Tagged: China & 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 -
Rumours of the demise of manufacturing greatly exaggerated News
23.04.2013 At the height of Ireland’s feet-of-clay economic boom, a thought pervaded official circles in Ireland – manufacturing no longer matters to the economy. Indeed, there was plenty... -
Weekend news round-up: Throwing ice on Google Glass; Facebook’s second coming News
15.04.2013 In our round-up of some of the top tech stories from the weekend, the privacy issues that will come with the arrival of Google Glass wearable devices are highlighted; many of...Categories: Security, Search, Phones, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Leadership & Management, Hardware, Digital Media, Digital Business, Computers -
Dublin firm Onwards Learning signs e-learning deals worth €4.4m in China News
08.04.2013 Dublin-headquartered Onwards Learning has signed two major deals in China worth €4.4m over the next three years that will see its English language portal LearnOnEnglish.com... -
Nokia closes flagship store in Shanghai, China News
05.04.2013 Nokia shoppers in Shanghai, China, will have to buy the company’s mobile devices at retailers and mobile carriers, now that Nokia has closed what it had deemed its largest store... -
Cork’s Firecomms in fibre components deal with global player News
28.03.2013 Cork-based fibre communications technology company Firecomms has secured a major deal with a global supplier of fibre components to the automotive sector and other industries,...Categories: Multimedia, Infrastructure Management, Hardware, Development, Design, Deals Done, Communications -
Irish-owned company to develop global centre of excellence for ship dismantling News
25.03.2013 Irish-owned CEMS-Dalian Industry Company (CEMS-D) will develop an environmentally safe centre for ship dismantling and recycling in one of the busiest ports in the world. -
4G LTE mobile broadband to reach 220m subscribers by 2014 News
25.03.2013 Rapid uptake of 4G LTE mobile broadband technology in the next year will see the subscriber number doubling from an estimated 105m this year to 220m by 2014.Categories: Wireless Communications, Phones, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Internet, Hardware, Digital Business, Consumer Tech, Communications -
Irish e-learning portal wins major deal in China to teach potentially 30m people News
21.03.2013 Dublin-based e-learning portal Onwards Learning has secured an agreement with China’s Central Institute for Vocational and Technical Education (CIVTE) to develop and run an... -
€1m in funding pledged by Irish Govt to science pact with China News
07.03.2013 The Irish Government has committed to provide €1m in funding over the next 12 months to advance science and innovation co-operation between Ireland and China. A similar amount... -
Smartphones to overtake feature phones in 2013, IDC predicts News
04.03.2013 For the first time smartphones will this year surpass feature phones in terms of the number of units shipped, IDC forecast today. Some 918.6m smartphones are expected to ship...Categories: Wireless Communications, Phones, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Hardware, Digital Media, Consumer Tech -
Shipyard and entrepreneur near deal to build Titanic II News
20.02.2013 A shipyard in China and an entrepreneur in Australia are poised to sign a deal to construct a full-size working replica of the legendary doomed ship Titanic. However, this time... -
Mandiant produces evidence of China’s secret cyber army at work News
19.02.2013 Security player Mandiant has produced a report that purports to show China’s secret cyber armies being built up. It says it has been tracking a single organisation called APT1,... -
Nearly a third of computers scanned worldwide in 2012 were infected - report News
06.02.2013 Of all computers scanned around the world, 31.98pc of them contained malware, PandaLab’s 2012 Annual Security Report reveals. PandaLabs researchers estimate at least 27m new... -
Saongroup acquires Monster’s China division News
05.02.2013 Ireland-headquartered online HR company Saongroup has acquired ChinaHR.com, Monster Worldwide’s Chinese operation for an undisclosed sum. -
Twitter joins growing list of media websites to be hacked - 250k accounts compromised News
03.02.2013 It emerged over the weekend that as many as 250,000 Twitter accounts may have been compromised in a hacker attack. Twitter joins a growing array of major sites to be attacked in...Categories: Software & Web Development, Software, Social Media, Servers, Security, Internet, Digital Media -
Bill Shocker malware infects over 600,000 Android smartphones in China News
31.01.2013 One of the most costly viruses ever unleashed has been discovered and has already impacted more than 600,000 Android devices in China. The malware, which threatens to go global,... -
Hackers break into New York Times, steal employee passwords News
31.01.2013 The New York Times has claimed that hackers based in China managed to infiltrate its computer network and access employee emails. -
Computer programmer fired for outsourcing his own job to China News
17.01.2013 Somewhere out there, a US computer programmer might be looking for a new job now that he’s been sacked from his previous one for outsourcing his own work to a company in China.Categories: Careers and Employment, Computers, IT Management, Outsourcing, Risk Management, Security, Web -
Chinese clean-energy player Hanergy acquires solar PV maker MiaSole News
11.01.2013 Hanergy, one of China’s clean-energy giants, has bought the Californian manufacturer of thin-film solar photovoltaics (PV) MiaSole for an undisclosed sum.