Search Results for 'Science and technology in the United States'

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Choose a degree in computer science for a career in global tech

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It is coming up to CAO time of the year, and once again students are being bombarded with all sorts of course choices. However, the most lucrative course of all is often overlooked by many: computer science (or its related course electronics and computing). Computer science is a direct gateway to the global tech industry that has spawned the largest companies in the world such as Amazon, Microsoft, Stripe, and of course, Genesys, the global leader in cloud based software for customer care. Marc Andreessen, who developed the first widely used browser, Mosaic, stated that “software is eating the world”. This is being borne out as we see AirBnb (travel), Spotify (music), Netflix (television), Zoom (video conferencing), and many more disrupt their respective industries and change the way we live, work, and play.

Inaugural Athlone Apple day a local community success

The inaugural Athlone Apple day recently hosted in the surrounds of the Franciscan Walled Garden was the focal point for much footfall attraction as members of the local community descended upon the Strand side location to embrace the occasion.

Apple planning application does not answer questions over plans for site’s future, says O’Hara

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Apple’s efforts to extend planning permission for a site where it once planned an €850 million data centre, has raised concerns about the tech giant’s ultimate aims for the site, and prompted fears that any new centre could cause environmental damage and severely impact electricity supply in the west.

State should buy back Athenry Apple site, says O’Hara

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Lands in Athenry previously sold to Apple for the tech giant’s proposed data centre, should be bought back by the State and developed as a location for start-up businesses.

The tragic story of Lindon Bates Jr and Island Eddy

On Friday morning, 30th July, 1915 the body of a ‘well-dressed man’ washed ashore at Island Eddy. The island, which sits at the inner eastern end of Galway Bay had a population of 38 and a total of seven families recorded in the 1911 Census.

Local business leaders raise more than €155k for Cope Galway’s homeless services

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The annual COPE Galway Business Leader’s Sleepout has raised over €155,000 for COPE Galway’s Homeless Services. Twenty-eight Galway business leaders came together to raise these funds by sleeping out on Shop Street for 12 hours on December 1.

Agreement in principle on Railway Field purchase

An agreement in principle has been reached between Westmeath County Council and CIE concerning the purchase of the Railway Field.

Dick Dowling - ‘ warm hearted hero’of Texas

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When the smoke cleared at the Sabine Pass on September 8 1863, a narrow channel on the border between Texas and Louisiana, two Union ships, the USS Clifton and the USS Sachem, had their steam engines blown out. They had beached on the shallows, and had signalled their surrender. The remaining invasion fleet, and its 5,000 troops, had made a hasty retreat, giving an incredible victory to the 43 Irishmen at Fort Griffin.

 

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