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 as physicist Stephen Hawking and space skydiver Felix Baumgartner at the inaugural Innovation Luminary Awards in Dublin.
21.May.2013 16:22
A hearing will take place in the US Senate today to examine the strategies employed by multinational corporations to shift profits offshore in order to avoid taxes. Specifically, Apple and its Irish subsidiaries will be in the hot seat, as a report claims the tech giant is using Ireland as a “tax haven”.
21.May.2013 11:55
Challenging economic conditions in Europe have hit telecoms giant Vodafone’s annual revenues for the year ended 31 March, dropping 4.4pc to stg£44.4bn, after the company cut prices in Europe to try and retain customers.
21.May.2013 08:52
Alexander Osterwalder’s Business Model Canvas is today employed by companies worldwide, from Ericsson to General Electric, but it all began as a PhD dissertation back in the mid-Noughties. Osterwalder was in Dublin today and spoke to Ann O’Dea.
20.May.2013 19:34
Internet giant Yahoo! has ended days of speculation and announced its intent to acquire online blogging platform Tumblr for US$1.1bn.
20.May.2013 13:34
Cloud-based marketing software provider Marketo went public on Friday with a highly successful market debut.
20.May.2013 12:41
A digest of the top business technology news stories from the past week.
20.May.2013 10:59
In our round-up of some of the top tech stories from the weekend, a former Google executive claims to have proof the internet search giant has avoided tax in the UK, Facebook focuses on mobile a year after its IPO, and a Saudi cleric says Twitter will damn your soul.
20.May.2013 09:39
The board of Yahoo! has reportedly agreed a US$1.1bn all-cash deal to buy the six-year-old social blogging service Tumblr, according to US media reports.
20.May.2013 09:10
Europe must increase the size of its manufacturing sector and lead in energy efficiency, technology innovation and addressing the changing consumption patterns of consumers if it is to remain internationally competitive, a new study suggests.
20.May.2013 07:00
Technology companies scheduled to release their financial results this week.
20.May.2013 06:00
Stripe, the payment platform for developers led by the Collison brothers from Limerick, will launch first in Ireland before the rest of Europe.
19.May.2013 20:18
Irish companies involved in this week’s Enterprise Ireland trade mission to Poland and the Czech Republic have secured new contracts with a potential value of €17m.
17.May.2013 13:25
Yahoo! is believed to be in acquisition talks with social blogging site Tumblr in a deal estimated to be worth up to US$1bn.
17.May.2013 07:33
The former CEO and president of Intel Dr Craig Barrett, who presided over Intel’s original decision to locate major manufacturing operations in Ireland and resulting in some €7bn worth of investment, was this week presented with a Certificate of Irish Heritage at the ITLG Global Technology Leaders Summit.
17.May.2013 06:30
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 next couple of weeks and merchants will honour all acquired coupons.
15.May.2013 16:21
#OI2Dublin – Interview with Alexander Osterwalder of Business Model Canvas fame (video)
#OI2Dublin - Digital economy is actual economy, IIA CEO and award winner Joan Mulvihill says
Vodafone reports 4.4pc fall in full-year revenues to stg£44.4bn
US senator deems Ireland the ‘Holy Grail of tax avoidance’ following Apple investigation
