Pixar

The untold stories of Toy Story

Woody started out as a jerk, Barbie is a Marxist . . . much like Andy’s toys, the fan theories around the franchise have taken on a life of their own

Sky Cinema eyes piece of the action with movies of its own

Risky move comes as streaming TV services chase the holy grail of original content

Pixar film festival comes to Dublin and Galway in August

Featuring a ‘Toy Story’ marathon and the beloved ‘Up’, ‘Finding Nemo’ and ‘WALL-E’

Brad Bird: Inside the Pixar movie-making machine

The ‘Incredibles 2’ director on the Disney studio’s secret sauce, and keeping his distance from corporate nonsense

Five-star rating for LauraLynn’s ‘Oscars’

Families affected by loss use film project with scriptwriters to help tell their stories

Is ‘Toy Story’ better than ‘Up’? All 19 Pixar films ranked

Which are the best (and worst) Pixar movies, and where does current release Coco sit?

How to talk to your children about death – with help from Disney

Study says watching Disney and Pixar films can help start conversations about mortality

Cars 3: Third time's an automotive charm

A sly dig at inaccurate pollsters and lessons about male privilege leaves us pleasantly surprised

From ‘Toy Story’ to you: How a Galway family are making a difference on autism

Animated language learning programme devised by family at NUI Galway campus company assisting children with autism

Netflix versus NowTV: Which is the better streaming service?

We pit Sky’s new service against the industry leader to find out which offers better value

Marriage of artists and technologists drives Pixar’s success

Removing barriers to creativity is key ingredient, chief Ed Catmull believes

Paddy Cosgrave accuses Government of Web Summit ‘lies’

Founder says event is ‘distraction’ from real issues impacting people

Can Jack Dorsey lead two tech companies?

Dorsey, chief executive of Square, is also in the running for the Twitter top job

Cartoon Saloon: tellers of ’toon tales

Kilkenny’s elite animation house, makers of ‘The Secret of Kells’ and ‘Song of the Sea’, is competing with the best of Hollywood – for a fraction of the money

Animation industry draws on incentives

Dublin-based Brown Bag Films plans to hire an additional 50 staff as it focuses on new markets

‘Inside Out’ and the Pixar guide to parenting

‘Inside Out’ tells us that anger, fear and sadness are valid feelings that don’t have to be defeated

Berkeley survivor Jack Halpin raises a thumbs up

Mr Halpin suffered a broken leg, broken hip, shattered knee-cap and internal injuries

Design Matters: Paul Young from Cartoon Salon

‘Ideas are fine, but they don’t work until the group makes them work’

A wifi Barbie doll with the soul of Siri

‘Hello Barbie’ raises questions in relation to privacy and gender stereotyping

Silicon Valley collusion case offers insight into power of Jobs

$324.5m settlement thrown out in class action involving over 64,000 tech workers

Review: How to Train Your Dragon 2

Silicon Valley tech firms agree to $325m hiring accord

Apple, Google, Intel and Adobe accused by employees of conlluding not to poach talent

The cutting-edge tech bringing magic of the silver screen to life

Computer firms such as HP provide the back-end technology that increasingly brings the movies to life

‘Frozen’ heats up Disney, as Dublin store hits Europe top five

The $45bn-revenue company is building up to launch of ‘Star Wars Rebels’ later in 2014

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