Tech Excellence Award Winners

About this episode

This episode covers the highlights from the Tech Excellence Awards, including key winners and significant industry news.

Episode 1116 Get the highlights from this year's Tech Excellence Awards in Dublin, including why Rena Maycock of Chirp took home Person of the Year and how the HSE is finally digitising maternal healthcare at scale. Plus, we examine the arrival of the “Googlebook”, new premium hardware featuring the mysterious "G-key" and "Glowbar". We also tackle the sobering news from LinkedIn, where large job cuts have been announced for Ireland despite soaring revenues. For a full list of Tech Excellence Award Winners see https://techawards.techcentral.ie/ —----- Listen to Tech Radio now on Apple, Spotify and YouTube https://www.podfollow.com/tech

Topics covered

• Tech Excellence Awards
• digital healthcare
• job cuts
• technology news
• premium hardware

Keywords

• Tech Excellence Awards
• Rena Maycock
• HSE
• Googlebook
• LinkedIn job cuts

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Chirp, HSE, LinkedIn

Products: Googlebook, G-key, Glowbar

Places: Ireland, Dublin

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