Tagged: Culture & News
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Google doesn’t want Swedes to use the word ‘ungoogleable’ for all search engines News
26.03.2013 The Swedish Language Council has been asked by Google to remove the word ‘ogooglebar’ (meaning ‘ungoogleable’) from its list of 40 new words commonly used by Swedes in 2012.Categories: Search Engines, Search -
Re-Play motion capture project seeks to preserve skills from Gaelic and Basque sports News
21.03.2013 Launched today in Croke Park, Dublin, a €2m European research project seeks to digitally capture the skills involved in playing Gaelic football and hurling and the traditional... -
Climate change gathering to take place in the Burren this weekend News
14.02.2013 More than 60 participants, including Harvard professor Daniel Schrag, who is an adviser to US President Barack Obama, will be meeting in the west of Ireland this weekend to... -
Hailo offers JDIFF visitors a lift home with thousands of vouchers News
12.02.2013 The Jameson Dublin International Film Festival, or JDIFF for short, hits Ireland's capital city this week and with it comes €100,000-worth of Hailo vouchers issued in... -
Samsung partners with National Gallery of Ireland, provides tablets for exhibitions News
12.02.2013 The National Gallery of Ireland has gained a technology partner in the form of Samsung IT & Mobile Ireland. The year-long partnership will see Samsung devices, such as the...Categories: Digital Media, Computers -
I can has exhibishun: LOLcat art goes on display in London (pictures) News
22.01.2013 Starting tomorrow, an exhibition in a London gallery will open up a world of feline-based artwork inspired by the cat-loving world that we call the internet. -
Nutcracker Ballet’s 120th anniversary honoured in Google Doodle News
18.12.2012 Today’s doodle marks 120 years since the two-act ballet, The Nutcracker, premiered at the Mariinsky Theatre in St Petersburg, Russia. Though it was not an immediate success, the... -
Abbey Theatre and NUI Galway team up on theatre’s digital archive News
22.10.2012 Some 1.8m items belonging to the Abbey Theatre archive are headed for A Digital Journey Through Irish Theatre History, a digital multimedia archive partnership between the... -
Online petition to maintain botched fresco has over 20,000 supporters News
27.08.2012 Last week, an elderly woman’s ill-advised attempt to restore a 19th-century Spanish fresco hit the headlines and spawned a wave of humorous images across the web. Now, an online... -
Saudi Arabia objects to .gay internet address News
15.08.2012 Saudi Arabia’s Communications and Information Technology Commission has filed an official objection with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) to the... -
Eyewitness accounts from Ireland’s struggle for independence to go online today News
07.08.2012 The Bureau of Military History was established in 1947 to gather information on Ireland’s fight for independence from 1913 to 1921. In March 2003, the statements, documents and... -
Google launches Endangered Languages Project News
21.06.2012 Today, Google has launched the Endangered Languages Project in an effort to support language preservations through technology and collaboration, and native speakers or scholars... -
Ireland showcased on Google World Wonders Project News
31.05.2012 Street View visits landmark buildings to capture some of the world’s most culturally significant sites, including two Irish places of worship. -
New internship programme to let Irish people pursue career in Asia News
16.03.2012 The Farmleigh Internship Programme for Asia has launched, aiming to offer internship opportunities in Asia to 1,000 Irish professionals within the next five years. -
Lokofoto gives Irish expats a pictorial taste of home News
21.02.2012 Reaching out to the brain drain from Ireland, Daire Irwin and Eddie Johnston are the brains behind Lokofoto.com. The new start-up has created an online bank of more than 800... -
Europeana opens up Europe’s cultural data for innovators News
17.02.2012 Europeana, an online resource whereby people can explore the digital resources of Europe's museums, libraries, archives and audio-visual collections, has published data...Categories: Web, Software & Web Development, Social Media, Search, R&D, Education, Digital Media, Apps, Application Design and Development -
Dublin comes fourth in global intercultural cities list News
25.11.2011 With Dublin preparing to be City of Science 2012, the city just got another lift today when it came fourth in a in a survey of 40 cities in the Council of Europe/European... -
IMMA lets people virtually explore The Moderns exhibition News
01.11.2011 The Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA) is letting people virtually explore its latest exhibition, The Moderns, allowing them to customise their experiences. -
The Silicon Valley way News
13.10.2011 Permits at the speed of business, welcoming new cultures, helping start-ups and tapping into diaspora. There’s a lot to learn from Silicon Valley culture. -
EU crackdown makes sports ticket sites 88pc safer News
30.09.2011 Irish businesses and brands are failing to capitalise on the vast spending power of non-native English language Internet consumers, according to European blog empire Populis.Categories: Software & Web Development, Security, Legal, Internet, Government, eCommerce, Consumer Tech