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EU EcoFin meeting in Dublin this week will take place in the cloud News
08.04.2013 EcoFin meeting of EU finance ministers due to take place later this week at Dublin Castle will be a totally paperless – or cloud-based – affair, with ministers being equipped... -
Former Intel, EMC and Bord Gais senior brass join WiseTek board News
05.04.2013 Former Intel Ireland general manager Jim O’Hara, ex-senior VP at EMC Dick Lehane and former Bord Gais CEO John Mullins have joined the board of Cork-headquartered OEM services... -
Samsung reports US$7.7bn Q1 operating profit, up 53pc on last year News
05.04.2013 Consumer electronics giant Samsung has predicted a stronger first quarter than expected after estimating it has made operating profits of US$7.7bn on the same period last year. -
Nokia closes flagship store in Shanghai, China News
05.04.2013 Nokia shoppers in Shanghai, China, will have to buy the company’s mobile devices at retailers and mobile carriers, now that Nokia has closed what it had deemed its largest store... -
iPad price reductions suggest new iPads are coming News
04.04.2013 Despite Apple releasing its fourth-generation iPad and iPad mini in October, around March/April has traditionally been the launch point for new iPad products since the first one...Categories: Wireless Communications, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Hardware, Consumer Tech, Computers -
PC sales plummet worldwide as tablets and smartphones roar ahead News
04.04.2013 As a possible indication of the declining fortunes of the personal computer as we know it, Gartner has grouped PCs in with tablets, smartphones and other connected devices to...Categories: Wireless Communications, Phones, Operating Systems, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Hardware, Games/Entertainment, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, Computers, AppsTags: App, Tablet Computers, Windows 8, Smartphones, Mobile Phones, PCs, Mac OS X, iOS, Apple, Android, Google, Operating Systems -
World’s first mobile phone call happened 40 years ago today News
03.04.2013 Forty years ago today, on 3 April 1973, the first call from a handheld mobile phone was made by its inventor Dr Martin Cooper, then-head of Motorola’s communications division.Categories: Wireless Communications, Phones, Networking & Telecoms, Hardware, Consumer Tech, Communications -
Apple poised to begin production of next-gen iPhone and lower-cost iPhone News
03.04.2013 More reports have surfaced whereby tech giant Apple’s manufacturing partners are preparing to ramp up production of a new iPhone in the second quarter in time for a potential...Categories: Wireless Communications, Phones, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Hardware, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, Computers -
Smart metering company expands into UK and EU markets News
02.04.2013 Galway-based energy-monitoring company Meterlogix, which recently announced 12 new jobs, has launched a new business in the UK market as a first step before launching into Europe. -
Aer Lingus dismisses rumours of San Francisco direct flights as just speculation News
02.04.2013 Aer Lingus has dismissed rumours that it plans to resume its schedule to San Francisco as speculation. It had been rumoured the airliner would later today reveal plans to...Categories: Web, Software & Web Development, Leadership & Management, Investments, Internet, Hardware, Digital Business -
O2 opens online presales for Samsung Galaxy S4 News
02.04.2013 Samsung’s latest smartphone the Galaxy S4 will be released in Ireland in late April and network operator O2 will from today begin taking pre-orders for the device.Categories: Wireless Communications, Phones, Networking & Telecoms, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Internet, Hardware, Digital Media, Consumer Tech -
Specs for HTC Myst ‘Facebook phone’ leaked online News
02.04.2013 The upcoming smartphone collaboration between Facebook and HTC has been revealed as a budget consumer smartphone device codenamed ‘Myst’, it has been claimed. -
Tech-based April Fool's Day pranks for your devilish side News
01.04.2013 It's April Fool's Day, and if you want to make a friend (or foe) feel foolish today, you need to look no further than their computer settings and hardware. -
Facebook smartphone to become a reality – 'New Home on Android' with HTC News
29.03.2013 Facebook has invited press to a briefing at its Silicon Valley headquarters to reveal a new HTC device with an Android OS modified to reflect ‘Facebook Home’. True to its word,... -
Interview: Dyson senior design engineer Patrick Maloney (video) News
28.03.2013 Ahead of the 2013 James Dyson Award, one of the previous Irish winners Patrick Maloney now works at Dyson where he has worked on a number of core products including the DC44...Categories: R&D, Hardware, Engineering, Engineer, Education, Economy, Development, Design, Consumer Tech -
Breakthrough fibre can transfer data at 99.7pc the speed of light – 73 terabits per second News
28.03.2013 Researchers at the University of Southampton in the UK have claimed to produce optical fibre that can transfer data at 99.7pc the speed of light. -
Cork’s Firecomms in fibre components deal with global player News
28.03.2013 Cork-based fibre communications technology company Firecomms has secured a major deal with a global supplier of fibre components to the automotive sector and other industries,...Categories: Multimedia, Infrastructure Management, Hardware, Development, Design, Deals Done, Communications -
Now Sony's Xperia Z falls prey to the bypass lockscreen bug News
26.03.2013 Sony’s new Xperia Z is the latest smartphone device to fall afoul of a bug that lets hackers potentially bypass the device’s lockscreen. -
Review: Logitech HD TV Cam News
25.03.2013 I sometimes look at the TV business in despair. I can see why it has become a commodity business at a time when technologically it should be enjoying a glorious resurgence. Why... -
Michael Dell faces pitch battle to retain control of the company he started News
25.03.2013 Michael Dell is facing competition from two main contenders who may scupper his US$24.4bn bid to take computer giant Dell private. Dell's board of directors has confirmed that...Categories: Software, Servers, Mergers & Acquisitions, Leadership & Management, Investments, Hardware, Financial, Computers