Is there a website that you turn for inspiration, business tips or the latest tech tools and hacks? Ever wondered what websites entrepreneur swear by to save time and refine their skills? Here are 67 websites that entrepreneurs recommend in online forums. Canva, Trello, and Producthunt get a lot of love! The good news is […]
Just as the tin-opener was invented 50 years after the tin can, the e-book came before the e-reader. We can thank one man unreasonable enough to spend nearly 20 years sitting alone at a keyboard, manually entering text into one e-book after another in his spare time. The e-book Jump to 1971 and a sugar-pizza loving […]
Mobile phones have become an extension of ourselves. How often you check your phone depends on when you were born… Were you born in the 1980s and 1990s? You probably get anxious if you haven’t checked your phone in 15 minutes. Those born between 1965 and 1979 are more relaxed. Only 42% tend to get uneasy […]
Want to appear smart in meetings with minimal effort? Without further delay, let’s put a horn on that donkey and call it a unicorn. The Dominator Ask open ended questions that require no knowledge whatsoever on your part but will certainly eat up at least 20 minutes of meeting time. Try: Have you considered the […]
A neural network system has learned to name craft beer from a huge dataset extracted from BeerAdvocate.com. Credit: Lewis and Quark Researcher and electrical engineer Janelle Shane has already trained AI to name kittens, metal bands, Pokemon, paint colors, and more. The AI-generated craft beer names vary from likely, to weirdly impressive, to bet-level […]
Ronan Byrne designed the Cycflix, a stationary bike that streams Netflix but stops the stream if the cyclist stops pedaling. Byrne plugs his stationary bike into his computer where he sets his goals. That’s how fast, how long, and how many sets he plans to do. Once he starts a Netflix binge, a pop-up reminds him […]
Silicon Valley Bank – specialist lender to technology, innovation and med-tech companies – is doubling the amount it’s lending to Irish companies. So far, it’s committed funds to 15 Irish businesses including AMCS, Amplience, Accuris, Boxever, Clavis Insight, Diona, Fieldaware, Lincor, Logentries, Movidius and Profitero. Here’s what David Flanagan, CEO of Boxever, had to say […]
Bill Gates declared the password dead in 2004. Why the password is a myth The notion of a password being sufficient in itself needs to go into the myth bin. A staggering 76% of data breaches are caused by weak passwords. More often than not, an account is easily hacked because of a ridiculously easy […]
Developers, check out 3 things in the infographic that will make you more money. The typical software developer was born the same year as the megabit chip (1986). He – and it almost always is a he – has less than 10 years experience in the field. But he does spend about 7 hours a […]
Irish people are unaware of the danger they face as they check their smartphones an average 40 times a day. The mobile phone happens to be our most contaminated personal item. Bacteria can live there and put up with selfies for up to five months. 12 years of research have paid off for a group […]
“Data Breach” has become part of our vocabulary, where bugs are branded like companies with their own cool logos like the heartbleed bug. You’re right if you think this is a fairly recent development. Reports of the biggest data breaches recorded started in 2005. Much of this growth can be explained by a massive explosion […]
Q. More than 204 million emails are sent in a minute so why isn’t email secure ? A. The reason email is not secure is wasn’t designed that way. Email has come a long way since 1979. From a simple way of messaging it’s evolved into our on-line personalities, how we sign up for things, […]
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