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Dublin’s Digital Hub appoints Edel Flynn as interim CEO News
26.04.2013 Edel Flynn will take on the role of interim CEO of the Digital Hub following the retirement of Philip Flynn after 11 years in the role. -
The five minute CIO: Vincent Richardson News
26.04.2013 Concern Worldwide’s CIO explains how it uses leading-edge technology to communicate with aid workers in some of the globe’s most remote locations.Categories: CIO, Communications, Enterprise, Internet, Investments, IT Management, Leadership & Management, Management, MobileTags: Concern Worldwide, global , IT Services, ICT, Email, Bandwidth, Videoconferencing, Collaboration, BYOD -
Queen’s student named AppCamp champion for vaccinations app News
25.04.2013 The Queen’s University Belfast software engineering student behind Vacci-Nations, an app packed with important health information for travellers, has been crowned winner of... -
Battle of the tablets: Apple leads but Android is hot on its heels News
25.04.2013 Apple continues to hold the largest share of the global tablet market, at 48.2pc, followed closely by Android, which now has 43.3pc of the world market. Microsoft’s Windows 8... -
Wayra seeks 10 digital start-ups for Dublin incubator News
25.04.2013 Wayra, Telefónica’s global start-up accelerator, is on the lookout for up to 10 digital start-ups to develop and commercialise their ideas at its Dublin accelerator.Categories: Virtualisation, Research, Online Business, Networking, Mobile, Digital Media, Digital BusinessTags: Big Data, Machine-to-Machine Communications , Mobile, Virtualisation, Telefonica, O2, Start-ups, Cloud, HTML5 -
Geek chic: up to 10m pairs of smart glasses expected to ship by 2016 News
25.04.2013 The global market for smart glasses could amount to 10m units by 2016, IHS has predicted. This will be spurred on by Google’s efforts to promote application development for its... -
Apple revenues reach US$43.6bn – posts US$9.5bn profit – iPhone growth slows News
23.04.2013 Technology giant Apple posted solid sales and revenue figures of US$43.6bn and US$9.5bn, respectively, but has raised questions about future growth plans as sales levels of... -
Microsoft’s Surface Pro arriving in UK and Ireland next month News
23.04.2013 Microsoft has confirmed the Surface Pro Windows 8 tablet PC will arrive in the UK and Irish markets, other European countries, Australia and New Zealand, before the end of May....Categories: Wireless Communications, Operating Systems, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Internet, Hardware, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, Computers -
Battle for the ‘internet of things’ begins as CA acquires Layer 7 News
23.04.2013 Just a week after Intel acquired Mashery for an estimated US$180m, software giant CA has signed an agreement to acquire Layer 7 Technologies, a privately-owned API management... -
Smurfit and Desmond-backed firm allies with US casino ahead of new US web gambling laws News
23.04.2013 A tech company backed by the Smurfit family and Dermot Desmond is poised to profit when the US eventually passes internet gambling regulations. GameAccount Network has forged an...Categories: Software & Web Development, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Games/Entertainment, eCommerce, Digital Business, Deals Done -
Wellington IT acquires Octagon Computer Services for undisclosed sum News
23.04.2013 Wellington IT Solutions has acquired the business and assets of Octagon Computer Services for an undisclosed sum. The move, which will see Wellington invest €2m over the next... -
UK 4G player EE reaches 320,000 subscribers in just five months News
23.04.2013 Just five months after launching its first 4G services, Everything Everywhere (EE) this morning reported it has now reached 320,000 4G subscribers in the UK and is on target to... -
Facebook Home tops 500,000 downloads in 10 days, review ratings stay low News
22.04.2013 Facebook’s new Android feature set has entered the 500,000-1m downloads bracket on Google Play just 10 days after its release, but reviews from first users suggest Facebook Home... -
1.2m Irish households will own a tablet computer by the end of this year News
22.04.2013 Digital device ownership in Ireland is surging ahead with the average home owning at least four connected devices. A new Household Sentiment Survey by Eircom predicts that 1.2m...Categories: Wireless Communications, Social Media, Phones, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Hardware, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, Computers, Communications -
Digital ad spend in Ireland exceeds €150m – up 12.3pc year-on-year News
19.04.2013 As ad spend in traditional media continues to fall by 6.2pc, digital advertising in Ireland has increased by 12.3pc to surpass €150m for the first time, according to the...Categories: Consumer Tech, Digital Business, Digital Marketing, Digital Media, Marketing, Media, Mobile, Mobility, Multimedia, Phones, Wireless Communications -
#DIF13 – Open governments can make their nations more entrepreneurial (video) News
19.04.2013 By embracing open data and providing citizens with fair and equitable access to knowledge, nations can empower a new generation of entrepreneurs, Emer Coleman told this...Categories: Software & Web Development, Mobility, Mobile, Internet, Government, Database, Data Management, Apps -
Despite more PCs in European schools, 20pc of kids never use them in their lessons News
19.04.2013 Although the numbers of computers in European schools have doubled since 2006 and students and teachers are keen to 'go digital', 20pc of secondary students across Europe have... -
The five-minute CIO: Peter Mitchell News
19.04.2013 Peter Mitchell, the chief technology officer of fleet management software provider Fleetmatics, shares his insights on why product development teams need to work with sales and...Categories: Sales, Mobile, Management, Leadership & Management, IT Management, Development, CIO, Apps -
Angry Birds maker Rovio hires new EVP to lead game development News
19.04.2013 Angry Birds maker Rovio Entertainment has added a new executive vice-president of games to its flock, Jami Laes. -
#DIF13 – 50pc of businesses will have their own app stores by 2020, says Gartner VP News
19.04.2013 In five years’ time, at least half of most enterprises will have their own app store to host the firms’ apps, as well as apps created by workers themselves to get the job done...Categories: Software & Web Development, Software, Phones, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Digital Business, Consumer Tech, Computers, CIO, Apps