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Tech start-up of the week: GetBulb News
16.06.2013 Our tech start-up of the week is GetBulb, a new Dublin-based venture that has come up with a data visualisation tool to allow people to create infographics to communicate their...Categories: Web, Multimedia, Internet, Digital Media, Digital Marketing, Digital Business, Design, Data Management -
CIOs on the frontline of the war for 21st-century talent News
14.06.2013 With every business effectively now a technology business, the role of CIO has never been of greater significance. However, not only do CIOs have to be concerned with keeping...Categories: Software & Web Development, Social Media, Recruitment, Mobility, Mobile, Global CIO, Digital Business, Data Management, CIO -
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... -
Ireland’s Trustev named Europe’s Top Start-up by European Commission News
14.06.2013 European Commission vice-president Neelie Kroes last night named fast-emerging digital fingerprint start-up Trustev as Europe’s Top Start-up, as part of the commission’s Tech...Categories: Software & Web Development, Software, Social Media, Servers, Security, R&D, Investments, Internet, Funding, Digital Media, Digital Marketing, Digital Business -
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... -
Propertygate staves off 13 start-ups to win NDRC competition News
13.06.2013 A new start-up called Propertygate, which is developing an online solution for the property management industry, is set to get access to a €30,000 investment fund after winning... -
Software industry calls for overhaul of college access model News
13.06.2013 A group representing Ireland’s indigenous software sector has called for a shake-up of the college entry system so that the much-maligned points system is not the only way... -
First look: IDA Ireland's new global advertising campaign (video) News
13.06.2013 IDA Ireland, Ireland’s agency responsible for attracting major digital giants such as Twitter, Google and Facebook, is about to kickstart a global advertising campaign that... -
Facebook finally introduces hashtags – maybe we’ll all talk a little more News
13.06.2013 Despite having a user base of more than 1.1bn people who comment and share on every aspect of life as we know it, the world's biggest social network didn't have a hashtag... -
Belfast and Silicon Valley start-up WorldDesk raises US$1.25m News
12.06.2013 Desktop virtualisation start-up WorldDesk, which has offices in Belfast as well as Menlo Park in Silicon Valley, has raised US$1.25m in a follow-on investment involving a...Categories: Virtualisation, Software & Web Development, Software, Investments, Internet, Digital Business, Data Management, CIO -
Cloud software player Citrix creates 50 new jobs in Dublin News
12.06.2013 Cloud virtualisation software player Citrix is to create 50 new jobs in Dublin across all divisions due to what it describes as unprecedented demand for its technology. -
Xtra-vision is saved: receivers sell business to Hilco Capital News
11.06.2013 High-street video and gaming rental and retail firm Xtra-vision has been saved after its receivers Ernst & Young completed the sale of the business and its assets to a number of... -
Irish start-ups Temptster and Trustev make final 12 of Tech All Stars News
06.06.2013 Two promising Irish technology companies – social fingerprinting player Trustev and restaurant discovery app Temptster – have made it to the final 12 of the European... -
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... -
11 start-ups at Wayra in Dublin pitch to investors News
11.06.2013 Eleven Irish start-ups that have been incubating their businesses at Wayra Dublin, part of Telefónica’s global start-up accelerator, are today pitching their wares to potential... -
Dublin-based Keywords Studios plans stg£10m IPO News
11.06.2013 Keywords Studios, the Dublin-headquartered technical services provider to the video-games industry, has announced it intends to float on London’s Alternative Investment Market... -
Console wars return as Sony reveals powerful PlayStation 4 to take on Microsoft’s Xbox One News
11.06.2013 At E3, consumer tech giant Sony unveiled a US$399 (€302) PlayStation 4 (PS4) that will go on sale this autumn. Sony revealed powerful hardware packaged in a sleek body along...Tags: Games Consoles, Video Games, PS3, PlayStation Vita, Activision, Bungie, Hardware, Xbox One, Xbox, Microsoft, PlayStation, PlayStation 4, Sony -
Groupon to open new software hub in Dublin with more than 20 new jobs News
11.06.2013 Daily deals site Groupon has kicked off a recruitment campaign for its newly established Software Development Centre in Dublin and is looking to fill more than 20 new full-time... -
Annoyance at social media marketing is killing Facebook’s buzz News
10.06.2013 Evidence of growing consumer dissatisfaction with social media marketing and concerns over privacy is leading to users walking away from social networking sites, with Facebook...Categories: Social Media, Marketing, Internet, Digital Media, Digital Marketing, Digital Business, Consumer Tech -
Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg denies knowledge of PRISM News
08.06.2013 Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has dismissed claims that the social networking platform cooperated with US intelligence bodies like the National Security Agency (NSA) in allowing...