The Irish Tech News Podcast

Ronan talks to Paul Hayes and Maria Diviney from Beachhut PR about the EACD event GDPR - The death knell for unsolicited media outreach? which takes place this Thursday evening the 19th of April in Dogpatch Labs. Paul is the founder of Beachhut PR, and the EACD Regional Coordinator for Ireland, and will moderate the discussion. Paul and Maria talk about the event including what attendees can expect and what GDPR will mean for companies that send's unsolicited emails to journalists.

Ronan talks to Evert Bopp the founder of Disaster Tech Lab a charity which is based in Galway. Evert talks about his background, how Disaster Tech Lab started, and how they started to use Cambium Network’s WiFi Technology. Evert also talks about his work in Puerto Rico, Hati and Greece and the Connectivity Hero Award that he will be receiving soon.

Ronan talks to Alex Packham the CEO and Founder of ContentCal, and he talks about his background, what ContentCal does, the changes he has noticed in Social Media over the past few years and what changes he predicts over the next 5 years, the data challenges that Facebook and other Social Media platforms are facing. Alex also talks about, how social media delivers the news, which social media platform he prefers, why ContentCal doesn’t allow you to reshare content again and again and again, Twitters verified accounts conundrum, and ContentCal’s plans for the next 5 years.

Ronan talks to Claire Trachet the CEO and founder of wOndary and she tells him about her background, how Wondary started and what does it do?. Claire also talks about how AI and ML has helped Wondary grow, how travel tech has changed over the last 5 years and the future plans for Wondary including seed funding.

Silja talks to Ronan and tells him about her background, what eQuoo does and why mental health has become something we can talk about. Silja also explains what she is looking for from investors and what the future plans of eQuoo are.

Samsung has launched their Galaxy S9 phone in Ireland, and Ronan spoke to Russell Keating Head Of Sales For Samsung Ireland. Russell explains what the phone can do and why it is the best smartphone for taking photographs.

Ronan talks to Ciaran Kirk the General Manager with IMGS, who tells Ronan about his background and what IMGS does. Ciaran also talks about the partnership with IMGS and Advanced Metadata, explains what GDPR is and how IMGS help their clients comply with the upcoming GDPR regulation.

Ronan talks to Nikolay Malyarov the EVP, Chief Content Officer and General Counsel for PressReader and he explains how PressReader started, what they do, how they combat fake news, how they make sure stories are not covered like a tabloid, and why you will find fewer wire service stories appearing in publications. Nikolay also talks about the new jobs in their new Dublin office, how publications can appear on the PressReader platform, and how readers can access the PressReader platform.

Krystian tells Ronan how MyMind started and how having worked with Google helped him. Krystian also explains how e-mental health has become big in Ireland, where you can find MyMind on Social media and the website address for the MyMind Web App.

John Phelan the National Director of HBAN talks to Ronan about what sectors get the most investment, Fintech especially blockchain, and what policies should be created to incentivise investing in and creating the next generation of Irish start-ups. John also tells Ronan about the HBAN conference that is taking place on the 8th of February in the Royal Hospital, Kilmainham, and how much money an angel investor, invests into a business.