the Dublin Web Summit, announced some of the initial speakers that have agreed to attend. These include Richard Liu, Chairman and...
On planet Facebook there are no telecom networks
Last week, when Mark Zuckerberg said Facebook was going to announce something ‘awesome’, pretty much the entire tech blogosphere guessed it would be the Skype video calling integration with Facebook. It was. Facebook’s 750m users will soon be able to video chat to their friends, but only on a one-to-one basis. Group chats are not...
Bizfit wins first open data 18 hour challenge
Bizfit, a website that enables users find the optimum location for their business has won Ireland’s first open data 18 hour challenge held at NDRC. Created by a six person team of designers and developers, the winning idea was judged as being a clear example of how the release of previously inaccessible Government data can...
vStream appoints leading 3D artist
Irish digital and interactive content creator, vStream, has appointed multi-award winning 3D artist, James Kelly from Sony Computer Entertainment Europe to head up its 3D service offering. In this role, Kelly is responsible for the production of Stereoscopic 3D films including the recent Aviva Stadium 3D Experience, 3D modelling and design for games and augmented...
Android users will likely drive the growth of Google+
With 700 million users, many would argue that Facebook has already won the battle to become the world’s most significant social network. This doesn’t, however, mean Google, the search giant, doesn’t want to continue the fight. Google+ is its latest attempt at re-imagining the social networking space, in a bid to compete with Facebook. First...
Microsoft reveals interactive NUads for Kinect Xbox 360
Yesterday at the Cannes International Festival of Creativity, Microsoft revealed NUads – an interactive ad platform for the Kinect Xbox 360. The idea is to transform TV ads into a service controlled by a viewer’s gesture and voice commands. If a viewer wants more information on an ad they see through Xbox Live they simply...
Wimbledon in cinematic 3D
If, like most of us here in the DT office, you’re a fan of Wimbledon – then good news. Sony will broadcast and screen the 3D production of the Wimbledon 2011 men’s semi-finals, men’s final and women’s final in multiple countries and regions worldwide – including Ireland. This video shows the work that went into...
