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Weekend news round-up: anti-CISPA web blackout; US to tax the internet? News
22.04.2013 In our trawl through the weekend’s best tech stories, it has emerged that the US Senate is about to vote on legislation to give states the power to tax online purchases; how...Categories: Web, Software & Web Development, Software, Social Media, Internet, Financial, Economy, eCommerce, Digital Media, Digital Business -
Tech start-up of the week: UrParts.com News
21.04.2013 Our start-up of the week is UrParts.com, a new website set up by siblings Sonya and Simon Fitzpatrick to bring the spare parts industry into the digital age. The site allows...Tags: website, Agriculture, -
#DIF13 – Open governments can make their nations more entrepreneurial (video) News
19.04.2013 By embracing open data and providing citizens with fair and equitable access to knowledge, nations can empower a new generation of entrepreneurs, Emer Coleman told this...Categories: Software & Web Development, Mobility, Mobile, Internet, Government, Database, Data Management, Apps -
Cork ‘Does the Math’ to solve STEM issues in girls’ schools News
18.04.2013 Concerned industry and business leaders in Cork have banded together to raise awareness of the importance of science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) in girls’ schools....Categories: Upskilling, Software & Web Development, Software, Science, Internet, Engineering, Engineer, Education -
#DIF13 – 50pc of businesses will have their own app stores by 2020, says Gartner VP News
19.04.2013 In five years’ time, at least half of most enterprises will have their own app store to host the firms’ apps, as well as apps created by workers themselves to get the job done...Categories: Software & Web Development, Software, Phones, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Digital Business, Consumer Tech, Computers, CIO, Apps -
Enterprise Ireland CEO Frank Ryan to step down News
19.04.2013 After 10 years at the helm of Enterprise Ireland, the agency’s chief executive Frank Ryan is to retire in November, sparking the hunt for a new CEO.Categories: Software & Web Development, Software, Social Media, R&D, Private Irish Business, Life Sciences, Investments, Internet, Funding, Economy, Development -
Microsoft’s bold bet on cloud pays off as software giant reports US$20.49bn Q3 revenues News
18.04.2013 Microsoft said the bold bets it took on cloud are beginning to pay dividends. The company today reported third-quarter revenues of US$20.49bn and a US$6bn profit. -
Jobs boost for Limerick - 60 new software jobs via ACI investment News
19.04.2013 Limerick woke up to the good news this morning that ACI Worldwide Inc is to create 60 new jobs with the expansion of its Software Development Centre in the city.Categories: Software & Web Development, Software, Investments, Internet, eCommerce, Digital Media, Digital Business -
Google reports Q1 revenues of US$14bn and net profit of US$3.48bn News
18.04.2013 Internet giant Google reported Q1 revenues of US$14bn, resulting in a net profit of US$3.48bn, which CEO Larry Page said was due to solid execution of the company’s product... -
Twitter #Music app to go live online and in iOS App Store today News
18.04.2013 Starting today, Twitter’s anticipated music-discovery app Twitter #Music will be available online and for the iPhone through Apple’s App Store.Categories: Web, Software & Web Development, Software, Social Media, Phones, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Internet, Digital Media, Apps -
Intel buys API player Mashery for an estimated US$180m News
18.04.2013 Tech giant Intel has acquired Mashery, a provider of API technology that helps major brands, including the Guardian, USA Today, Klout and Rovi, use APIs to build new revenue... -
Semantic web breakthrough could make sense of big data faster News
17.04.2013 The first fruits of a research collaboration between the ICT giant Fujitsu and the Digital Enterprise Research Institute (DERI) at NUI Galway could be about to pave the way for...Categories: Web, Software Development, Software & Web Development, Science, Internet, Data Management -
Facebook brings Chat Heads to the iPhone and iPad News
17.04.2013 Owners of iOS devices who worry they might be losing out by not being able to get Facebook's new Chat Heads shall fear not! Facebook has brought its game-changing Chat Heads... -
Microsoft strikes at Amazon’s cloud infrastructure heartland News
16.04.2013 Amazon’s status as the enabler of cloud infrastructure for start-ups and organisations striving for flexibility is to be threatened by Microsoft, which has just announced its...Categories: Web, Virtualisation, Software & Web Development, Software, Servers, R&D, Internet, Enterprise Applications, Enterprise, Digital Business, Data Centre, Apps -
Exit from troika will boost IDA’s efforts overseas – O’Leary News
16.04.2013 Ireland’s planned exist from the ‘troika’ lending programme later this year will provide a reputational boost overseas, the CEO of IDA Ireland Barry O’Leary explained, helping... -
Time to nurture the creative passion of a new generation of coders (video) News
16.04.2013 The gathering of CoderDojo mentors at DojoCon 2013 at Slane Castle in Co Meath at the weekend demonstrated the mentors’ resolve to instill a passion for creativity and...Categories: Upskilling, Training, Software & Web Development, Software, Games/Entertainment, Education, Economy, Digital Media -
Free TechElevate programme launches to help job-seekers break into IT News
16.04.2013 The Dublin-based Digital Skills Academy is launching a free programme called TechElevate to help graduate job-seekers of ICT and computing courses upskill in order to work in... -
Google reveals the tech specs behind Glass – 16GB storage, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth News
16.04.2013 The tech specs for Google’s forthcoming wearable computing device Google Glass are out. The first big revelation is that the eyewear won’t actually be cellular but will interact...Categories: Wireless Communications, Software & Web Development, Software, Phones, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Hardware, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, Computers, Apps -
Tweak.com's Jerry Kennelly: Ireland needs to become a land of coders and scholars News
15.04.2013 The saints and scholars tag for Ireland is defunct – it now needs to be known as the land of ‘coders and scholars’, Kerry technology entrepreneur Jerry Kennelly told DojoCon,... -
Major brute force attack against WordPress under way News
12.04.2013 A large distributed brute force attack against WordPress sites is understood to be occurring. A large botnet with more than 90,000 servers is attempting to log in by cycling...