Category: Technology

  • Bringing Silicon Valley to Ireland

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    I received an email the other day from xCell Partners, a consultancy firm one of who’s stated aims is “to help bridge the gap between Silicon Valley and Irish tech start-ups”. They have put together an event that will be on in February, 27th & 29th, in Dublin and Belfast respectively which is all about…

  • In Seville for EBE 07

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    I arrived in Seville early this morning for the Eventoblog España 07 (EBE) conference. My old friend Shel Israel is here with with his (much) better half Paula! Shel is presenting at the conference. I’m really looking forward to catching up with them socially as well as professionally. This next few days will also be…

  • Another device?

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    Amazon are set to release an electronic book reader called the Kindle today according to NewsWeek. The device sounds cool, in theory (built-in wireless over EVDO, email, long-life batteries, search, lots of storage, etc.) but do we really want another device to be carrying around? Especially at the price point being talked about ($399). I’m…

  • YouTube to serve hi-def from their website

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    I see Rafe Needleman is reporting that YouTube are going to start streaming video in hi-def imminently. According to Needleman: YouTube co-founder Steve Chen, speaking at the NewTeeVee Live conference today, confirmed that high-quality YouTube video streams are coming soon…. the service is testing a player that detects the speed of the viewer’s Net connection…

  • Is Facebook's Search function useless?

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    I met the CEO of Telligent Systems, Rob Howard in Barcelona. Telligent are the company who make Community Server amongst other things. Rob and I had a great chat and decided to hook up on Facebook. It turned out to be a lot easier to meet in person then in Facebook! I typed Rob Howard…

  • Cubic Telecom wins an it@cork Leader Award

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    A big congrats to Pat Phelan and the Cubic lads on Cubic Telecom’s winning the it@cork Leaders Award in the Emerging Company category. Pat was up against some very stiff competition and I am glad I wasn’t involved in the judging ‘cos I know Tom Keane of Nitrosell and Paul and Frank from YouGetItBack as…

  • Google's OpenSocial to become the platform's platform?

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    One of the biggest problems with Social Networks is that your information is never synchronised across them if you are in more than one and if you are in only one, the time you invest adding in information, is time you are investing in locking yourself in. You can’t get your information (profile, friends list,…

  • Cork tech scene

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    There’s a nice write-up on the Cork tech scene in the Silicon Republic today