Nexus S - Surprise incoming?
Google have just posted the following to the @googlenexus twitter account:
We have a surprise for you today. Stay tuned!
Can’t wait to find out what it is.
Couldn’t be the Honeycomb update for the Nexus S could it? Or perhaps some exclusive new apps perhaps.
Alternativly it could just be a spoiler to steal some of Apple’s white iPhone 4 thunder. But then is a white phone news anyways?
ICM Books iPhone App
One of my favourite Northern Irish tech companies has just scored a world first. Those web and mobile application wizards at Lisburn based GCD Technologies have only went and helped ICM Books Direct become the first Christian bookstore worldwide to launch an iPhone app! Continue reading
Tagged apple, athene, books, christian, gcd technologies, ICM Books Direct, iphone, jprni, mobile, project athene, tech
This week I had the pleasure reacquainting myself with Ruby’s Diner on Linenhall St, a place I hadn’t eaten in since way back in 2002 when I worked just up the street. The decor has changed a bit since its greasy spoon look back then when it was frequented mostly by motorbike couriers. The banter remains the same thankfully. Continue reading
A degree of common sense?
As financial pressures continue to bite, and with many more students and graduates chasing after work experience, employers have found themselves in a strong position with regards to offering unpaid work placements. Many degree courses expect their students to have completed some element of industrial placement enable them to proceed to final year. In the current environment demand for placements outstrip supply. Are the universities missing a trick? Continue reading
Tagged diploma, entrepreneurship, funding, industrial, placement, startups, student, tech
Angel investment gives you wiiiings
While Northern Ireland currently has one very strong angel investor network in Halo does this lack of competition actually hinder our startups chances of securing funding quickly, if at all, rather than help them? Continue reading
Tagged angel, competition, funding, Halo, investment, investor, paul graham, seedcorn, startups