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Is VC money for start-ups drying up?
While the last few years have seen a bit of a boom in venture capital funding for Irish start-ups, the next two years don’t look so rosy. In 2011, 159 Irish technology companies raised €274m from investors while in 2010 tech firms received €310.2m, according to the Irish Venture Capital Association (IVCA). Since the start...
Pinterest – the sleeping social giant to watch
If you haven’t tried using Pinterest, you should. Why? Because it’s quietly becoming a dominant social force on the web and it’s where all the cool people are hanging out. Forget Facebook, Pinterest is a visual social network where people can show off their good taste, not their bad behaviour. How does it work? Pinterest...
Students – the future is clear, do your sums
The chief executive of the IDA, Barry O’Leary, has advised students who are currently choosing a college course on where future opportunities for jobs lie. Foreign direct investment (FDI) companies continue to create jobs and most are seeking graduates with backgrounds in science, technology, engineering and maths. Many FDI jobs also require multi-lingual skills. Irish...
EU toughens its stance on web privacy
Digital giants like Facebook and Google are facing another bid by the European Commission to prevent them from using people’s data without their ‘explicit consent’. Companies like Facebook and Google make billions of dollars a year from collecting data on people who use their services. This data is analysed and packaged in such a way...
We Are Legion – the Anonymous film
As SOPA meets its end and as the Irish government attempts to muffle the web, a new documentary on the rise of hacktivist group Anonymous is hitting screens around the world. For those who don’t know, Anonymous is regarded by some as an underground group committed to defending the freedom of the Internet in the...
So much content, so little time – the future of TV
The digital planet is awash with content. Never before in our history have we been able to access such a variety of content so instantly and across so many different connected devices. We all know this. What’s less clear is where this sea of content is leading us and how we will choose to consume...
Digital tunes outstrip physical album sales – but it’s not the end of the story
It’s strange that it took until the end of 2011 for digital music sales to finally outstrip physical music sales. The end has been nigh for the majority of big brand record shops for a long time – just look at HMV’s recent figures. CNN says that a recent Nielsen and Billboard report reveals that...
China to launch first 3D TV channel
China will launch its first 3D TV channel on January 23rd (the Chinese New Year), according to a report from ZDNet. “The launch of the 3D channel is a significant step in the development of China’s television,” said Cai Fuchao, the head of China’s State Administration of Radio, Film and Television. Only people with 3D...
A record 173,000 dot ie sites registered in 2011
The dot ie Domain Registry (IEDR) has published its stats for 2011 which show further growth for the .ie domain. Overall the total number of .ie domains grew by 12.9% net in 2011 to 173,145 at year end. Registration levels were stronger in the first six months of 2011 with 20,995 registrations recorded between January...
The applications revolutionising the magazine industry
There are a raft of applications for smartphones and tablets that aim to replicate the magazine reading experience but in a way that reflects the user’s preferences. Google’s Currents application, for example, allows Google account holders to download content from a variety of preselected publications such as the Daily Beast and Fast Company. It also...
Twitter’s media influence outshone Facebook in 2011
Facebook may be the planet’s largest social network but Twitter gets the most coverage in the international press. Some people don’t think Twitter is a social network, they believe it’s a live information stream and breaking news service created by its users. Others believe it wouldn’t exist without the social element at the centre of...
Kavaleer Animations to create 30 new jobs in 2012
Irish animation firm Kavaleer says it will create 30 new animation jobs over the course of 2012, “in order to keep up with [our] international work load”. The award winning animation studio has worked on major projects for major publishers and programme makers including Sesame Street, Houghton Mifflin, the BBC, RTÉ, Harcourt and Disney. It...
