Tagged: Bill Liao
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The art of business is knowledge, founder of social network SunZu said News
07.05.2013 Dublin is turning out to be quite a hub for social networks. In recent years, the city has become home to the global operations of Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and a myriad of... -
New social network for businesses SunZu plans 1m members by end of 2013 News
29.04.2013 Successful UK businessman Lyndon Wood has established a new social network called SunZu that will be headquartered in Dublin. Just months in action, the social network, which...Categories: Social Media, Leadership & Management, Investments, Internet, Digital Media, Digital Business -
Time to nurture the creative passion of a new generation of coders (video) News
16.04.2013 The gathering of CoderDojo mentors at DojoCon 2013 at Slane Castle in Co Meath at the weekend demonstrated the mentors’ resolve to instill a passion for creativity and...Categories: Upskilling, Training, Software & Web Development, Software, Games/Entertainment, Education, Economy, Digital Media -
Tweak.com's Jerry Kennelly: Ireland needs to become a land of coders and scholars News
15.04.2013 The saints and scholars tag for Ireland is defunct – it now needs to be known as the land of ‘coders and scholars’, Kerry technology entrepreneur Jerry Kennelly told DojoCon,... -
Start-up sales booster Selr8r now seeking applicants for second round News
04.04.2013 Having just successfully completed its first outing, Selr8r, a unique mentor-driven sales accelerator programme, is ready for a second run at boosting selected start-ups’ sales. -
Slane Castle the venue for next CoderDojo mentor conference: Rock ‘n’ Code News
01.03.2013 Usually the venue for rock concerts, Slane Castle will be the venue for the next DojoCon on 12 April. Now in its second year, the conference aims to help mentors share know-how... -
Child coders teach Europe’s leaders the lingua franca of the 21st century News
05.02.2013 When James Whelton was a 14-year-old teenager growing up in Cork he got a call from a panicked neighbour whose nephew had just been diagnosed with a tumour behind his eye. A... -
Young coders and AR drones take European Parliament by storm News
29.01.2013 Thirty-six kids ages six to 16 from a number of EU countries and members of the fast-growing CoderDojo movement planted a very important seed in the mind of MEPs at the European... -
Trust will be the biggest challenge of the cloud, apps, big data and social age News
22.01.2013 The issue of trust will tower over the matter of struggling to manage the exponential growth in data and will define the cloud age and the consequent explosions in social media,...Categories: Software, Social Media, Servers, Security, Enterprise Applications, Enterprise, Digital Business, Data Management, Consumer Tech, CIO, Architecture, Apps -
CoderDojo co-founder Bill Liao joins SunZu The Art of Business News
15.01.2013 SOSventures investing partner and co-founder of CoderDojo Bill Liao has been appointed director of SunZu The Art of Business, a new Dublin-based social platform started up by...Categories: Social Media, Online Business, Leadership & Management, Investments, Internet, Funding, Digital Business -
Science Review 2012 - Top 100 science stories: Nos 75-71 News
30.11.2012 We continue our countdown of Ireland’s top science and innovation stories of 2012. It was the year Dublin became the European City of Science and major scientific breakthroughs... -
CoderDojo iOS app hits the Apple App Store News
27.11.2012 CoderDojo, the international coding movement that was started in Cork a year ago and now sees more than 6,000 children around the world learn how to write software every...Categories: Software & Web Development, Software, Social Media, Phones, Internet, Education, Digital Media, Apps -
SOSventures invests €500,000 in social gaming start-up Mavenhut News
16.11.2012 An online games start-up founded by a trio from Romania which will be headquartered in Ireland has just received a €500,000 investment from SOSventures. -
As CoderDojo founders are honoured, Irish software industry stresses importance of scale News
10.11.2012 Ireland’s software industry needs to scale and scale fast, the chairman of the Irish Software Association Karl Flannery stressed last night, warning indigenous companies face a... -
20-year-old James Whelton named Internet Hero at the Spider Awards News
02.11.2012 To top what has been a remarkable year for 20-year-old entrepreneur James Whelton, the co-founder of the CoderDojo movement, he was last night named Internet Hero at the Golden...Categories: Web Development, Web Design, Web 2.0, Web, Software & Web Development, Education, Digital Media, Internet -
James Whelton named Ashoka fellow – raises up to €100k investment (video) News
17.10.2012 Twenty-year-old tech entrepreneur James Whelton, co-founder of the CoderDojo movement, has become the youngest-ever recipient of the prestigious Ashoka Fellowship, joining... -
CoderDojo headed to European Parliament next year News
15.10.2012 CoderDojo, the grassroots coding movement for kids that has grown in one year to host thousands of kids every Saturday around the world and teach them how to write software, is...Categories: Software & Web Development, Software, Social Media, Internet, Education, Economy, Development, Design, Consumer Tech, Computers -
CoderDojo comes to Hollywood – legendary studios host the future authors of entertainment News
28.09.2012 LOS ANGELES - The spread of CoderDojo in just one year to nearly every geography on the planet has been fascinating to watch. But an unexpected pleasure to emerge from the Irish...Categories: Software Development, Software & Web Development, Software, Internet, Education, Digital Media, Apps