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Davin O'Dwyer

Davin O'Dwyer

Davin O’Dwyer is a freelance writer and production editor whose work has been published in The Irish Times, The Washington Post, Toronto Star, and the sadly defunct Saturday Night magazine in Canada, where he first entered the world of journalism. Areas of focus include technology and innovation, cultural criticism and travel writing, for which he won a Travel Extra award for Best Newcomer in 2012. His personal site is davinodwyer.com, and he maintains a photo blog at fontonfront.tumblr.com.

All eyes on Big Brother: the NSA is building an apparatus that can watch anybody who communicates digitally. Photograph: Pawel Kopczynski/Reuters
Dataspying: Does it work?

Revelations about the US National Security Agency’s vast Prism surveillance programme highlight privacy and security issues. Is th(...)

Supporters gather at a rally in Manhattan's Union Square in support of whistleblower Edward Snowden. Photograph: Mario Tama/Getty
Dark clouds for the tech industry as Prism allegations expose dangers of internet age

Surveillance revelations open our eyes to inherent threat to society posed by the worldwide web

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If the self-proclaimed Land of the Free can so easily become the Land of the Watched, what hope for those countries already under (...)

Teen scene: Josh McClorey, Pete O’Hanlon, Ross Farrelly and Evan Walsh re-creating The Beatles in Hamburg. Photograph: Davin O’Dwyer
Bright Strypes

Could the thrilling vintage rock of four teenagers from Cavan be the future of Irish music?

Innovation Talk: Sacrificing ease of use on the altar of design

Good design doesn’t just involve attractive colour schemes and judicious font choices, it’s also about rigorous attention to detai(...)

Paddy Cosgrave at the Dublin Web Summit
Conference buzz helps to attract technology firms

Dublin Web Summit, Offset, Úll and other meet-ups play a vital role in showcasing vibrant local talent

Pay Pal president David Marcus at the official opening of Ebay’s International Operations Centre in Dundalk yesterday. Photograph: Alan Betson
Ireland’s new best pal pays off

PayPal president David Marcus says the digital wallet is just the beginning of change in the way we pay for goods and services

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Think of the end at the beginning

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