Most people have heard how J K Rowling’s first Harry Potter book was submitted to 12 publishers, and how all rejected it. But few of us realize that Joyce’s Dubliners was submitted 18 times, over nearly a decade, to 15 different publishers before it was published in 1914. [Read more…]
Adoreboard Wins Award
A brand intelligence tech start-up company backed by Queen’s University Belfast has been crowned ‘best tech start-up’ at the ITLG Silicon Valley Global Technology Forum. Adoreboard scooped the Irish Technology Leaders Group (ITLG) University Challenge Award for best tech start-up with the most global commercial potential at the recent awards ceremony. The company beat off […]
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Shackleton Lounge Opened by Innovation Academy
The Shackleton Lounge a new purpose-built innovation space was opened by the Innovation Academy, UCD on Friday. Located in the O’Brien Centre for Science at the heart of the Belfield campus, the new innovation space will act as a catalyst for innovation and will be the home of students of Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Enterprise at the Innovation Academy. [Read more…]
Global Game Jam 2013
The computing faculty at Griffith College Dublin will host their third annual Games Jam on campus from Friday, 25th January to Sunday, 27th January. The event is part of the world-wide Global Games Jam, which sees over 10,000 people participate, and tasks computer game experts to create and build a game in 48-hours. [Read more…]
Conker Gets Investment
Startup, Conker, was chosen as the winner of NDRC’s (National Digital Research Centre) Lift Off Competition today (Thursday) and receives access to a €40,000 investment fund to enable it to accelerate its growth. [Read more…]
Sonru Showcased At The CERN
Sonru award winning video interviewing technology was showcased at the CERN Recruitment and Sourcing Best Practices Seminar organized by the recruitment team at CERN, the European Organisation for Nuclear Research, in Geneva last week. The inaugural annual event brought together a who’s who of international recruitment professionals both in terms of industry speakers and the […]
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The Land Of Why Not
Silicon Valley is an amazing place. It’s almost like a parallel universe. The weather is consistently sunny (south of San Fran that is) and the attitude is overwhelmingly positive. The place is awash with innovation and investment. As you drive down the 101, the terrain is littered with high rise buildings housing global brands such […]
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