Some 600 delegates from across Europe’s civil and private spheres have descended upon Dublin this morning for the start of the European Digital Agenda Assembly. For the next two days, workshops will be taking place at Dublin Castle to plot the next chapter in the EU’s digital agenda, with an emphasis on digital skills, entrepreneurship and achieving a digital single market.
Digital 21 19.Jun.2013 08:55
A new smartphone app developed by Acton BV provides users with a handy guide to the heritage trails of Ennis, the principal town of Co Clare.
Digital Life 19.Jun.2013 07:29
Citing the First Amendment, Google has petitioned the Federal Intelligence Surveillance Court to allow it to publish aggregate numbers of national US security requests. In the fallout over the Edward Snowden/PRISM affair, the internet giant is fighting to maintain the most vital component in its relationship with users: trust.
Strategy 19.Jun.2013 06:20
CarTrawler, the Irish-based online car rental platform, has its sights set on extending its global reach as the company has acquired the online assets of the car rental broker Holiday Autos. CarTrawler is now eying up 2.5m pro forma booking volumes per annum and gross sales of €500m, according to CEO Mike McGearty.
Business 19.Jun.2013 06:06
Transaction management software developer Openet has acquired University College Dublin (UCD) spin-out Forkstream for an undisclosed sum.
Business 19.Jun.2013 06:00
John Ashton, CBE, former special representative for Climate Change at the UK Foreign Office, is in Dublin for the Climate Gathering. He spoke to Ann O’Dea about climate change, politics and leadership.
Clean Tech 18.Jun.2013 17:05
In a collaboration between the South Korean mobile device manufacturer and the rap mogul from Brooklyn, select Samsung handset owners will be given the opportunity to get Jay-Z’s forthcoming album three days ahead of its official release, free of charge.
New Media 18.Jun.2013 15:24
Mainstream Renewable Power, the Irish solar and wind farm developer led by Eddie O’Connor, has been granted planning consent for the onshore cable works to connect its proposed stg£1.4bn offshore wind farm, dubbed Neart na Gaoithe, off the coastline of Fife, Scotland, to the national grid.
Clean Tech 18.Jun.2013 15:09
Every country in Europe needs to ensure that digital competency is all-pervasive, the chief executive of the Digital Hub in Dublin told a gathering of the heads of eight European digital clusters on the eve of the EU Digital Agenda Assembly at Dublin Castle tomorrow.
Digital 21 18.Jun.2013 15:07
Tech start-ups will have the chance to pitch in front of some of the world's top tech investors at PITCH, a new €500,000 search for the world’s top start-up at the Dublin Web Summit later this year. Start-ups will get to present at an event attended by major players, including the co-founder of Skype Niklas Zennström, Palintir Technologies’ Joe Lonsdale, Google Ventures’ Kevin Rose, Evernote board member Esther Dyson and renowned blogger Robert Scoble.
Start-ups 18.Jun.2013 14:45
For those of you anxiously counting down the days until Google Reader clocks out for good (that’s 13 sleeps at the time of writing), the good news is that Digg’s replacement will be ready ahead of the Google product’s demise on 26 June.
New Media 18.Jun.2013 13:57
Video games and software entrepreneur Dylan Collins’ next big venture Box of Awesome has begun shipping to Ireland. Box of Awesome, which offers the digital and 21st-century equivalent of the lucky bag, has already grown into a community of 100,000 boys and girls ages 8-14 in the UK.
New Media 18.Jun.2013 13:24
While Central America is part of the global transition to renewable energy, with the region a leader in hydropower and geothermal energy and most countries developing wind power projects, a new report from the Worldwatch Institute argues that the sub-continent is still not harvesting enough of its vast renewable energy resources.
Clean Tech 18.Jun.2013 13:16
Advertising giant WPP has taken a stake in Muzy, a Pinterest-like microblogging platform that has about 20m users.
New Media 18.Jun.2013 12:23
Ahead of the Digital Agenda Assembly this week, the Institute of International and European Affairs hosted a public conversation with Finland’s Digital Champion and co-founder of Rails Girls Linda Liukas.
Digital 21 18.Jun.2013 12:23
When some people try to espy the next big thing in social media, usually they look for an 18-year-old founder and software genius cloaked in fleece who is too cool for school or college. The last place they may look is in the direction of an entrepreneur with more than 30 years of starting technology and telecoms companies under his belt.
Start-ups 18.Jun.2013 11:31
