Tech
Challenge now is to reverse the decline of women in tech
The pandemic hasn‘t helped, but the expected recovery process could be seen as an opportunity to encourage cultural change and draw more women into Stem-related careers
Hopin valued at $5.6bn after securing $400m investment
Online events company backed by Web Summit’s Amaranthine Fund more than doubles its valuation in five months
Making It Work: Bounce aims for a bigger prize with small rewards
Tech firm Bounce Insights’ founders realised quickly that consumers have to be incentivised in order to engage
Roisin Kiberd: ‘It might not be love that keeps us typing. It might be mutual boredom, or loneliness’
In an extract from her powerful new book The Disconnect, the Irish author writes about the internet and its shadowy role in shaping her relationships
Sport performance tech: the science of winning
It has been a tech-year journey to reach the €10 million funding mark, but Orreco’s Dr Brian Moore is only getting started
Widening the ICT skills net
Alex Meehan explains how businesses can broaden their reach in the search for talent
Optimal working: what will it look like after Covid?
The concept of the new normal may be a cliché, but many companies are finding that the way they work is changing, most likely for good
Video conferencing: optimising often sub-optimal situations
The pandemic has brought video calling and collaboration to the next level
Gut instinct and engineering nous lead to a food health fix
When engineer Aonghus Shortt’s wife began to suffer from a food intolerance, he made it his business to find a solution
Connected Podcast: Kealan Lennon of CleverCards
The CleverCards CEO joins Emmet Ryan to talk about how he went from the virtual greetings business to payments
Graduate kickstarts laptop invention to the tune of €75k
Christian McKeever from Ardee in Co Louth came up with the idea of a cheap laptop powered by a smartphone in his last year at TCD
Facebook defends content moderators’ working conditions
Leo Varadkar highlighted concerns of workers who say they suffer mental trauma from nature of job
Ray Ryan: ‘Irish companies need to be able to deal with a bigger marketplace. That lends itself to the cloud’
Ray Ryan’s newly formed Noledge Group aims to deliver software solutions that help manufacturing companies become more efficient from the warehouse up
Phones, buds, and 5G with Samsung's Russell Keating
Samsung’s head of sales joins Emmet Ryan to discuss how the Covid-19 pandemic has influenced what consumers want from their technology
Billy Kelleher: Digitisation of financial services requires complex and clever regulation
As the financial and digital sectors become ever more intertwined, the risks become greater, and a balance is needed between effective oversight and an open and attractive EU
Tech View: Netflix’s price hike is a gamble as our choice grows
The streaming giant is taking a risk by raising its tariffs just as other hugely-resourced competitors are upping their game
Adventures in Technophobia: Robot vacuum cleaners
Man, woman, vegetable – the beautiful thing about robotic hoovers is that they know nothing of gender wars, says Jessie Collins.
Making home working security simple
Michael Conway of Renaissance and John Molloy of Zyalin join Emmet Ryan on Connected to talk about the challenges of ensuring a secure working environment at home
The eye test you wear with Don Stack
The founder of Optical Rooms joins Emmet Ryan to talk about the Vivior eye test monitor his business is distributing and how it can help you adjust to your home working environment
Careers app free to students raises more than €1m in funding
Exit Entry uses algorithms it has developed to match second and third-level students, and has partnered with IBM, Chartered Accountants Ireland and Eir