Founder of Skype, Niklas Zennström

Founder of LinkedIn, Erik Ly.

Founder of (Chinese travel search engine)  Qunar, Fritz Demopoulos

Founder of Angry Birds, Mikael Hed

Founder of Bebo, Michael Birch

Some of the guests attending the F.ounders 2011 seminar this afternoon – which is running in parallel with the Dublin Web Summit organised by Paddy Cosgrave (top picture, far left).

They’re worth billions.

Except the Bebo guy.

Tech Founders Flock To Web Summit (John Collins, Irish Times)

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHh0o1tUTOM

Ivan Yates and Chris Donoghue from Newstalk’s Breakfast posted this illicit chat about the presidential race on You Tube.

Edwardian moratorium rules have barred broadcasters from discussing the ballot for the past 24 hours.
Cheeky scamps.

National Journalist of the Year: Simon Carswell, The Irish Times.

Regional Journalist of the Year: Colette Browne, Wexford Echo.

Feature Writer of the Year: Kathy Sheridan,The Irish Times .

Columnist/Commentator of the Year: Martina Devlin, Irish Independent.

Critic of the Year: Patrick Freyne, Evening Herald/Sunday Tribune.

Scoop of the Year:  Senan Molony, Irish Daily Mail (Healy Rae phone story)

Young Journalist of the Year : Fiach Kelly, Irish Independent.

Political Journalist of the Year:  Miriam Lord, The Irish Times

Business and Economics Journalist of the Year: Tom Lyons and Brian Carey, Sunday Times.

Sports Journalist of the Year: Kieran Shannon, Irish Examiner/Sunday Tribune.

Showbiz Story of the Year:  Jennifer O’Brien, Irish Sun.

Best design: Irish Examiner

Newspapers in Education (NiE) Award – People Newspapers ‘Transition Year project’

Outstanding Contribution to the Newspaper Industry Geraldine Kennedy

Conceptualised stiletto heel implants – a modest proposal by Bit Rebels.

We have seen the odd and weird pierced people that literally changed their appearance into something unearthly assuming to get attention or to be original. So why would this not be possible as well? An incorporated stiletto heel in your foot could possibly be the new “edge.” I am sure we’ll see someone who will go all out and actually do this. To me, this is just as weird as it comes. It looks painful and alien to me, but I guess the stuff people will do to stand out will always be pushed farther and farther into the land of the weird. What do you think? Is this something that women dream of?

Women who watch a lot of David Cronenberg movies maybe.

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1) Colin Whitmarsh and son Shane, 18 months, at St. Oliver Plunkett N.S, Blackrock, Co. Louth 2) Aoife Lynch (voting) and Meadhbh McCauley, age 5, at St. Oliver Plunkett N.S 3) Lucy Nash, age 18 months, with mum Margie Dunne at St. Oliver Plunkett N.S, 4) Siobhan Hughes and her daughter Siofra age1 at Burrow School, Sutton, Dublin.

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