Irish firms forge contracts worth €17m on EI trade mission
Irish companies involved in this week’s Enterprise Ireland trade mission to Poland and the Czech Republic have secured new contracts with a potential value of €17m.
17.May.2013 13:25
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Yahoo! in ‘serious’ talks to acquire Tumblr for US$1bn
Yahoo! is believed to be in acquisition talks with social blogging site Tumblr in a deal estimated to be worth up to US$1bn.
17.May.2013 07:33
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Former Intel CEO awarded Certificate of Irish Heritage
The former CEO and president of Intel Dr Craig Barrett, who presided over Intel’s original decision to locate major manufacturing operations in Ireland and resulting in some €7bn worth of investment, was this week presented with a Certificate of Irish Heritage at the ITLG Global Technology Leaders Summit.
17.May.2013 06:30
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Deals site gets a deal – Foffit.com acquires Dealsireland.ie
Daily deals website Dealsireland.ie has been acquired by a Cork-based deals site, Foffit.com, for an undisclosed sum. Dealsireland.com says it will remain operational for the next couple of weeks and merchants will honour all acquired coupons.
15.May.2013 16:21
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Smartphone sales not accelerating fast enough to stem decline of feature phones
The rise of smartphones is not happening fast enough to stem the decline of feature phones in key markets, with users not upgrading or replacing old devices at a pace the mobile device manufacturers would like to see, new first-quarter figures from Gartner reveal.
14.May.2013 10:45
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Twitter buys data analysis start-up Lucky Sort
Twitter has snapped up Lucky Sort, a data analysis company that may help the microblogging site monetise tweets. Terms of the deal have not been disclosed.
14.May.2013 09:59
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Sage Pay roadshow and new e-tail body offer e-commerce assistance to Irish businesses
In Ireland, €4bn of the total €35bn spent on retail goes to online retailers, but not necessarily those based in Ireland. This figure is predicted to grow to €11.3bn over the next four years, and, with this in mind, two new initiatives have been established to help Irish retailers maximise their opportunities online.
13.May.2013 14:32
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The technology business week: Shareholders sue HP over autonomy acquisition, Facebook to buy Waze?
A digest of the top business technology news stories from the past week.
13.May.2013 10:59
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Irish firms head to Poland and Czech Republic for EI trade mission
Irish companies have today embarked on a four-day Enterprise Ireland trade mission in order to increase their exports to Poland and the Czech Republic.
13.May.2013 10:08
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Weekend news roundup: 3D gun designs, space station picks Linux over Windows XP
In our round-up of some of the top tech stories from the weekend, Mega's founder wants 3D gun designs off the site, the International Space Station switches to Linux, and police flood Apple with decryption requests.
13.May.2013 09:53
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Financial results this week
Technology companies scheduled to release their financial results this week.
13.May.2013 06:00
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Eircom sells PhoneWatch division to Norwegian firm
Eircom has sold its security alarm monitoring operation PhoneWatch to the Norwegian company Sector Alarm Corporation. While Eircom did not the reveal details of the sale, the telecoms provider indicated that PhoneWatch was no longer a core business unit.
10.May.2013 16:09
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Salesforce.com snaps up social bookmarking start-up Clipboard
Cloud software giant Salesforce.com has acquired social bookmarking service Clipboard in a deal valued between US$10m and US$20m.
10.May.2013 12:16
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BT Ireland revenue climbs 4pc in year to stg£739.9m
Investment in communications infrastructure, and strong demand for networked IT services helped boost BT Ireland’s revenue up 4pc in 2012/2013 to stg£739.9m.
10.May.2013 10:07
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Israeli news claims Facebook and Waze are in final talks for US$1bn takeover
Just over a year after it was announced that Facebook would shell out US$1bn for photo-sharing app Instagram, the social network is apparently gearing up for a second billion-dollar acquisition – this time with its sights set on Israeli driving community start-up Waze Mobile.
09.May.2013 15:28
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Barnes & Noble shares rise following reports of Microsoft’s US$1bn Nook acquisition
Pre-market trading saw shares in Barnes & Noble rise 23pc following a report claiming that Microsoft is planning to buy up Nook Media’s digital assets.
09.May.2013 14:14
