Categorised as: Funding & News
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IGNITE to light a spark under budding entrepreneurs News
24.05.2012 UCC’s IGNITE programme is on the hunt for new applicants looking to kick-start a business idea for its next round starting in October.Categories: Training, Support, Investments, Graduate, Funding, Finding a Job, Enterprise, Education, Careers and Employment, Career Advice -
Irish tech firms gave €1.4m to local charity and the community last year News
24.05.2012 Tech firms AOL, IBM, Intel, Microsoft and Oracle contributed more than €1.4m to local community groups and charities in 2011, according to Business in the Community Ireland. -
Meet the world’s youngest billionaire (and it’s not Zuckerberg) News
18.05.2012 He’s a Harvard dropout, Facebook co-founder and he’s the world’s youngest billionaire by just eight days. Meet Dustin Moskovitz.Categories: Software, Social Media, Leadership & Management, Investments, Internet, Funding, Financial, DevelopmentTags: Silicon Valley, Social Media, Investment, IPO, Development, Software, Engineering, Spotify, Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, -
Meet the Irish Facebook engineer who was part of clever NASDAQ bell hack News
19.05.2012 Irish Facebook engineer Colm Doyle was one of the team of Facebook engineers who devised the clever hack that saw Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s Timeline automatically update... -
Facebook shares drop to US$34.03 – price of hype or voice of reason? News
22.05.2012 Facebook shares closed last night at US$34.03, more than 25pc from its high on Friday. With Morgan Stanley coming to the rescue with US$2.4bn worth of underwriting action, is it...Categories: Social Media, Investments, Internet, Funding, Financial, Digital Media, Digital Business -
Facebook IPO closes at US$38.23 after first day’s trading News
18.05.2012 One of the most eagerly awaited IPOs in tech industry history ended not far from where it started – Facebook opened at US$38 and while share soared to US$45 at one point by the... -
Young innovators take to Dublin to network, as Sandbox launches hub News
19.04.2012 We often think of the entrepreneurs behind technology start-ups, but what about the innovators who work away in the background, helping to get new ventures up and running, and... -
Facebook's IPO broadcasting live from NASDAQ News
18.05.2012 Watch Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg ring the bell from the company's HQ in Menlo Park, California, to start the day's trading on Wall Street.Categories: Web 2.0, Web, Social Media, Investments, Internet, Funding, Financial Results, Financial, Digital Media -
IBM to create several hundred new jobs at Dublin Global Services Hub News
18.05.2012 IBM is to create several hundred new jobs at a new Global Services Integration Hub in Mulhuddart as part of an IDA Ireland-supported investment.Categories: Software & Web Development, Software, Research, R&D, Investments, Green Computing, Global CIO, Funding, Energy, Education, Economy, Digital Business, Data Management, Data Centre, CIO -
Facebook sets final price for IPO at US$38 a share News
17.05.2012 Facebook has set the final price for its IPO Friday at US$38 a share in a flotation that will reap the network between US$16bn and US$18bn. This is likely to value the social...Categories: Social Media, Investments, Internet, Funding, Financial, Digital Media, Digital Business -
Pinterest raises US$100m in funding round that values it at US$1.5bn News
17.05.2012 Fast-growing social network Pinterest has received a US$100m investment in a round led by Japan’s biggest e-commerce site Rakuten that values the company at US$1.5bn.Categories: Social Media, Investments, Internet, Funding, eCommerce, Digital Media, Digital Business -
Facebook to increase size of IPO by 25pc, plans to raise US$15bn News
16.05.2012 Facebook is increasing the size of its IPO on Friday by 25pc and plans to raise US$15bn. Investor demand for shares has spurred the company into making the decision and shares... -
Microbiology lecturer at UL gets €75,000 Marie Curie Fellowship News
15.05.2012 Dr Achim Schmalenberger, a lecturer in microbiology at University of Limerick (UL), has been awarded a €75,000 Marie Curie grant by the European Commission to take his soil... -
Apple fan boy to donate house to charity if e-book gets 1m downloads News
14.05.2012 After penning an account of his 10 days camping adventure outside an Apple Store in London in time for the launch of the iPhone 4S last year, Rob Shoesmith says he will give his... -
Weekend news roundup: Facebook IPO - is Zuckerberg ready for this? News
14.05.2012 With the week that’s in it – Friday’s IPO that could value Facebook at over US$100bn – we look at some of the top analyses on Zuckerberg the man and Facebook the company. Also...Categories: Web 2.0, Research, R&D, Printing Services, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Investments, Internet, Funding, Digital Media, Digital Business -
Tech start-up of the week: Bullet HQ News
13.05.2012 Bullet HQ, a new venture that was set up for just €1,400 and which is aiming to disrupt the accountancy marketplace with its online accounting and payroll software targeted at... -
€280,000 prize fund for best start-ups in Ireland News
11.05.2012 The largest business competition on the island of Ireland, the InterTradeIreland All-Island Seedcorn Business Competition 2012, is now up and running and inviting entries. -
Hang onto yer helmet: 1994’s Carmageddon is poised for reincarnation News
10.05.2012 Nineties hit and destructive driving game sensation Carmageddon may return in 2013 thanks to the support of a Kickstarter campaign. -
Telefónica’s Wayra multimillion start-up incubator opens in Dublin News
10.05.2012 In a welcome boost to Dublin’s thriving start-up scene, O2 parent Telefónica today opened its Wayra global technology accelerator hub in the city as part of a multimillion-euro... -
Facebook IPO: folks, don’t touch the hoodie News
09.05.2012 The furor surrounding the mystery dropping of Facebook’s official IPO video from the Boston leg of the IPO roadshow yesterday and failure of its CEO to meet hundreds of...