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Wearable tech player Jawbone acquires BodyMedia for US$100m News
30.04.2013 Wearable tech and audio equipment maker Jawbone has acquired health technology player BodyMedia for an estimated US$100m. At the same time, Jawbone has unveiled its new UP... -
Tech All Stars competition seeks Europe’s hottest start-ups News
29.04.2013 The European Commission has launched the second edition of its Tech All Stars competition to recognise some of Europe’s most promising technology start-ups. Twelve start-ups... -
Chipset giant Qualcomm is coming to Cork – R&D centre will initially employ 20 people News
26.04.2013 One of the leading powerbrokers in the smartphone revolution, Qualcomm, is establishing a R&D centre in Cork and has already begun recruitment. It is envisaged an initial 20...Categories: Wireless Communications, R&D, Phones, Intellectual Property, Hardware, Engineering, Digital Media, Digital Business, Development, Design -
DCU reveals new fast track patents for entrepreneurs – plans to take 1pc of royalties News
26.04.2013 To coincide with World Intellectual Property Day, Dublin City University (DCU) is embarking on a fast-track DCU Licence Express Scheme to make selected patent innovations... -
Political pirate Rickard Falkvinge is out to prove a point News
16.04.2013 A fortnight ago, when the third season of fantasy TV series Game of Thrones was broadcast, digital pirates around the world illegally downloaded the episode more than 1m times –... -
European Commission opens €175k contest targeting women innovators News
16.04.2013 The European Commission has launched the latest edition of its Women Innovators Prize to reward female entrepreneurs who have come up with new innovations and brought them to... -
Dublin multi-touch firm RAPT Touch raises €4m to disrupt the display industry News
08.04.2013 A Dublin-based technology company called RAPT has raised €4m in an investment round that will enable it to rollout affordable multi-touch technologies to global original...Categories: R&D, Intellectual Property, Hardware, Digital Media, Development, Design, Consumer Tech, Computers -
HP to build 87,000 sq-foot cloud R&D operation in Galway for 700 workers News
08.04.2013 HP has applied for planning permission to build a new 87,000 sq-foot R&D and cloud facility in Galway that will house up to 700 workers. -
Dublin firm Onwards Learning signs e-learning deals worth €4.4m in China News
08.04.2013 Dublin-headquartered Onwards Learning has signed two major deals in China worth €4.4m over the next three years that will see its English language portal LearnOnEnglish.com... -
Pirate Party founder warns 10pc of private equity gets wasted in patent defence News
05.04.2013 A considerable portion of business angel and private equity investment in promising young technology companies – as much as 10pc – often gets wasted on defending against patent... -
Apple plans to overtake Google Street View with outdoor 3D panoramas News
04.04.2013 Apple is working on its own Street View-like mapping feature that merges position tracking with 3D panoramas. -
€1m satellite technology competition opens for Irish entries News
02.04.2013 Start-ups and third-level researchers with ideas for new innovations using satellite navigation technology can now submit their entries for this year’s European Satellite...Categories: Science, Intellectual Property, Engineering, Energy, Education, Application Design and Development -
200 new jobs as medical-device player Nypro locates in Waterford News
28.03.2013 Waterford awoke to some thrilling news this morning, that the region is to benefit from 200 new jobs as medical-device player Nypro Healthcare revealed plans to establish a...Categories: Science, Recruitment, Life Sciences, Investments, Intellectual Property, Government, Economy -
Ireland is No 1 in Europe for enjoying economic effects of innovation News
26.03.2013 Ireland is the top of the EU league table for making knowledge and innovation work for the real economy. Despite this achievement, the EU’s Innovation Union Scoreboard placed... -
Trinity and Queen’s teams triumph at Citi upStart Awards News
25.03.2013 Precision Engineered from Trinity College Dublin and Platform Planet from Queen’s University Belfast emerged victorious at the 2013 upStart entrepreneurship awards organised by... -
Weekend news round-up: Bill Gates’ US$100k condom; no more power-downs on airplanes? News
25.03.2013 In our gathering of some of the best tech news from the weekend, we discover that in the US rules on turning off electronic devices during flights might finally be relaxed; Bill... -
Microsoft Xbox cleared of infringing Google’s patents News
23.03.2013 The International Trade Commission (ITC) has ruled that Microsoft’s Xbox 360 games console doesn’t infringe patent rights belonging to Google’s recently acquired Motorola... -
Wake up call for music industry – the internet is not harming music sales News
21.03.2013 Music piracy on the web is not hurting but is enhancing legitimate music sales, a European Commission report has claimed. The research claims freely streamed music is actually...Categories: Multimedia, Internet, Intellectual Property, Games/Entertainment, eCommerce, Digital Media, Consumer Tech -
Twitter succeeds in securing broad patent for message distribution platform News
20.03.2013 It’s official, Twitter is now a patented product and co-founders Jack Dorsey and Biz Stone are its named inventors. Despite the far-reaching terms of the patent, which was...Categories: Social Media, Intellectual Property -
Taoiseach reveals new St Patrick’s Day medal for Irish scientific diaspora News
19.03.2013 A new science award has been unveiled by Taoiseach Enda Kenny, TD, called the St Patrick’s Day Medal which will be presented annually to a distinguished Irish scientist living...