17.06.2013 Killarney, Co Kerry, is about to become the first town in Ireland to roll out complementary Wi-Fi to passers-by and tourists after signing a deal with Bitbuzz. The move follows the launch of Bitbuzz Freedom on Grafton Street in Dublin last year.
17.06.2013 It is gatherings galore in Dublin this week. As well as a meeting of Europe’s digital clusters in the Irish capital tomorrow, representatives from the IT, environmental and community space are descending upon Dublin today to start a three-day workshop about how to go about pursuing a low-carbon, digital economy.
13.06.2013 A new start-up called Propertygate, which is developing an online solution for the property management industry, is set to get access to a €30,000 investment fund after winning the Lift Off contest at the National Digital Research Centre (NDRC) in Dublin.
12.06.2013 University College Dublin (UCD) hosted its first-ever TEDx event today as 12 individuals connected with the college were asked to talk about the theme of foresight.
12.06.2013 Fergus McAuliffe, a post-graduate researcher at University College Cork (UCC), has beaten off competition from 20 other finalists from across Europe, Asia and Africa to win the FameLab science communication contest.
11.06.2013 Ireland’s Communications Minister Pat Rabbitte, TD, has appointed two new commissioners to telecoms regulator ComReg during what he describes as a “critical time” in the evolution of Ireland and Europe’s telecoms marketplace.
11.06.2013 Eleven Irish start-ups that have been incubating their businesses at Wayra Dublin, part of Telefónica’s global start-up accelerator, are today pitching their wares to potential investors and venture capitalists.
11.06.2013 At E3, consumer tech giant Sony unveiled a US$399 (€302) PlayStation 4 (PS4) that will go on sale this autumn. Sony revealed powerful hardware packaged in a sleek body along with a solid line-up of game titles, with 30 exclusive titles coming from SCE World Wide Studios.
06.06.2013 Aspiring entrepreneurs will be teaming up with designers, marketers and coders at Google’s Dublin offices this weekend for a 54-hour brainstorming session called Startup Weekend to pool their ideas for potential new start-ups.
31.05.2013 Telecoms operator O2 Ireland won the Grand Prix award at the 2013 Bord Gáis Social Media Awards in Dublin last night for demonstrating the best overall use of social media. As well as the Grand Prix, O2 Ireland picked up trophies earlier in the night for Best Integrated Social Media Campaign and Best Integrated Facebook Campaign.
