Feature: BETT 2010
Wednesday, January 13th, 2010Villa81 headed over to BETT, the top dog in educational technology trade shows. Samsung, Ricoh, and O2 were among the exhibitors at the event.
BETT concludes on the 16th of January.
Feature: Dita Von Teese helps launch new Vodafone service
Thursday, September 24th, 2009Dita Von Teese, the Queen of Burlesque, was over in Dublin to help launch the new Vodafone 360 services. Our cameras were on hand for this crucial assignment, and we even went to the bother of finding out what the service was about
And just in case the video wasn’t enough for you, Vodafone sent us [...]
Feature: New girly Samsung phone launched in Dublin
Saturday, September 12th, 2009Villa81 dropped down to the Piano Bar in Dublin for the launch of the Samsung Pearl White. The phone, which is being branded as the Cara White in Ireland, is available exclusively on 3 and is clearly aimed at the female market.
Our girly gadget reviewer Kate Fitzgerald will be taking a closer look at the [...]
Feature: Heavy Rain preview
Thursday, July 23rd, 2009Sony gave a sneak peak of Heavy Rain, a narrative driven game due out next year. We were able to try out a couple of scenes in the game before sitting down with the game’s executive producer Guillaume de Fondaumiere.
The game is due out early next year, by which stage hopefully Sony will release more [...]
Feature: iQ Prize Final
Thursday, July 9th, 2009The final of the iQ Prize was held in the Guinness Storehouse in Dublin on Wednesday night. The competition, run by iQ Content, recognised good Irish internet business ideas. A top prize of €10,000 was on offer, as well as an audience prize of €1,000.
Blandford is rolling out Decisionsforheroes.com internationally and is currently investigating potential [...]
Feature: Triple Play Lab
Tuesday, July 7th, 2009Villa81 visited the Triple Play Lab in Munich. The operation, focusing on developing technology in the triple play field, focusing on data, voice and video content. We had a look at the work going on at the facility where 16 companies are collaborating.
For more information on the Triple Play Lab, check out the alliance’s website.
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Feature: Citrix iForum 2009
Thursday, June 18th, 2009Citrix held their annual iForum event in Edinburgh this week. The infrastructure software firm told Villa81 that it believes smartphones will take dominant positions in the mobile phone and laptop markets within the year.
The iForum is moving from Edinburgh next year to a new venue in Berlin.
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Feature: The Big Bang theory
Sunday, June 14th, 2009Dr Cormac Ó Raifeartaigh gave a talk on the Big Bang at the Science Gallery in Dublin on Wednesday. The event was organised by the Alchemist Café, a group which organises monthly public talks on science and technology.
Further information on the Alchemist Café’s events can be found here.
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Feature: Imagine Cup Dragons Den
Tuesday, June 9th, 2009With Trinity Sight set to be Ireland’s sole representatives at the Imagine Cup in Cairo next month, Villa81 looked at how last year’s Irish representatives fared in a Dragons Den event.
Parkit from Sligo IT and AcidRain from NUI Maynooth competed against students from across the globe at the World Finals in Paris last year but [...]
Feature: Imagine Cup Irish final
Friday, May 1st, 2009Students from across Ireland gathered at the Science Gallery in Trinity on Thursday to battle it out to become Irish champions of the Imagine Cup. After the morning session the final three were selected and our cameras were on hand to capture all the action.
Trinity Sight will represent Ireland at the finals of the Imagine [...]