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CultureTECH Update 9th-15th September 2013 It’s that time of year again, Derry's own week-long festival of digital technology, media, music, art and other geeky stuff. Click here to check out our feature on last year’s CultureTECH event and see what you missed or read on to see what there is to look forward to. For those of you who don't know... CultureTECH is an annual festival whi...
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Whether you’re a developer or a gamer or simply someone who’s really into tech, we reckon the upcoming Campus Party would be right up your street.The event which is being held in London for the first time is an annual week long 24 hours-a-day festival where thousands of hackers, developers and technophiles, otherwise known as “Campuseros” get together and embrace all things...
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In some disciplines, like design and architecture for instance, 3D modelling is pretty much the norm, yet many architects and designers still have to use standard showreel videos or even screenshots when showcasing their work online. well, until now that is.Thanks to our latest Startup of the Week, 3D models can now be published and shared online in a truly innovative way.Sketchfab is a web servic...
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By now you have probably already got the message that if you haven’t got the skills inhouse, learning to code can be really advantageous to your business success and the amount of money you have to fork out, especially if you are a technology based or digital startup. In the second of his 3 part series on building a high growth web start-up, Craig McDonald Co-Founder of StorkUp, suggest...
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If you’ve already tried your hand at the wonder that is 3D printing, you’ll need no convincing about how important this technology is. But if you haven’t tried it and you’d like to, we know just the place. Now admittedly, we know that there are FabLabs appearing all over the place where you can witness this digital fabrication first hand, however this other ‘place&rsq...
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If you’re an app developer, making your mark on the world and getting your app noticed isn’t necessarily the easiest thing to do, so it’s always good to hear about initiatives and projects that are helping app developers do just that. The latest of these has just been launched by those stalwarts of the telecoms world, Nokia.Their recently launched Asha Developer Competition is lo...
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Google Glass and Science Fiction... We have a lot to thank Science fiction for. Or should we just start calling science fiction - human imagination? After all, much of the ‘science’ and ‘imagination of the future’ that we read and watch on TV ends up becoming a real life technology reality. We have previously featured all sorts of innovative inventions and developments -...
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As anybody involved in the music industry will vouch for, it’s certainly changed a lot in the last few years. The demise of high street record stores and the rise in downloads have all played their part in making a musician’s lot a far from happy one - especially when it comes to making money. Therefore the fact there seems to be a bit of a trend in new online businesses which aim to h...
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Just a few weeks ago, a video released by Code.org went viral. Featuring tech luminaries such as Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg, its core aim was to spread the word of how important it is for young people to learn how to code. Of course it’s not just young people who can benefit from learning how to code - we all can.So whenever we hear about a project or initiative that aims to inspire, mot...
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There can be no denying that we’re all living in a society pretty much obsessed by gadgets. Smartphones, tablets, eReaders, whatever - technology these days plays a bigger part in our lives than ever before. However, for many of us, the actual “working” of the technology remains a mystery. If something breaks, we’re pretty much lost. Compare that to days gone by when the ab...
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