Tagged: E-commerce & News
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Irish tech firm OpenJaw to rollout e-commerce across 30 Chinese airlines News
22.05.2013 Dublin software company OpenJaw Technologies has secured an alliance with major Chinese travel brand TravelSky that will see it deploy its online travel retailing platform for...Categories: Software & Web Development, Software, Online Business, Internet, eCommerce, Digital Business, Consumer Tech -
#OI2Dublin - Digital economy is actual economy, IIA CEO and award winner Joan Mulvihill says News
21.05.2013 We catch up with Joan Mulvihill, chief executive of the Irish Internet Association at the Open Innovation 2.0 forum. Last night, Mulvihill was recognised among luminaries such... -
Groupon to locate international HQ in Dublin, deals site hiring 30 people initially News
21.05.2013 Daily deals site Groupon is coming to Ireland and is currently recruiting at least 30 people to work at a new international headquarters that will be located on St Stephens... -
Deals site gets a deal – Foffit.com acquires Dealsireland.ie News
15.05.2013 Daily deals website Dealsireland.ie has been acquired by a Cork-based deals site, Foffit.com, for an undisclosed sum. Dealsireland.com says it will remain operational for the...Categories: Online Business, Mergers & Acquisitions, Internet, Economy, eCommerce, Deals Done, Consumer TechTags: Daily Deals, E-commerce -
Sage Pay roadshow and new e-tail body offer e-commerce assistance to Irish businesses News
13.05.2013 In Ireland, €4bn of the total €35bn spent on retail goes to online retailers, but not necessarily those based in Ireland. This figure is predicted to grow to €11.3bn over the...Categories: Online Business, eCommerce -
€2,500 online business voucher on way to help SMEs access €21bn digital economy News
26.04.2013 Internet giants Facebook, Google and PayPal are to work on a special pilot involving 20 Irish companies to bring them into the digital economy. Announcing the pilot, Ireland's... -
Click4Classes receives investment from SOSventures News
23.04.2013 Cork web firm Click4Classes.com, a graduate of the SELR8R programme, has just received an investment from SOSventures and will grow employment to 10 people as it plots its UK... -
IEDR calls on small businesses to apply for €150k e-commerce fund News
23.04.2013 Irish small and micro-business owners who already have a .ie web address and who are looking to boost their company’s online presence have two more days to apply for support and... -
UPC’s Dana Strong: enormous risk Irish firms face by ignoring digital economy (video) News
16.04.2013 Already 50pc of online purchases by Irish consumers are with overseas websites and Irish firms that fail to tackle the digital economy face tough challenges down the line, the... -
Mobile payments will become mainstream in next four years – AIB Merchant Services News
08.04.2013 Speakers at the AIB Merchant Services (AIBMS) Conference held in the Aviva Stadium, Dublin, over Easter mapped out the current commerce landscape and future trends, with a... -
Weekend news round-up: Why Bitcoin is minting it; Google's US$100m man News
08.04.2013 In our trawl through the weekend's most popular tech stories, we learn about Neal Mohan, Google's US$100m digital advertising genius; how Bitcoin is making banks and governments... -
Weekend news round-up: Bitcoin hits US$1bn; celebs crack Google Glass News
02.04.2013 In our round-up of the weekend's best tech stories, currency Bitcoin is now valued at US$1bn; Google's 'If I had Glass' competition features an embarrassingly high proportion of...Categories: Social Media, Security, Phones, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Games/Entertainment, Digital Business, Consumer Tech, Computers, Apps -
Amazon acquires bookish social community Goodreads News
29.03.2013 E-commerce, gadget and cloud giant Amazon has acquired Goodreads, the world’s largest site for readers and book recommendations which has a community of 16m who have added 530m... -
Retailer Harry Corry invests stg£10k in e-commerce and digital marketing News
27.03.2013 Home interiors retailer Harry Corry has launched a new e-commerce website to help the brand reach new markets as part of the company’s investment of more than £10,000 in digital...Categories: Web, Social Media, Investments, Internet, eCommerce, Digital Marketing, Digital Business, Consumer Tech -
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 -
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... -
Andrew Mason is out as CEO of Groupon News
01.03.2013 The co-founder and CEO of Groupon Andrew Mason, who pretty much kickstarted the daily deals facet of e-commerce but who in recent days presided over a considerable fall in the...Categories: Social Media, Online Business, Leadership & Management, Internet, eCommerce, Digital Business -
That’s one heck of a discount – Groupon shares fall 26pc on poor results News
28.02.2013 Daily deals site Groupon saw its share value fall by more than a quarter after disappointing results for the fourth quarter. The company’s share price fell 26pc to US$4.43 in... -
Digital economy is key to jobs growth, says Ireland’s Taoiseach News
21.02.2013 The digital economy has a major role to play in Ireland’s economic recovery and Ireland is in a position to claim the title of Digital Capital of Europe, Ireland’s Taoiseach... -
Buyersclub.ie and IIA team up to offer e-commerce scholarships News
14.02.2013 The social store Buyersclube.ie is teaming up with the Irish Internet Association (IIA) to launch a scholarship programme for three people to undertake the IIA diploma in...Tags: E-commerce, Irish Internet Association,