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Computer reuse charity calls on companies to donate old PCs News
18.05.2012 Camara Education, the Irish charity that refurbishes computers and loads them with educational software for schools in Ireland, Africa and Jamaica, has issued a call for...Categories: Sustainability, Software, Recycling Services, R&D, Green Tech, Green Computing, Green, Consumer Tech, Computers -
Soundwave aims to take music analytics to a whole new level News
17.05.2012 Imagine being able to capture in real-time what type of music your friends are listening to, or finding out the most popular musical choices are in your city? Well, today’s... -
Soundwave wins NDRC Lift Off competition News
17.05.2012 Soundwave, the new Irish start-up that has come up with a music data analytics service to track in real-time what songs people are listening to, has won the NDRC Lift Off... -
New Sweat for Equity programme to get start-ups going News
11.05.2012 Techies, creatives and those with ideas for new start-ups can now apply for Swequity Exchange, a new programme that the National Digital Research Centre (NDRC) in Ireland is... -
Meet the dot father News
03.05.2012 Co-creator of the internet and Google vice-president Vint Cerf says Ireland is well positioned for the digital age. He tells John Kennedy we need to save newspapers to save...Categories: Digital Media, Economy, Infrastructure Management, Internet, Leadership & Management, Media -
Govts need to heed growing interests of digital citizens - survey News
26.04.2012 Nearly half (44pc) of citizens in seven countries believe interacting with their governments is easy, and 31pc say it’s actually easier to access services from the government... -
Tech start-up of the week: iMusician.org News
15.04.2012 This week’s tech start-up to watch is iMusician.Org, a new website that’s aiming to reach out to unsigned and independent label musicians, giving them a platform to be seen and...Categories: Apps, Design, Digital Business, Digital Marketing, Digital Media, Internet, Media, Multimedia, Networking, Social Media, Software & Web Development -
15 new start-ups enter digital accelerator at NDRC News
04.04.2012 New Irish digital start-ups, ranging from a music analytics service to a mobile app for people with eating disorders, have just started the Launchpad accelerator programme at...Tags: Cloud, Funding, SaaS, Social Media, Start-ups, NDRC, Networking, Venture Capital, Bill Liao, digital -
Friends Reunited returns with new design, new purpose News
27.03.2012 UK social networking site Friends Reunited has been relaunched as a memory engine – going beyond rediscovering old classmates to be a place for favourite memories and moments,...Categories: Web 2.0, Web, Social Media, Servers, Multimedia, Internet, Digital Media, Database, Apps -
Spring clean your tech - how to dump your digital junk News
20.03.2012 It's the spring equinox, the time when tech users' thoughts may turn to spring cleaning their technology in addition to giving the heave ho to old and non-used household items. -
University digitises Einstein archives via new website News
20.03.2012 The Hebrew University of Jerusalem has revamped its Albert Einstein online collection to digitally showcase never-before-seen documents from the theoretical physicist and...Categories: Web, Science, Multimedia, Life Sciences, Internet, Intellectual Property, Engineering, Energy, Document Management, Digital Business, Consumer Tech -
Tracking the growth in mobile spending in Ireland (infographic) News
15.03.2012 Figures on mobile spending that will be presented at the Techovate 2012 B2B conference at Wexford Opera House next week show how consumers appear to be migrating to the...Categories: Social Media, Online Business, Multimedia, Mobile, Internet, Economy, Digital Media, Digital Marketing, Digital Business, Consumer Tech, ComputersTags: Tablet, Smartphone, Ireland, Digital Economy, Google, Microsoft, IBM, Intel, Facebook, Silicon Valley, Bill Liao, Mobile, Consumer, digital, B2B, Online shopping, -
Tech visionary Dr Hermann Hauser joins Intune Networks' board News
13.03.2012 Serial tech entrepreneur, investor and co-founder of Amadeus Capital Partners Dr Hermann Hauser has joined the board of Dublin-based Intune Networks as a non-executive director.Categories: Web, Science, R&D, Investments, Internet, Intellectual Property, Engineering, Economy, Digital Business -
Google names Ireland’s top doodler News
12.03.2012 A doodle about turning back time has scooped the top prize in the 2012 Doodle 4 Google competition. The creator, Patrick Horan, a sixth-year student at St Munchin’s College in... -
Computer re-use charity launches appeal for used PCs News
02.03.2012 The Camara Education charity has launched an appeal for people to donate a share of the some 250,000 used computers it says people in Ireland throw out each year, so it can...Categories: Recycling Services, Green Tech, Green Computing, Education, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, Computers -
Startup Weekend gets ready to hit Dublin tomorrow News
01.03.2012 There appears to be a real start-up fever in Ireland at the minute, as more than 100 people have signed up to participate in Dublin’s leg of Startup Weekend, which starts...Categories: Careers and Employment, Consumer Tech, Design, Development, Digital Business, Digital Marketing, Digital Media, Engineer, Engineering, Funding, Graduate, Intellectual Property, Internet, Investments, Media, Mobile, Multimedia, Research, Social Media, Software, Software & Web Development, Software Development -
European Space Agency backs Irish start-up's plans to digitise forestry data News
01.03.2012 The European Space Agency is supporting a pioneering 3D forestry data initiative that’s being led by Irish forestry technology start-up Treemetrics. The Cork-based company is...Categories: Sustainability, Science, R&D, Mobile, Green Tech, Government, Engineering, Engineer, Energy, Economy, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, CIO, Careers and Employment -
New high-potential start-ups to spawn 1,600 jobs by 2013 News
29.02.2012 Ninety-two high-potential start-ups (HPSUs) supported by Enterprise Ireland are aiming to employ 1,600 people between them by the end of 2013, as well as generating a combined...Tags: Ireland, Patents, Economy, digital, Clean Tech, Richard Bruton, Enterprise Ireland, Jobs, HPSUs -
Growing up digital News
23.02.2012 In her role at UK Government Digital Services, Irishwoman Emer Coleman is challenging the civil service to become less risk averse and embrace openness.Categories: Software Development, Leadership & Management, Government, Economy, Development, Data Management -
Tech sector upbeat on jobs and revenues – survey News
21.02.2012 Over the next 12 months, 60pc of senior executives expect to increase the number of technology jobs, while 71pc are forecasting revenue growth. Despite this, confidence in the...