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Censorship. Coming Soon to Your Computer, Laptop, Tablet and Smart Phone.
Contact Your Local Politicians to #SaveYourInternet from #Filternet #IIAArticle13
At its inception the goal of the world wide web (www) was to create a platform on which everyone could create and access free information from the right, the left and down the middle. When creating and uploading content, creators were encouraged to link to other publications, articles, videos and authors that influenced their opinions.
This act of linking to third party pages is the beating heart of the Internet. It creates a global web of links – a world wide web of links – that acts as a bibliography to add gravitas to the work of the content creator while simultaneously putting the ability and option to learn more at the fingertips of the content consumer.
This summer Irish MEPs were tasked with voting on behalf of the people of Ireland in favour of or against a change to European copyright and libel law known as Article 13. Despite the volume of information extensively available to them, both online and through direct human contact, many Irish MEPs arrived in Brussels ill-informed. They were completely unaware, or turning a blind eye, to the fact that Article 13 is pro censorship and would signal the Death Knell for the world wide web.
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MEP | Phone | EU Profile Page | How Voted | ||
Lynn Boylan | (01) 873 6554 | lynn.boylan@ep.europa.eu | EU Page | @NChildersMEP | No Show |
Nessa Childers | (01) 296 2263 | nessa.childers@ep.europa.eu | EU Page |
@NChildersMEP |
Team
Freedom
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Brian Hayes | (01) 209 6548 | brian.hayes@ep.europa.eu | EU Page |
@brianhayesMEP |
Team
Censorship
|
Matt Carthy | (042) 967
4001 |
matt.carthy@ep.europa.eu | EU Page |
@mattcarthy |
Team
Censorship
|
Luke ‘Ming’ Flanagan | (094) 962 2710 | lukeming.flanagan@ep.europa.eu | EU Page |
@lukeming |
Team
Freedom |
Marian Harkin | (071) 914
5890 |
marian.harkin@ep.europa.eu | EU Page |
@MarianHarkin |
Team
Censorship |
Mairead McGuinness | (041) 685 4633 | mairead.mcguinness@ep.europa.eu | EU Page |
@MaireadMcGMEP |
Team
Censorship |
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– The Dot IE Net Visionary Awards 2015 – OPEN FOR ENTRIES – FREE TO ENTER
New awards have also been added. International internet businesses who have chosen Ireland will for the first time be recognised specifically for their contribution to the ecosystem with “Best International Newcomer–Welcome to the neighbourhood”. There are four new innovation categories that showcase the best of Irish technology across all spheres of life – Education, Health/Medtech, Agri/Food and Financial services.
As the year of design, the CEUD are awarding a special Best in Universal Design Award that will be adjudicated from all entries across all categories.
The DOT IE Net Visionary Awards are so called in tribute to the IIA’s headline sponsors, the IE Domain Registry, now in their 5th year in this title position. Their contribution and that of all of the awards sponsors is testament to their belief in the integrity of these industry leading awards.
The Award Categories 2015
Technology
- Best Website – joyous to look at and splendid to use – Sponsor: Blacknight
- Best Web Development Agency – Sponsor: Microsoft
- Best Cloud Services for SMEs –
- Best Mobile Application – indispensable to its users – Sponsor: Register 365
Entrepreneurship
- Best International Scaling Irish Business – Sponsor: Silicon Valley Bank
- Best Start-Up – the one to watch for 2016 – Sponsor: Arekibo
- Best Ecommerce Execution by a Retailer
- Best International Newcomer–“Welcome to the neighbourhood” – Sponsor – The Digital Hub
Marketing
- Best Social Media Campaign
- Best Brand Marketing – Sponsor: Irish Times Training
- Best Use of Video for Digital Marketing
- Best Use of Technology for Social Good – Sponsor: Electric Ireland
Innovation
- Best Innovation for Financial Services – Sponsor: Telecity
- Best Innovation for Medical Services – Sponsor: BDO
- Best Innovation for Agri/Food Sector – Sponsor – Dimension Data / Alcatel Lucent
- Best Innovation for Education Services
Best in Universal Design Award – Supported By the Centre of Excellence for Universal Design
DOT IE Overall Net Visionary Award – Headline Sponsor – IEDR
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IIA Toolshed – Screencasting Tools
IIA Toolshed #1
Screencasting Tools
Tooler’s Choice? Camtasia because of the range of functionality, ease of use, support and additional use for easy video editing.
And we’re off! We’re delighted to welcome you to the inaugural post from the IIA Toolshed!
What is IIA Toolshed? IIA Toolshed is a group of digital marketers & digital experts who know how difficult it is to keep up with the ever changing array of tools at our fingertips, to supposedly make doing business easier! To make things simpler, we’ve come together to test, evaluate and share the reviews of a broad selection of tools & technologies, to ultimately make the decision easier for you, when choosing what tools might best suit your business needs. At the IIA Toolshed, we come together every 6 weeks to evaluate a set of tools for a particular business objective, and we’ll publish our findings right here.
Who are we? The Toolers are:
- Maryrose Lyons, Brightspark Consulting
- Eoin Kennedy, eoinkennedy.ie
- Felicity McCarthy, Sparkdigital.ie
- Dermot Casey, NearFuture.io
- Greg Fry, Contentplan.co
- Ailbhe Lee, iia.ie
- Sasha Kinch, inm.ie
- Sebastian Boppert, Eventbrite
- Conor Murphy, AIB.ie
- David Cuddy, Realex
- Laurynas Binderis, Talentevo
- Eoin Young, Electric Ireland
TOPIC 1: Screencasting Tools First up to test were a range of screencasting tools! What is Screencasting, you ask?? Screencasting is a really neat process of recording what’s happening on your screen as you do it. You can include narration as part of the recording, to explain exactly what you’re doing on screen, all from your own computer or laptop. Screencasting software is often used for short “how-to” videos and online tutorials. It can be a really helpful way to show a customer how to do something technical, as if you’re by their side! Here’s what we found about the four tools we reviewed:
Product Name | Screenflow | Camtasia | Screencast Maker | Jing |
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Website | Screenflow 5 | Camtasia | Screencast Maker | Jing |
What Is It? | Screen capture for Spielbergs | An easy-to-use screen recorder that acts as powerful video editor by recording your voice and on screen actions. It also allow the easy import of additional media and advanced editing functions. | A low cost easy to use screen capture tool for the Mac. | Entry level screencasting & screen capture tool |
What’s It Like To Use? | Easy to use. Simple to install. Free product. It's got a lot of functionality that make it too advanced for the average Joe. | Intuitive and very flexible piece of software. Good tutorials. Trial download with only an email address required and full functionality for 30 days. Designed to have you up and running with projects very quickly. Lots of functionality and export options. | Screencast Maker allows you to record your entire screen or just part of it. It also allows to narrate audio and even allows you to include video from your webcam. Output in.mov. | Free, easy to download, you can record activity you carry out on your screen, to share with others, including recording narration for additional explanation. Output in swf format and png for images |
Is There Anything I Should Know? | If you are an Apple app store maker and you want to make videos to sell your product, this is the tool for you. | Camtasia has restrictions but its core abilities of creating professional screencasts is more than enough. Navigation and editing were easy with good ‘undo’ and keyboard shortcuts meaning you don't to start from scratch with mistakes. Transitions, inserting text, adding pointer arrows and animation are simple with drag and drop. Editing and cutting out sections was fast and less fiddly than other software. Export as an MP4 was simple along with other sharing options for YouTube etc al. As an MP4 it was simple to upload natively to other platforms and to insert on websites. It took approximately 4 hours to go from first open to a reasonably polished looking screen cast. | There is a free trial available at screencastmaker.com where you can create screencasts of 2 minutes or less, but €4.99 will get you the full version. Screencast Maker is great for start ups and SMEs on a shoe string budget. | Videos limited to 5 mins, output to swf makes videos hard to share on FB, YouTube etc. No editing capability. |
Cost inc VAT | €93.24 | €85.14 for a single license. | €4.99 | FREE |
Ease of Use | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
Price | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 |
Documentation | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
Mobile Compatible? |
4 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
Tablet Compatible? |
4 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
Captures Images? | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
Captures Video? | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
Edits Images? | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
Video Time Limit | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 |
Entire Desktop | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
Element of Desktop | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
Watermark | 1 | 4 N/A | N/A | 4 |
Conversion Formats | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Total Score | 35 | 47 | 40 | 37 |
What’s next from the IIA Toolshed? Well stay tuned, because every 6 weeks we’ll be reviewing another set of tools. Next up, we’re reviewing Social Media Publishing tools. Which ones? Well you’ll have to come back to find out… all will be revealed in early May!
Summary: Overall, it’s fair to say that Camtasia is the standard that most people expect, and around the table it was commonly agreed that it had the best feature set. Thereafter Screencastmaker is a good option for those who are a bit more cash-strapped, but keen to get going. The other tools are more likely to be used for those getting started, or for internal communications.
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IIA Partnering with the Smart Business Show
The Smart Business Show is a two day Business to Business exhibition that will provide you with the opportunity to explore the latest innovative technologies and to engage, connect and do business with exhibitors and thousands of attendees. Visitors will also be able to hear from a rich mix of industry leading speakers and participate in dedicated workshops.
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Irish E-Commerce Study Q2 2014 – From The Wolfgang Lab
The Wolfgang Lab has been frantically busy in recent weeks as we collected & collated a very large sample of data from Irish E-Commerce Websites.
We’re delighted to announce that the Wolfgang Irish E-Commerce Study for Q2 2014 is now out.
We have figures, trends and insights galore for your analysis.
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Invitation to employers to the ICT European Online Job Day Ireland, 9th of May
What’s happening?
The event, happening exclusively online on the 9th of May 2014, will take place virtually on the event’s website created on the European portal: www.europeanjobdays.eu (financed by the European Commission).
Through the website and its interactive elements the jobseekers will be able to apply for jobs, make contact with you and book job interviews during the event. EURES Ireland will assist you with pre-selection of candidates and interviews scheduling if required.
Interviews with the selected candidates will be conducted online on the day of the event using Netop Live Guide available through the website or any other software (e.g. Skype, video conferencing) preferred by you. In addition, live streaming of your company’s presentations, live broadcast of pre-recorded videos and public & private chats will be available to all European jobseekers targeted for this event.
Who will be attending?
The event will be widely advertised in Europe. ICT professionals will be targeted through a European promotional campaign including; social media advertising (European Commission and EU/EEA countries), online advertising on a number of ICT related websites in Europe, information distributed to EURES departments and Technical Engineering/ICT Professional Bodies in all EU/EEA countries. E.g. in Portugal alone, nearly 27,000 engineers and IT professionals are registered as jobseekers with the Public Employment Service; the engineering professional bodies in Portugal cover around 70,000 associates in the engineering professions.
On average between 5,000 and 10,000 jobseekers attend each EuropeanOnline Job Day.
How to participate?
The registration for companies (exhibitors) is open from the 9th of March. To use the platform for the first time, register your organisation first by clicking here. Under the "Event Participation Request", please select the event "ICT European Online Job Day, Ireland".
By registering for the event you will be able to make full use of the available services at the event’s website:
- Posting an introduction to your organisation including company videos;
- Publishing your job vacancies and opening them up to direct applications from registered jobseekers in the platform;
- Searching among applicants for relevant jobseekers / CVs matching your recruitment profiles;
- Screening applications with the help of automatic skills-based matching and pre-selection of candidates;
- Booking interviews.
More information and assistance on accessing the platform/ tools, including all technical information, will be provided upon registration.
The registration for jobseekers will be open from the 9th of April and from that day onwards your jobs will be promoted in Europe.
Please ensure that you have your vacancies (if possible) uploaded by this date. This will ensure the maximum amount of time for advertising of vacancies throughout Europe and for Jobseekers to browse and apply for positions before the day of the event.
Questions?
Please contact: Mairéad Murphy; Tel. 01 6732739; MaireadP.Murphy@welfare.ie
Kamila Weglicka de Carvalho; Tel. 01 673 2544; Kamila.Weglicka@welfare.ie
For more information on the European Online Job Days visit:
www.europeanonlinejobdays.eu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmn53sJDmJA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKCkH8GJL6M&feature=youtu.be (how to register)
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IIA Tender for Lecturers in Digital Marketing & eCommerce Management
As the country’s leading provider of digital marketing training, networking events and professional skills development for digital marketers, the IIA work to ensure the highest standards of training and service to our course delegates. Our partnership with Irish Times Training means that our courses are uniquely offered in a private, dedicated and purpose built training environment with a committed on-site support team.
If you are interested in being listed as an associate lecturer for the Irish Internet Association and Irish Times Training please complete the attached tender document and return to us events@iia.ie by March 14th, 2014.
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SIAN’S PLAN REVOLUTIONARY MEAL PLANNING WEBSITE SEEKS FUNDING FOR UK LAUNCH
Following a successful launch in Ireland, where the service has almost 5,000 subscribers, Sian’s Plan is now seeking £100,000 of investment to fund the company’s entry into the British market.
The business is offering 12.5% of equity, raising money from the European investment community on Seedrs (www.seedrs.com), a crowd-funding platform that enables individuals to buy shares in early-stage start-ups.
Last year, Sian’s Plan raised £250,000 in seed capital to develop the service. The Seedrs listing now offers individuals an exciting opportunity to invest in this disruptive new business.
With Brits facing crises in obesity and rising food prices, Sian’s Plan offers consumers an attractive way to improve household nutrition, save money, cut out food waste and eliminate the stress associated with cooking and grocery shopping.
From just £3.99 per month, the website will help households save four and a half hours a week and at least £700 every year by cutting down the hours spent in the kitchen and saving costs on food waste.
The service takes its name from the Founder, Sian Breslin, a professional home economist, who launched the website with her son, Vincent, who has been described by The Guardian as one of London’s hottest culinary entrepreneurs.
Sian Breslin, Co-Founder, says, The funds we are seeking will be used for development of the brand, development costs, marketing, and enabling the service to reach the widest audience possible.
Sian’s Plan offers an exciting opportunity for individuals looking to invest in a disruptive new service that will revolutionise the way British consumers approach home cooking and grocery shopping.
We created the website to help households eat healthily, save money and reduce food waste through an affordable service that easily integrates into the daily routine of life.
Alysia Wanczyk CME, Seedrs, says, The Sian’s Plan team are not only inviting foodies, techies and fans to own a slice of their business they’re inviting them to help shape the business and drive its growth. Along with their previous investors from Halo NI (angel network), investors can be mentors, marketeers, customers, and supporters for the business as it expands into the UK that can be really exciting.
Sian’s Plan costs £5.99 each month, with the cost of a quarterly subscription at £4.99 per month and annually at £3.99 per month.
www.siansplan.com
Follow Sian’s Plan on Twitter: @siansplan
Befriend Sian’s Plan on Facebook: www.facebook.com/siansplan
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Intel Ireland Research Conference
Intel Ireland Research Conference
The Intel Ireland Research Conference is back and will be held this year on November 21st and 22nd 2013 in Clontarf Castle, Dublin. This is a great opportunity for academic and industrial researchers, policy makers and Intel technologists to come together to discuss the hottest topics in ICT. As usual, we will host a number of plenary talks from outstanding speakers in a variety of fields, describing current opportunities and future challenges.
With the advent of the EU Horizon 2020 research funding programme, particular focus will be given to optimizing the interaction between industry and academia, from blue skies research to amazing technology. We will also host breakout sessions on themes of silicon and nanotechnology, advanced manufacturing, and design science for Information Systems – calls are now open for conference papers across all themes.
Design science is perhaps one of the newest but rapidly growing fields within Information Systems discipline, concerned with the creation and evaluation of IT artifacts (software, algorithms, management methods, design practices, etc) – full list of call for paper topics available at http://www.dssymposium.org/ .
Please join us for two days of debate and networking in beautiful Clontarf Castle, Dublin, Ireland. Conference pre-registration is now open at www.intel.eu/content/www/eu/en/education/ireland-research-conference.html