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3,000 hires generated in Ireland’s booming digital media sector News
17.06.2013 In the past year digital media companies based in Ireland hired 3,000 people with the majority of the hires by large multinational internet and e-commerce firms, a study by... -
The social good: an interview with Jerry Greenfield, co-founder of Ben & Jerry’s News
13.06.2013 In 1978 in rural Vermont in the United States, Jerry Greenfield and Ben Cohen founded an ice cream brand that has resonated around the world chiefly thanks to their ethic of... -
Entrepreneur sells @AMD Twitter handle to AMD for a charitable sum News
12.06.2013 Advanced Micro Devices – better known as AMD – has been given the @AMD Twitter username from Seattle entrepreneur Adam M Doppelt in exchange for US$50,000 for two of his local... -
The technology business week: EI’s got a new strategy for emerging markets, Salesforce.com’s US$2.5bn deal under investigation News
10.06.2013 A digest of the top business technology news stories from the past week.Tags: Business , Zynga, Salesforce.com, Enterprise Ireland, Acquisitions, An Post, Marketing, Investment -
An Post launches Admailer.ie with 50 free marketing campaigns up for grabs News
06.06.2013 To help promote its new marketing service, Admailer.ie, An Post is putting 50 free campaigns on offer, which it claims could attract up to 100,000 new customers to small... -
Irish online course provider makes it onto top 20 ed-tech listing News
06.06.2013 Irish-based ALISON, which provides free online education and workplace skills training courses, has been named as one of the top 20 e-learning companies in Europe in a ranking...Tags: E-learning, -
CoderDojo and MyMind in final line-up for Ben & Jerry’s entrepreneur search News
30.05.2013 CoderDojo and MyMind are among 18 social entrepreneur businesses from around Europe that have made the final cut of the Ben & Jerry’s Join Our Core 2013 search for the most... -
Groupon to locate international marketing HQ in Dublin, deals site hiring 30 people initially News
21.05.2013 Daily deals site Groupon is coming to Ireland and is currently recruiting at least 30 people to work at a new international marketing headquarters that will be located on St... -
StubHub to expand reselling platform as buyers lose €147m on unused tickets (video) News
27.05.2013 StubHub is already the largest secondary ticketing marketplace in the US, but it’s now seeking to grow its platform across Europe, focusing first on the UK and Ireland. We spoke... -
Irish tech firm OpenJaw to rollout e-commerce across 30 Chinese airlines News
22.05.2013 Dublin software company OpenJaw Technologies has secured an alliance with major Chinese travel brand TravelSky that will see it deploy its online travel retailing platform for...Categories: Software & Web Development, Software, Online Business, Internet, eCommerce, Digital Business, Consumer Tech -
#OI2Dublin - Digital economy is actual economy, IIA CEO and award winner Joan Mulvihill says News
21.05.2013 We catch up with Joan Mulvihill, chief executive of the Irish Internet Association at the Open Innovation 2.0 forum. Last night, Mulvihill was recognised among luminaries such... -
The technology business week: Smartphones not selling fast enough, Irish firms forge contracts worth €17m on trade mission News
20.05.2013 A digest of the top business technology news stories from the past week.Categories: Telecommunications, Social Media, Sales, Phones, Online Business, Mergers & Acquisitions, Internet, Economy, Deals Done -
Deals site gets a deal – Foffit.com acquires Dealsireland.ie News
15.05.2013 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...Categories: Online Business, Mergers & Acquisitions, Internet, Economy, eCommerce, Deals Done, Consumer TechTags: Daily Deals, E-commerce -
Ex-Google products chief launches social network for graduates and employers News
14.05.2013 Collegefeed, a new social network led by former Google head of product marketing Sanjeev Agrawal, opens its doors today. The new social network describes itself as a kind of... -
Frockadvisor fashions e-commerce for independent retailers News
14.05.2013 Sonya Lennon, stylist and TV presenter, is turning her eye to fusing technology with retail. Together with her fellow presenter Brendan Courtney from the RTÉ fashion show Off... -
Sage Pay roadshow and new e-tail body offer e-commerce assistance to Irish businesses News
13.05.2013 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...Categories: Online Business, eCommerce -
The five minute CIO: Vincent Nolan News
10.05.2013 Smyths Toys is one of Ireland’s fastest-growing retailers. Its head of IT Vincent Nolan talks about changing the mindset from an SME to an enterprise, and why IT operations...