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Cubic Telecom to create 70 new jobs after landing US$5.2m investment News
24.05.2013 Irish technology company Cubic Telecom is to create 70 new jobs after securing US$5.2m in funding from US telecoms tech giant Qualcomm, ACT Venture Capital, TPS Investments and... -
Microsoft lets Siri do the talking in scathing new Windows 8 ad (video) News
24.05.2013 It’s nothing new to try and turn Siri against her maker and Microsoft has made use of the iOS personal assistant in a comparison ad meant to put the iPad to shame. -
Irish wearable tech player Zband ships gadgets to 30 countries News
24.05.2013 An Irish start-up called Zband which makes Android and Windows Phone compatible wristband device that services as a silent alarm call has exported the gadget to 30 countries...Categories: Apps, Design, Development, Hardware, Mobile, Mobility, Multimedia, Phones, Wireless Communications -
Citrix revamps cloud technologies to reflect a more mobile workstyle News
23.05.2013 Enterprise software player Citrix has introduced new versions of its virtual desktop and file-sharing cloud technologies to reflect increasingly mobile workstyles. -
Facebook phone HTC First won’t be coming to the UK News
23.05.2013 HTC’s troubles continue with the news that plans to bring the vaunted Facebook Phone, the HTC First, to the UK have been scrapped. Pre-orders accepted by 4G carrier Everything... -
TV, sports and Call of Duty are focus of Xbox One event, to gamers’ dismay (video) News
22.05.2013 A YouTube user has condensed last night’s Xbox One reveal into just 1 minute and 40 seconds of TV, sports and Call of Duty. Oh, and dogs. -
#OI2Dublin – Intel CTO predicts next generation of PCs will challenge standalone tablets (video) News
21.05.2013 Intel’s chief technology officer Justin Rattner has predicted that the arrival of the next generation of PC devices that will run energy frugal processors like Intel’s...Categories: Wireless Communications, R&D, Phones, Mobility, Mobile, Internet, Hardware, Energy, Economy, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, Computers -
PlayStation 4 to be unveiled at E3 on 10 June (video) News
20.05.2013 Perhaps trying to distract from the Xbox excitement of this week, Sony has released a teaser trailer for the forthcoming PlayStation 4 and announced a date for its unveiling.Categories: Hardware, Games/Entertainment -
#OI2Dublin – Intel’s Martin Curley: we will need two Earths to support human life (video) News
20.05.2013 Intel vice-president and director of Intel Labs Europe Martin Curley warned that at the present rate of consumption we will soon need two Earths to sustain human life. For this... -
Former Intel CEO awarded Certificate of Irish Heritage News
17.05.2013 The former CEO and president of Intel Dr Craig Barrett, who presided over Intel’s original decision to locate major manufacturing operations in Ireland and resulting in some...Categories: Leadership & Management, Investments, Hardware, Education, Economy, Digital Business, Computers -
Microsoft’s Surface Pro to go on sale 30 May News
16.05.2013 Microsoft’s next computer, the Surface Pro - a machine that looks like a tablet computer but has the full power of a Windows 8 notebook computer - will go on sale in Ireland and... -
How to fix a phone dropped in the toilet (infographic) News
15.05.2013 Ten per cent of smartphone owners have acquainted their handsets with a watery grave by dropping them in a toilet. In an effort to prevent and lessen the impact of such toilet... -
How to tune into what’s happening at Google I/O 2013 News
15.05.2013 Google’s annual developers conference, I/O, takes place in the Moscone Centre, San Francisco, California, today and tomorrow amid expectations of exciting new product and... -
Microsoft confirms ‘Windows Blue’ will be officially called Windows 8.1 News
14.05.2013 Microsoft has confirmed that Windows 8.1 will be the official name for the impending update to its latest operating system, previously know by the code name Windows Blue. A... -
Smartphone sales not accelerating fast enough to stem decline of feature phones News
14.05.2013 The rise of smartphones is not happening fast enough to stem the decline of feature phones in key markets, with users not upgrading or replacing old devices at a pace the mobile...Categories: Wireless Communications, Phones, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Hardware, Digital Media, Consumer Tech -
Amazon reportedly working on new devices, including 3D smartphone News
10.05.2013 If Amazon does indeed decide to enter the smartphone race – as has long been speculated – it could be with a great deal of aplomb and impressive technology if the latest rumours... -
Weekend news roundup: Intel reveals low-power Silvermont chip design, US probes IBM over bribery claims News
07.05.2013 In our round-up of some of the top tech stories from the weekend, Intel's ‘Silvermont’ chip design focuses on mobile, the US Justice Department is investigating IBM over bribery... -
Intel names Brian Krzanich as its new CEO News
02.05.2013 The successor to Paul Otellini as CEO of Intel is Brian Krzanich, currently the company's chief operating officer. -
Dublin tech firm Openmind named as finalist in CTIA Emerging Tech Awards News
02.05.2013 Irish software company Openmind - which transmits 1bn SMS messages a day for 120 mobile carriers - has been named as a finalist in the 2013 Emerging Technology (E-Tech) Awards... -
Interview with Intel’s first Irish female vice-president (videos) News
02.05.2013 We talk to Intel’s first Irish female vice-president, Ann Kelleher. Appointed vice-president in 2011, Kelleher is responsible for Intel’s Technology and Manufacturing Group and...Categories: Software, Leadership & Management, Hardware, Engineering, Engineer, Education, Economy, Digital Media, Development, Design, Computers