Tagged: Deals & News
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Salesforce.com snaps up social bookmarking start-up Clipboard News
10.05.2013 Cloud software giant Salesforce.com has acquired social bookmarking service Clipboard in a deal valued between US$10m and US$20m. -
Israeli news claims Facebook and Waze are in final talks for US$1bn takeover News
09.05.2013 Just over a year after it was announced that Facebook would shell out US$1bn for photo-sharing app Instagram, the social network is apparently gearing up for a second... -
Seasoned start-up co-founders put the detail back into retail News
16.04.2013 Sometimes in life it is the journey and not the destination that matters the most. That could be said of Conall Lavery, a seasoned Irish technology executive who sold his IT... -
OPINION: Customer ruthlessness dominates innovation News
16.03.2013 Theo Levitt is right that creativity is thinking up new things while innovation is doing new things. However, Watts Humphrey is more right when he reminds us that innovation is... -
Cyber Monday deals for Irish shoppers hit the web News
26.11.2012 In the wake of Black Friday comes Cyber Monday, its online equivalent. While many online shoppers have been availing of US Thanksgiving-style deals since last week, we’ve... -
Microsoft invests US$300m into Barnes & Noble e-book subsidiary News
30.04.2012 Microsoft has partnered with book retailer Barnes & Noble, investing US$300m to create a new subsidiary focusing squarely at the e-reading market. The deal will also see a Nook... -
Three teams up with x-Mobility to offer MVNO connectivity News
28.02.2012 Mobile network Three has signed a deal with x-Mobility to act as a mobile virtual network aggregator (MVNA), offering a white label branded mobile virtual network operator... -
Google Latitude leaderboards to rival Foursquare? News
20.02.2012 Google’s latest update for Google Maps on Android now offers points when users check into locations with Latitude, allowing them to compete with others on a leaderboard, similar... -
Dublin telecoms tech firm wins deal in Sudan News
13.02.2012 Dublin-based telecoms technology company i-conX Solutions has been chosen to deploy its routing optimisation technology by Sudanese telecoms company Canar.Categories: Networking & Telecoms, Investments, Financial, Deals Done, Database, Communications, Business Intelligence -
More people sought cheap cosmetic surgery online last year, data shows News
26.01.2012 The amount of people who have gone online to find inexpensive cosmetic surgery procedures has been highest in the past year than any other year, data released by discount... -
Mozilla extends Google search agreement for Firefox News
21.12.2011 Mozilla has extended its revenue agreement with Google, which will keep it as the default search provider for the Firefox web browser for the next three years. -
EMC signs cloud infrastructure deal with United Drug News
16.12.2011 EMC has signed a deal with healthcare provider United Drug to move its IT infrastructure and its data to the cloud. -
Deals done this past week News
10.10.2011 An overview of the week in deals in the Irish and global technology sector. -
Sony looking to take full control of Sony Ericsson? News
07.10.2011 Sony is rumoured to be close to a deal to gain full control of Sony Ericsson, 10 years after Sony and Ericsson created the 50-50 mobile phone joint venture.Tags: Sony, Sony Ericsson, Ericsson, Media, Gaming, Mobile Gaming, Smartphones, Smartphone, OS, deals -
The digital business week News
10.10.2011 A digest of the top business and technology news stories from the past week.Tags: Apple, Steve Jobs, iPhone 4S, Samsung, PCH International, China, website, deals, Microsoft, Zune, -
RIM acquires Irish software company NewBay - report News
07.10.2011 BlackBerry creator RIM has reportedly acquired Irish software company NewBay in a deal worth US$100m and will keep NewBay’s current headquarters in Dublin, which employs 200 staff. -
Schibsted acquires 50pc stake of DoneDeal News
30.09.2011 Irish online classifieds site DoneDeal has completed an investment deal with the Schibsted Media Group, which sees Schibsted take just a 50.09pc stake of DoneDeal. -
Google: Microsoft using deal to 'extort profit' from Samsung News
29.09.2011 Google has hit out against Microsoft’s recent patent deal, which sees Samsung pay royalties to Microsoft for every Android device sold.Tags: Samsung, Android, Google, Microsoft, Smartphones, Smartphone, Mobile, Patents, deals, Law, Legal, Windows Phone -
MenuPages deals fill 3,500 restaurant seats in a month News
22.09.2011 Set up by Ray Egan in 2007, food lovers’ site MenuPages.ie launched a deals aspect to its site four weeks ago, which has filled more than 3,500 seats in restaurants. -
Google to take on Groupon in Europe News
19.09.2011 Google has acquired a Berlin-based deals of the day website called DailyDeal that may see it bring the deals battle to Groupon in Europe.Categories: Wireless Communications, Social Media, Mobility, Mobile, Mergers & Acquisitions, eCommerce