Tagged: NDRC
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Frockadvisor fashions e-commerce for independent retailers News
14.05.2013 Sonya Lennon, stylist and TV presenter, is turning her eye to fusing technology with retail. Together with her fellow presenter Brendan Courtney from the RTÉ fashion show Off... -
Inventorium and IIA create e-commerce accelerator to get Irish SMEs trading online News
14.03.2013 NDRC’s Inventorium and the Irish Internet Association (IIA) are teaming up on a new accelerator programme to get 20 Irish SMEs into online trading.Categories: Online Business, eCommerce -
Rails Girls success proves that coding is not a boys’ club News
08.03.2013 One month ago, an initiative called Rails Girls rolled into Dublin for the first time thanks to RedHills web developer Emily Castles. We caught up with Castles, fellow organiser... -
Prowlster relaunches today, pioneering ‘magazine commerce’ News
04.03.2013 Following a four-week test drive back in the lead-up to Christmas, Prowlster – the online lifestyle magazine with an e-commerce twist – is back to pioneer the concept of... -
Rails Girls rolls into Dublin to teach women to code News
08.02.2013 The NDRC in Dublin will tonight host ‘Rails Girls’, a workshop aimed at teaching women how to code using the Ruby on Rails web-based programming language.Categories: Upskilling, Training, Software Development, Software & Web Development, Education, Development, Design, Apps -
14 digital start-ups start Launchpad programme at NDRC News
26.02.2013 Fourteen new ventures in the digital space will be starting a 12-week programme at the NDRC this week, as part of its Launchpad accelerator programme. The new start-ups range... -
Tech start-up of the week: MySmark News
20.01.2013 Our tech start-up of the week is MySmark, a start-up conceived in Italy and incubated in Ireland. It has developed an online tool that lets consumers express how they feel; it... -
Tech start-up of the week: Conker News
16.12.2012 Our tech start-up to watch this week is Conker, a new games middleware venture that is on a mission to disrupt the freemium game development space by providing predictive... -
Conker wins Lift Off competition at NDRC News
13.12.2012 Conker, a new digital venture that has developed a platform to help freemium game developers track and analyse the behaviour of players, has won the Lift Off competition at the...Categories: Software, Social Media, Networking, Investments, Digital Media, Digital Marketing, Digital Business, Apps -
VisiLit and PropertyGate win NDRC start-up contest News
05.12.2012 Two early stage start-ups VisiLit and PropertyGate have won the judges’ prize and the audience prize in the finals of the Swequity Exchange competition at the NDRC today after...Categories: Digital Business, Digital Marketing, Digital Media, Investments, Networking, Private Irish Business, R&D -
NDRC seeks start-up ideas for next LaunchPad programme News
26.11.2012 With start-ups that have passed through programmes at the National Digital Research Centre (NDRC) to date having managed to secure €10m in follow-on investment, the centre is... -
Prowlster, an online magazine with an e-commerce twist, launches in beta News
14.11.2012 The fashionable minds behind Irish style blog What Will I Wear Today? have just launched their own start-up: Prowlster, an online fashion magazine with a ‘Buy it now’ button. -
Dubstarts job fair to bring graduates and start-ups together tomorrow News
12.11.2012 A start-up jobs fair with a twist will be taking place at the Workman’s Club in Dublin tomorrow evening, with the aim of hooking up undergraduates and graduates with start-ups...Categories: Software & Web Development, Software, R&D, Design, Careers and Employment, Career Advice -
Scientist wins €5,000 prize to bring wonder of physics to Irish commuters News
09.11.2012 Physicist Dr Shane Bergin has won €5,000 in a Designs for Learning competition at Science Gallery and he is now on a mission to bring physics challenges to daily commuters via... -
Eirgrid and NDRC launch innovation hub around the smart grid News
25.10.2012 Energy infrastructure company Eirgrid is teaming up the National Digital Research Centre (NDRC) to launch the Smart Grid Innovation Hub, a new initiative to help companies,... -
NDRC’s Swequity programme on lookout for new start-up ideas News
19.10.2012 The National Digital Research Centre (NDRC) is launching its second Swequity Exchange programme that matches up people with business ideas for digital start-ups with mentors and...Categories: Networking, Marketing, Management, Financial, Digital Business, Development, Design, Business Intelligence, Apps -
NDRC to host ‘open mic’ event for self-starters in Dublin tonight News
16.10.2012 Self-starters, entrepreneurs, innovators and people with ideas for new businesses are being invited to take part in an ‘open mic’ night hosted by the National Digital Research...