Categorised as: Web Development & News
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IEDR’s €150k OPTIMISE e-commerce fund seeks entries News
27.03.2013 SME and micro-business owners across Ireland who want boost their online presence in terms of e-commerce capability and functionality now have a chance to access €150,000 worth... -
Belfast-based Aurion Learning seeking to fill four new full-time roles News
14.03.2013 Online learning provider Aurion Learning has just announced the creation of four new permanent positions at its Belfast headquarters, with further jobs expected to be created in... -
Career memes of the week: web developers News
12.03.2013 The web would be a pretty dull and sparse place without web developers, so this time our career memes of the week turn the spotlight on those professionals who help give us a... -
The five minute CIO: Brian McIntyre News
08.02.2013 Sage Ireland’s head of R&D Brian McIntyre on why it’s better to be Agile when building a product to deliver good customer experience, and the challenge on moving from a... -
Pinterest to test new-look site with users News
29.01.2013 Online bulletin boards site Pinterest will be rolling out a new look to Pinterest.com to a small group of users soon, having taken users’ feedback into account in crafting the... -
Firefox OS developer preview phones coming in February from Geeksphone News
22.01.2013 The first handsets carrying Mozilla’s open-source operating system for the mobile web are coming in February, for developers to play around with and help the company to build... -
Open source cloud player Enovation partners with content giant Alfresco News
15.01.2013 Irish open-source software company Enovation, which specialises in enterprise content management, has forged a partnership with US content management player Alfresco, which... -
The technology business week: €150k to develop SMEs’ web presence, lawsuit against Nokia dismissed News
17.12.2012 A digest of the top business technology news stories from the past week.Categories: Web Development, Phones, Mobile, Mergers & Acquisitions, Legal, Leadership & Management, Internet, Financial, eCommerce, Deals Done, Consumer Tech -
IEDR to help small businesses develop their websites via €150k fund News
11.12.2012 Ireland’s .ie Domain Registry (IEDR) will make €150,000 available to 20 SMEs or micro-enterprises via its OPTIMISE fund in 2013 to help qualifying companies develop their online... -
Responsive design: are Irish websites ready for the next frontier of web design? News
28.11.2012 ‘Responsive design’ may sound like just another buzzword for the tech-savvy handbook, but with major websites making the shift to mobile-first adaptive design principles, it’s... -
pTools wins contract to makeover Canadian law firm’s website News
23.11.2012 Dublin-headquartered enterprise web content management provider pTools is overhauling a Canadian law firm’s website in a deal that employs pTools’ content management software... -
How to become a UXD (user experience designer) (infographic) News
22.11.2012 A career as a user experience designer marries tech knowledge with knowing what makes people tick, a new infographic on how to pursue a career in human-centred design reveals. -
Most online shoppers have little tolerance for slow speed, poor usability - survey News
20.11.2012 Every hassle-free minute counts when it comes to shopping online, according to a survey that suggests 56pc of consumers who spend more than two hours per week shopping online... -
CRH site named as one of the top 4 FTSE 100 corporate websites News
15.11.2012 Irish-headquartered CRH plc, one of the world’s largest building materials providers, has been shortlisted as one of the top 4 FTSE 100 corporate websites at the IR Society’s... -
Web dev firm BestSoft to create 10 new jobs in Dublin News
05.11.2012 Web and software development company BestSoft is to create 10 new jobs in Dublin in the coming year, growing its total headcount to 32 people, the company revealed today.Categories: Web Development, Web Design, Software Development, Software & Web Development, Software, Social Media, Internet, Development, Design, Apps -
Gangnam Style, hoop-offs and the Irish Web Awards News
02.11.2012 Last night was not just the battle of the Irish web mavens but also the battle of the awards shows as the Irish Web Awards and the Eircom Spiders went head to head – but only...Tags: Awards, Irish Web Awards -
20-year-old James Whelton named Internet Hero at the Spider Awards News
02.11.2012 To top what has been a remarkable year for 20-year-old entrepreneur James Whelton, the co-founder of the CoderDojo movement, he was last night named Internet Hero at the Golden...Categories: Web Development, Web Design, Web 2.0, Web, Software & Web Development, Education, Digital Media, Internet -
Interview: Mozilla Foundation chairperson Mitchell Baker on the future of the open source browser (video) News
19.10.2012 Firefox is one of the world’s top internet browsers. But behind the success of Firefox is the Mozilla Foundation, which as chairperson Mitchell Baker explains, is driven by its...Categories: Web Development, Web 2.0, Software & Web Development, Software, Internet, Funding, Financial, Digital Media, Communications -
Super friends Google, Apple, Facebook, Microsoft team up on definitive web resource (video) News
09.10.2012 While they may have their competitive differences, the world’s leading technology companies have a common problem when it comes to web development, which is why they’ve joined...Tags: Tim Berners-Lee, Web development, Developers, Google, Apple, Adobe, HP, Mozilla, Facebook, Nokia, Opera, Microsoft, -
Google showcases the possibilities of the Google Maps API (says, ‘naa naa na na naah, Apple’) News
04.10.2012 While many people use Google Maps directly through maps.google.com, the comprehensive mapping service is also used widely across the web via the Google Maps API. To demonstrate...