FinTech

Techstars And Startup Boost Join Forces On Global Pre-accelerator

In an interesting twist, Startup Boost, the successor to the Startup Next pre-accelerator retired by Techstars, is onc... Read more

Weekend Takeaway: Sate Your Natural Curiosity

Scientists stunned to capture first mating footage of bizarre anglerfish A hairy frogfish (Antennarius striatus), a re... Read more

Craigslist Shelves Personal Ads After US Passes Controversial Sex-trafficking Bill

Craigslist is one of the most popular classified ad websites in the world and, up until recently, had a thriving person... Read more

Symantecs Sheila Jordan: You Have To Detect, Discover And Respond Fast

Symantec CIO and senior vice-president Sheila Jordan joined the IT security giant in 2014 to drive its IT strategy and ... Read more

Heres What Its Really Like To Return To Work After A Career Break

Ask someone what a returnship is, and you might get a blank stare. While relatively new to Ireland, these structured hi... Read more

Smart Wine Bottle Is The Latest IoT Device To Go Bust

Medical internet of things (IoT) technology received a major boost this week with news that Causeway Sensors – a spin... Read more

Has Ireland Turned A Corner In Its Quest To Become A Global Tech Hub?

Ireland counts itself among the many countries battling it out to establish itself as the next Silicon Valley. While t... Read more

Does Self-discipline Elude You? Try These 14 Handy Tricks

There isn’t really a person out there who thinks: ‘Self-discipline? No thank you, I will pass on that personality t... Read more

Instagram Makes Changes To Its Timeline Algorithm After User Feedback

Instagram is making an alteration to its feed that it hopes will quell user criticism of the previous iteration. The Fa... Read more

Study Reveals Depressing Extent Of The Great Pacific Garbage Patch

First discovered in 1997 by yachtsman Charles Moore, the Great Pacific Garbage Patch – as it has come to be known –... Read more

A Change In Our Approach As Well As Technology Can Change The Financial Service Industry

Since moving from telecoms into the financial services industry, I have observed that there are a number of lessons that... Read more

Project HAMMER: NASA Reveals Radical Plan To Blow Up Killer Asteroid

As we now know, our planet is incredibly vulnerable to asteroids both big and small that enter a collision course with ... Read more

IBM Shares 5 Steps To GDPR Readiness

At IBM, we’ve established a global readiness programme tasked with identifying the key impacts of the GDPR (General ... Read more

Google Maps Introduces Wheelchair Accessible Routes In 6 Cities

Numerous cities around the world are required to have accessible underground and rail systems, but it can often be a pa... Read more

Weekend Takeaway: Your Privacy, Your Data And You

GDPR: 10 easy steps all organisations should follow Image: igorstevanovic/Shutterstock Sara Degli-Esposti and Mauree... Read more