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Tech firms in Ireland donate €5.3m to charities and community groups News
23.05.2013 Tech giants AOL, eBay, IBM, Intel, Microsoft and Oracle contributed more than €5.3m to local community groups and charities in 2012, according to Business in the Community... -
Personal camerman device gets US$500k injection from Grishin Robotics News
22.05.2013 California start-up Swivl, the maker of a robotic video device that mimics a personal cameraman, has raised US$500,000 from the investment company Grishin Robotics to focus on... -
#OI2Dublin - Encourage entrepreneurship for economy’s sake, Kumardev Chatterjee says (video) News
22.05.2013 The only way Europe can emerge from the economic doldrums is for society to encourage young people to be more entrepreneurial, Kumardev Chatterjee, founder of the European Young...Categories: Upskilling, Research, R&D, Games/Entertainment, Funding, Education, Economy, Digital Business -
#OI2Dublin – Interview with Mikko Huuskonen, Finnish government (video) News
20.05.2013 Mikko Huuskonen from the Finnish government talks about the importance of innovation and how small countries can use innovation to overcome economic adversity. -
Salesforce.com invests in social CRM player Datahug News
15.05.2013 Irish technology company Datahug has received fresh investment from web software giant Salesforce.com. The company has spearheaded its expansion into the US with the appointment...Categories: Software & Web Development, Social Media, Investments, Internet, Funding, Digital Business, CRM, Communications -
TCD Lero team in €2.5m study into how ecology can help make better software News
15.05.2013 A Trinity College Dublin-based Lero team is to take part in a €2.5m European Commission-funded research programme to find out how the principles of ecology can be adopted to... -
Facebook investor Thiel leads US$6m investment in TransferWise News
14.05.2013 A venture fund established by Peter Thiel, the first investor in Facebook and one of the leading investors in the Collison brothers’ Stripe, is leading a US$6m investment in... -
Eircom to raise €310m through bonds issue News
30.04.2013 Eircom said today it plans to sell €310m worth of senior secured notes due in 2020. This is the first bonds-issue by the telco since it had €2.3bn worth of debt written off last... -
Irish start-up Trustev to compete in TechCrunch Disrupt NYC finals News
29.04.2013 A young Irish tech company out of Cork called Trustev, which specialises in social fingerprinting technology, has been named as one of the 30 finalists competing for the coveted...Categories: Software & Web Development, Software, Social Media, Security, Investments, Internet, Funding, Digital Media, Digital Business -
100 entrepreneurs challenged to launch start-up ideas within 48 hours News
26.04.2013 The Guinness Enterprise Centre in Dublin will throw down an interesting gauntlet for 100 entrepreneurs at its Launch48 weekend in June – devise and launch a start-up idea within... -
EU researchers develop gadget that can sniff out explosives at 20 metres News
25.04.2013 EU scientists have come up with a prototype device that could prove invaluable in the fight against bomb attacks. The gadget capable of detecting extremely small quantities of...Tags: EU Commission, Security, -
Irish founder of City-of-London.com seeks to raise stg£100,000 News
25.04.2013 Peter Dodds, an Irish advertising and media industry veteran behind City-of-London.com, is planning to raise stg£100,000 from individual investors at the FT Digital Media...Categories: Media, Marketing, Investments, Internet, Funding, Financial, Digital Media, Digital Marketing, Digital Business -
Click4Classes receives investment from SOSventures News
23.04.2013 Cork web firm Click4Classes.com, a graduate of the SELR8R programme, has just received an investment from SOSventures and will grow employment to 10 people as it plots its UK... -
IEDR calls on small businesses to apply for €150k e-commerce fund News
23.04.2013 Irish small and micro-business owners who already have a .ie web address and who are looking to boost their company’s online presence have two more days to apply for support and... -
DIT and RED-T take part in €6m pan-European solar farm R&D project News
23.04.2013 DIT has joined forces with Dublin renewable energy company RED-T to embark on a three-year €6m European research project on solar energy involving 12 companies across Europe....Categories: Sustainability, Renewable Energy, R&D, Green Tech, Green Computing, Green, Funding, Energy -
Ireland plans to create 20,000 new manufacturing jobs by 2016 News
22.04.2013 The Irish Government has published plans devised by Forfás and the Expert Group on Future Skills to create 20,000 new manufacturing jobs by 2016. -
Enterprise Ireland CEO Frank Ryan to step down News
19.04.2013 After 10 years at the helm of Enterprise Ireland, the agency’s chief executive Frank Ryan is to retire in November, sparking the hunt for a new CEO.Categories: Software & Web Development, Software, Social Media, R&D, Private Irish Business, Life Sciences, Investments, Internet, Funding, Economy, Development -
Evernote CEO Phil Libin to speak at Web Summit’s week-long Festival of Ideas News
17.04.2013 The CEO of Evernote Phil Libin has been confirmed as one of the keynote speakers at the October Web Summit in Dublin. Taking its inspiration from SXSW, the organisers say this...Categories: Web, Science, Leadership & Management, Investments, Internet, Funding, Digital Media, Digital Marketing, Digital Business -
Irish Government pumps €1.4m into BenefIT training scheme News
15.04.2013 Ireland’s Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources Pat Rabbitte has revealed €1.4m in grant opportunities for digital skills trainers under the new BenefIT... -
Social fingerprinting player Trustev about to establish UK and US offices News
05.04.2013 Fast-growing Irish start-up Trustev, focused on detecting and defending against fraud in the burgeoning social commerce space, is looking to establish new offices in the US and...Categories: Software & Web Development, Social Media, Security, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Investments, Internet, Funding, eCommerce, Digital Media, Digital Business