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European Digital Agenda Assembly opens in Dublin to plot EU’s digital strategy News
19.06.2013 Some 600 delegates from across Europe’s civil and private spheres have descended upon Dublin this morning for the start of the European Digital Agenda Assembly. For the next two... -
Interview: John Ashton, CBE, on climate change, politics and leadership News
18.06.2013 John Ashton, CBE, former special representative for Climate Change at the UK Foreign Office, is in Dublin for the Climate Gathering. He spoke to Ann O’Dea about climate change,...Categories: Sustainability, Renewable Energy, Investments, Green Tech, Green, Government, Energy, Education -
Digital Hub CEO: digital competency needs to be pervasive across EU News
18.06.2013 Every country in Europe needs to ensure that digital competency is all-pervasive, the chief executive of the Digital Hub in Dublin told a gathering of the heads of eight...Categories: R&D, Life Sciences, Leadership & Management, Internet, Government, Education, Economy, eCommerce, Digital Media, Digital Marketing, Digital Business -
Interview: Commissioner Neelie Kroes on driving Europe’s Digital Agenda News
18.06.2013 As Europe’s digital leaders gather in Dublin this week for the final, and largest, event of the Irish Presidency of the EU, the Digital Agenda Assembly, Ann O’Dea speaks to...Categories: Telecommunications, Leadership & Management, Investments, Internet, Government, Funding, Communications -
European nanotechnology forum opens in Dublin today News
18.06.2013 Europe’s largest nanotechnology event, the EuroNanoForum, is kicking off in Dublin today. For the next two days some 1,500 delegates from 50 countries will be convening at the... -
Microsoft gathers European youth ambassadors in Dublin to address unemployment News
17.06.2013 On Tuesday, 18 June, Microsoft will host 60 youth ambassadors from across Europe at a focused workshop entitled ‘Driving Digital Jobs in Europe’.Categories: Government, Careers and Employment -
Apple reveals US law agencies made up to 5,000 data requests News
17.06.2013 In the fallout over revelations of the PRISM programme, technology giant Apple has said it does not provide any government agency direct access to its servers and revealed it... -
Clean, digital economy the focus of Dublin ‘gathering’ News
17.06.2013 It is gatherings galore in Dublin this week. As well as a meeting of Europe’s digital clusters in the Irish capital tomorrow, representatives from the IT, environmental and...Categories: Web, Sustainability, Software, Search Engines, Search, Science, Research, Networking, Internet, Green Tech, Green Computing, Green, Government, Energy, Education, Economy, Digital Media, Digital Business -
NI Enterprise Minister Arlene Foster makes case for female entrepreneurs News
17.06.2013 Northern Ireland has a vast reserve of untapped female entrepreneurial potential that could become a significant driver of the Northern Ireland economy, Northern Ireland... -
Europe’s digital clusters to gather in Dublin this week News
17.06.2013 Eight digital clusters from around Europe, including Dublin’s Digital Hub, are to gather in the Digital Depot this Tuesday. The gathering precedes the European Digital Agenda... -
Cork software company clinches deal with Irish Revenue Commissioners News
14.06.2013 Cork-based software company Documatics has beaten off local and international competition to secure a tender to provide the legal department at Ireland’s taxation authority, the...Categories: Tax, Software & Web Development, Software, Search, Legal, Government, Development, Design, Deals Done -
Dublin cloud firm Decisions wins contract with Canadian provincial government News
14.06.2013 Dublin company Decisions (D4H) has secured a five-year contract with the Government of Alberta, Canada, to provide its software for emergency services to 40 search-and-rescue... -
EU to ban mobile roaming charges by July 2014 News
14.06.2013 Twenty-seven European Commissioners have voted to end roaming charges in Europe by 1 July 2014 in a move they believe will help consumers but also strengthen Europe’s fragmented... -
Jobs boost potential as Govt makes €6.4bn available to invest in infrastructure News
13.06.2013 Thousands of new jobs may be on the cards in the construction of vital infrastructure in the areas of broadband, transport, energy and essential services after the Government of... -
The five minute CIO: Niall Barry - Part 1 News
14.06.2013 In the first of an extensive two-part interview, the head of IT at the Irish Government’s Department of Social Protection Niall Barry talks about the internationally praised... -
Google asks US govt to report full scale of NSA data requests News
12.06.2013 In a letter to the US Attorney General and the FBI, Google’s chief legal officer David Drummond has asked the US government to publicly reveal the full scale and volume of... -
Euro-SME conference opens in Dublin to put spotlight on entrepreneurs News
11.06.2013 A two-day conference kicked off at Dublin Castle today to put the spotlight on entrepreneurship and how SMEs can access future support and funding, especially under the EU’s new... -
Mozilla, Reddit and 4chan join call for US Congress to stop NSA surveillance News
11.06.2013 Internet firms Mozilla, Reddit and 4chan have joined their voices with 86 other organisations, including Access and the Electronic Frontier Foundation, urging US lawmakers to...Categories: Social Media, Servers, Security, Search Engines, Search, Legal, Internet, Government, Digital Media -
Rabbitte appoints two new commissioners to ComReg News
11.06.2013 Ireland’s Communications Minister Pat Rabbitte, TD, has appointed two new commissioners to telecoms regulator ComReg during what he describes as a “critical time” in the... -
EU to give consumers powers to sue tech giants in anti-trust cases News
11.06.2013 A new proposal published today by the European Commission aims to give consumers the power to pursue legal actions against tech giants and cartels found to be behaving in an...