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Budget 2012 – Enterprise given €514m to focus on jobs News
05.12.2011 The Department of Enterprise, Jobs and Innovation – which oversees the activities of a plethora of bodies like IDA Ireland, Enterprise Ireland and Science Foundation Ireland –... -
Floor tiles that kill pathogens feature at EU innovation summit News
05.12.2011 Floor tiles created in Ireland that kill MRSA, E. coli and other disease-causing pathogens is being showcased at the first-ever, two-day European Innovation Convention taking... -
Free app set to socialise with public attractions News
02.12.2011 LearningHunt.com is the brainchild of Irish IT strategist Cianán Clancy. The app is set to revolutionise how visitor attractions such as science museums, art galleries, zoos and...Categories: Software Development, Software & Web Development, Social Media, Science, R&D, Jobs, Investments, Internet, Intellectual Property, Funding, Digital Media, Digital Marketing, Digital Business, Design, Consumer Tech, Computers, Communications, Apps Zone, Apps, Application Design and Development -
Rentview app aims to disrupt rental marketplace News
04.12.2011 Our tech start-up of the week is Rentview, a rent and property management cloud-based platform for estate and letting agencies to manage, build and retain their rental...Categories: Web 2.0, Mobile, Marketing, Investments, Internet, Intellectual Property, Funding, Digital Media, Digital Marketing, Digital Business, Design, Consumer Tech, Computers, Apps Zone, Apps -
Irish universities generate more start-ups than US counterparts News
02.12.2011 In terms of outputs from research, Irish universities are generating more start-ups than their US or UK counterparts, the head of Invent DCU Richard Stokes told...Categories: Science, Research, R&D, Investments, Intellectual Property, Funding, Enterprise, Education, Economy -
Learning pattern app could boost exam performance News
02.12.2011 An app creator has hacked into the minds of top exam performers to learn their methods and recreate these methods for students cramming for exams via a handy iPhone app called...Categories: Wireless Communications, Software & Web Development, Research, R&D, Phones, Mobility, Mobile, Intellectual Property, Education, Apps Zone, Apps -
12 new DCU internet spin-outs to hire 24 people next year News
30.11.2011 Dublin City University is getting in on the Christmas spirit, as starting from today, 1 December, the university will be launching a new inventive internet start-up over 12...Categories: Virtualisation, Software & Web Development, Software, Social Media, Research, R&D, Jobs, Internet, Intellectual Property, Games/Entertainment, Financial, Enterprise Applications, Enterprise, Engineering, Engineer, Education, Digital Media, Digital Marketing, Digital Business, Consumer Tech, Apps, Application Design and DevelopmentTags: Facebook, Twitter, Social Media, Cloud, Video, Virtualisation, DCU, DCU Ryan Academy, Start-ups, Ireland, Business Plans, Entrepreneurship, Jobs, IT, Economy, SMEs, TV, -
EU plans monster €80bn investment in R&D News
30.11.2011 In a move calculated to give Europe the edge in science and technology with the resulting jobs boost that will come from new industries, the EU plans to invest €80bn under its... -
EU court decides ISPs can’t be forced to block file sharers News
24.11.2011 UPDATE: Europe’s highest court, the European Court of Justice, has decided that internet access is a human right and that EU law precludes injunctions being taken against... -
Tyndall scoops EU awards for e-car nanoelectronics research News
29.11.2011 Ireland’s Tyndall National Institute is pioneering potentially groundbreaking research on energy-efficient nanoelectronics for electric cars. Its silicon-based sensor that...Categories: Systems, Sustainability, Science, Research, R&D, Investments, Intellectual Property, Green, Engineering, Engineer, Energy, Green Tech -
InishTech in cloud telephony deal with Glorsoft News
29.11.2011 Glorsoft, an independent provider of telephony software to the .NET community, has signed a cloud licensing deal with Inishtech to protect, manage and control the distribution... -
Emerging Irish tech firms drawing venture capitalists in swarms News
25.11.2011 Ireland’s tech sector is putting the country on the global map for venture capitalists, eager to tap into the best technologies being pioneered on the planet right now. Already...Categories: R&D, Intellectual Property, Government, Financial Services, Financial, Enterprise, Economy, Green Tech, Investments -
EU aims for an ‘Innovation Union’ via R&D link-ups News
25.11.2011 European Commissioner for Research and Innovation Máire Geoghegan-Quinn was in Ireland yesterday to visit Tyndall National Institute, where she gave a heads-up on the EU's new...Categories: Science, Research, R&D, Life Sciences, Jobs, Internet, Intellectual Property, Government, Global CIO, Financial Results, Financial, Engineering, Engineer, Economy, CIO, Careers and Employment, Bio Tech -
Copyright holders seek ‘reasonable measures’ to halt piracy News
25.11.2011 UPDATE - Sources close to the entertainment industry locally, who are fighting to protect the rights of copyright holders in the face of wholesale piracy online, say yesterday’s... -
Irish cloud start-up Tethras is on a hiring roll News
24.11.2011 Tethras, which has offices in Dublin and California, has taken on 16 hires in the past six months, and it’s planning to double its Irish workforce within the next two years, as...Categories: Funding, Consumer Tech, Apps Zone, Apps, Application Design and Development, Intellectual Property, Internet, Jobs, Mobile -
Apple cleared in patent case taken by HTC's S3 News
22.11.2011 The International Trade Commission has cleared Apple of charges alleging it violated HTC subsidiary S3’s intellectual property rights.Categories: Wireless Communications, Phones, Mobility, Legal, Intellectual Property, Hardware, Data Management, Computers -
Astronauts stay fit in space via Irish technologies News
18.11.2011 How do you help astronauts deal with accelerated ageing and a lack of exercise in space? Well, these are the focus of two European Space Agency research contracts, worth... -
Irish tech start-up raises €750k in financing round News
17.11.2011 It’s been a whirlwind week for Profitero. The company is currently in London, participating in the IBM SmartCamp finals there, plus it has just secured a €750,000 cash injection.Categories: The Pitch, Software, R&D, Jobs, Investments, Internet, Intellectual Property, Funding, Financial, Economy, eCommerce, Careers and Employment -
New €25m R&D fund for Irish researchers News
16.11.2011 New jobs are on the way for Ireland in the medical-tech space. The CEO of Covidien José E Almeida said this morning that Ireland’s record of fostering successful innovation was...Categories: Science, Research, Recruitment, R&D, Life Sciences, Jobs, Investments, Intellectual Property, Energy, Education, Economy, Careers and Employment, Bio Tech -
Ireland’s €680m localisation sector to spur more jobs News
16.11.2011 Ireland’s localisation sector already employs 15,000 people in an industry that's worth about €680m to the economy annually. Take the SFI-funded CNGL that has been pioneering...