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Mashable’s Ben Parr talks about tech bubbles and more at spring Dublin Web Summit [Video]
Here’s a short video of Mashable’s “editor-at-large” Ben Parr speaking at a previous Dublin Web Summit (#dws5) on March 8, 2011. The video was recorded and edited by Dublin-based digital agency Websites Made Easy and features a little over two minute of Ben Parr’s talk titled “My top questions in technology”.
Darren McCarra
20th May 2011
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Stunning time-lapse video of Dublin by Irish photographer Richard Twomey
Irish photographer Richard Twomey has created this stunning time-lapse video taken between March and April of this year, beautifully incorporating scenes across Dublin, including Dublin City Centre, Dublin Airport and the docklands.
Darren McCarra
12th May 2011
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Microsoft's Streetside coming to European cities soon
Streetside, Microsoft's answer to Google Street View, has begun to gather street level imagery in Europe. Microsoft's Streetview service currently only exists in fifty-six US cities.
Darren McCarra
13th April 2011
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New Irish awards ceremony, the Irish Social Media Awards, announced
While the announcement of the death of the Irish Blog Awards last week in Belfast may have disappointed some, the birth of a new Irish awards ceremony again headed by Damien Mulley, the Irish Social Media Awards, will delight thousands of businesses and organisations throughout Ireland. And yes, this is Project X!.
Darren McCarra
29th March 2011
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Twestival 2011 kicking off in Dublin, Galway and Belfast
Twestival 2011 is kicking off right about now across Ireland, bringing Twitter users together in tangible form and raising money for charity in the process. Tonight's Twestival events in Dublin, Galway and Belfast promise to provide entertainment, a chance to meet like-minded people, and of course help their respective causes.
Darren McCarra
24th March 2011
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Dublin added to Startupbootcamp mentoring programme
Startupbootcamp have today announced plans to expand their start-up mentoring network to include Berlin, London, Madrid, and now Dublin. Dublin will join as the third city to create a pan-European network this year along with Copenhagen and Madrid, with Berlin and London expected to participate in 2012.
Darren McCarra
8th March 2011
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Fifth Dublin Web Summit kicks off tomorrow evening #dws5
The fifth Dublin Web Summit in an increasingly successful series is due to start tomorrow, March 8, with another distinguished list of speakers due to address the event at the Chartered Accountants House on Dublin’s Pearse Street. Prominent speakers include Ben Parr, co-editor of Mashable, Stefan Glaenzer, founder of Last.fm, and Dan Cobley, Google’s European marketing director.
Darren McCarra
7th March 2011
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Explore the National Botanic Gardens in Dublin with Google Street View
Last year Google made available 80,000 kilometres of panoramic imagery of Irish streets and roads to access freely in Google Street View. Along with the Google car, Google utilised the Trike to capture difficult, inaccessible areas of special interest. Today we see one such release as images of the National Botanic Gardens in Dublin are introduced, allowing path-by-path exploration of the beautiful plant collection.
Darren McCarra
1st March 2011
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Google buys Ireland's tallest commercial building, the Montevetro
Google have once again shown their commitment and long-term vision in Ireland by purchasing Ireland’s tallest commercial building, the Montevetro, for a reported €99.9 million. The newly built property sits directly across the street from Google’s current operations in Gordon House on Dublin’s Barrow Street, and will house their European, Middle East and African (EMEA) headquarters.
Darren McCarra
17th February 2011
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Bookseller Waterstone’s closing two Dublin stores this Sunday
Waterstone’s have today announced the forthcoming closure of two popular Dublin outlets this Sunday, February 6th. The bookseller will close the iconic Dawson Street and Jervis Centre stores where forty-six people in total are employed.
Darren McCarra
1st February 2011