Emmet Ryan

Emmet Ryan

Emmet Ryan is editor of Connected and a business & technology reporter with the Sunday Business Post. Ryan is also the beer and betting columnist along with hosting our successful Connected podcast. In 2009, he was named Journalist of the Year at the IIA NetVisionary Awards and won the Alumni Choice award at the 2014 Business Journalist Awards.

Virtual reality firm trains its sights on distant horizons

Virtual reality firm trains its sights on distant horizons

Vrai intends to create nine new jobs by 2020, bringing its total staff to 12

A cryptic move from Russia

A cryptic move from Russia

Russia’s plan to roll out a government backed crypto-currency has been met with scepticism from several quarters. Emmet Ryan on the curious case of the crypto-rouble

Denmark, playoffs, and looking ourselves in the mirror

Denmark, playoffs, and looking ourselves in the mirror

Denmark may be the draw Ireland wanted, but the road to Russia hasn't gotten any easier according to Emmet Ryan

Netwatch spreads its wings in the US

Netwatch spreads its wings in the US

The Carlow-based IT security firm has come a long way from its humble beginnings in a morass of cassette tapes and phone lines, writes Emmet Ryan

It’s survival of the fittest in AI-dominated workplace

It’s survival of the fittest in AI-dominated workplace

A study has found that a third of all European workers are worried a lack of digital skills could cost them their livelihoods

The Gadget: A decent Surface killer with a fatal flaw

The Gadget: A decent Surface killer with a fatal flaw

Lenovo has taken a multi-tiered approach in its bid to challenge Microsoft

At least it’s an improvement

At least it’s an improvement

The UEFA Nations League isn’t exactly a saviour, but it will at least make international breaks without qualifiers more tolerable, writes Emmet Ryan

Storm to invest €3m in fresh expansion

Storm to invest €3m in fresh expansion

The technology services provider, headquartered in Galway, plans to bring its total staff number to 150 over the next 18 months

HP’s high-end hybrid theory has paid off

HP’s high-end hybrid theory has paid off

Emmet Ryan looks at the HP Elitebook x360

Photo booth firm gets smart about passport technology

Photo booth firm gets smart about passport technology

Images can be sent directly from the photo booth to the passport office with Photo-Me’s new technology

Where are the new Roys in green?

Where are the new Roys in green?

With Ireland facing a pair of must-win games in World Cup qualifying, Emmet Ryan looks at how this could be the last bow for the bulk of this generation

A send-up that hits awfully close to home

A send-up that hits awfully close to home

The latest 'mockumentary' from Netflix, American Vandal, offers an interesting focus on social media

Where we’re going, we’ll need brains

Where we’re going, we’ll need brains

From Saas reinventors through to digital transformers, Emmet Ryan finds that the growth centres of technology are changing across the world

Taxi tribulations

Taxi tribulations

It’s been an eventful autumn for the businesses looking to change the taxi market, with Uber an...

With Siro out, what now for national broadband?

With Siro out, what now for national broadband?

Siro’s decision to withdraw from the National Broadband Plan tender process has thrown rollout to rural areas into chaos