19.11.2012 Thirty-three teams of games developers from all over Ireland and the UK descended on Engine Yard over the weekend with one aim - to build a fully functioning game in 12 hours and have some fun in the process. Armed with only a colour and image as inspiration, what the teams managed to produce was nothing short of brilliant in the time given.
17.10.2012 Redeem & Get is well-known in the Dublin Web Summit circle, having walked away with the Electric Ireland Spark of Genius prize last year. One year on, we caught up with the start-up’s CEO to see what’s come of it.
14.09.2012 PiPiper, an emerging dark-fibre provider that has the potential to generate hundreds of jobs and boost the Irish economy by deploying dark fibre around Ireland, has forged an agreement with Apollo Submarine Cable System Ltd to land a direct transatlantic fibre cable system network on the west coast.
03.08.2012 Veering away from London 2012 for just a moment, this week Ljubljana, Slovenia, has been an Olympic setting with a difference, as the International Linguistics Olympiad games have been taking place. Young lateral thinkers from 27 counties, including Ireland, are testing their minds against others to problem-solve the toughest problems in logic, language, and linguistics.
20.07.2012 Teams and individual students entering the next BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition, and who are based more than 70km away from the RDS in Dublin, can now apply for financial aid from BT’s latest €75,000 grant scheme.
27.06.2012 Google has revealed its branded Nexus 7 tablet computer it has been working on with Asus and which will pack an astonishing 12-core GPU for hi-def gaming experiences.
24.05.2012 Gamers are invited to join a Ghost Recon: Future Soldier tournament in Dublin this weekend to test their skills against the computer and win a prize if they stay alive.
14.05.2012 Business mobile service Blueface is teaming up with Carphone Warehouse to launch a new competition for start-ups and those with business plans to pitch their ideas. Seven finalists will be selected to compete for €50,000 in prizes in July.
24.04.2012 The IE Domain Registry (IEDR) is extending its €100,000 e-commerce website development fund for a second year. Ten SMEs and will get €10,000 worth of services to help ramp up their e-commerce strategies.
16.04.2012 The Mole Screening Clinic, a new venture set up in 2010 by Mike Malone, has become the first winner of the new Start Up monthly initiative run by Eircom.
