• SPECIAL EVENTS

  Digital Ireland Forum 2012 highlights

  Ireland's tech leaders discuss the country's opportunity in the next economy

  

• SPECIAL EVENTS

  The Silicon Valley 50

  06.03.2012 The Silicon Valley 50 most influential Irish-American people in the tech world

  

• STRATEGY

  The five minute CIO: Catherine Doran

  11.05.2012 Royal Mail's CIO on how IT can deliver the right messages to the business

  

• BUSINESS

  Ireland named best place to invest in Western Europe

  16.05.2012 Site Selection magazine compiles Global Best-to-Invest Rankings

  

• DIGITAL LIFE

  Google to change Android release policy

  16.05.2012 Google shifts gears to accelerate smartphone battle against iOS

  

Breaking News

• Mobile phone sales decline, smartphones driving growth 16.05.2012

  Analysis of quarter one sales of mobile devices show an overall decline, but the smartphone market is driving growth, with Samsung at peak performance while Nokia and RIM trail behind.

• Washington Post experience chief: reader engagement key to survival 16.05.2012

  The chief experience officer of the Washington Post has warned publishers that newspapers in the online space are missing the point by lashing up Britney Spears stories that they know will bring lots of page views. Instead they should be focusing on using analytics to drive better engagement with the reader.

• Nanoscientists aim to shake up future of electronic devices 16.05.2012

  Nanoscientists in Ireland have been carrying out research to develop materials that, they claim, could in time revolutionise the manufacture of silicon chips and lead to a new wave of next-generation computers and real-time 3D video processing.

• Google unhappy with report on Google+ user engagement 16.05.2012

  Google has challenged a report from RJ Metrics showing that Google+ user engagement is weaker than its counterparts, but a lack of transparency with user data leaves its claims unfounded.

• Sony Pictures confirms Aaron Sorkin to write Steve Jobs biopic 16.05.2012

  Sony Pictures has confirmed that The Social Network screenwriter and West Wing director Aaron Sorkin will write the screenplay for a movie telling the life story of Apple's Steve Jobs. The film will be entitled simply Steve Jobs.

• Vodafone launches 'landline number for your mobile' service 16.05.2012

  Vodafone has introduced a new unified communications technology it calls One Net that provides small and medium-sized businesses with a landline number for their mobiles.

• Canadian investors lead funding round in InfiniLED; eight jobs on way 16.05.2012

  InfiniLED, a LED-tech spin-out from Tyndall National Institute in Cork, has closed a first-round investment, which may reach €1.6m. IL Investment Group from Quebec in Canada led the round.

• Pre-order your Samsung Galaxy S III from Three 16.05.2012

  Get in before the crowds, as Three begins taking pre-orders for the highly anticipated new Samsung Galaxy S III.

• 75pc of economic growth by non-ICT firms attributed to internet 16.05.2012

  Noting a recent report for the European Commission by McKinsey which states that 75pc of economic growth attributed to the internet relates to traditional non-ICT sectors, Ireland's Communications Minister Pat Rabbitte urged business leaders to get their firms online.

• Photo-bombed - Fiat pranks Volkswagen on Google Street View 16.05.2012

  Feisty Italian car manufacturer Fiat has scored bragging rights against German car manufacturer Volkswagen by placing a Fiat 500 outside the front door of Volkswagen's Swedish HQ in Södertälje just as Google's Street View cars were passing by.

• Wicklow start-up Smart Storage wins Eircom award 16.05.2012

  Smart Storage, a new venture set up in Wicklow in 2010, has won the April finals of the Eircom Start Up competition. Paul Jacobs, a qualified engineer, started Smart Storage after he came up with a storage solution to make use of unused spaces in his own home.

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