Category Archives: Business

O2 announces data plans for the iPad

Tuesday, 20 July 2010 11:28
Written by Stephen

O2 announced it will offer dedicated data plans for iPad with Wi-Fi + 3G in Ireland. The iPad data tariffs will be available without a minimum term contract and include free access to Bitbuzz Wi-Fi hotspots in Ireland. The O2 micro SIM pack for iPad will contain full set up and registration details and customers will [...]

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Has Amazon gone bananas?

Thursday, 8 July 2010 10:43
Written by Edward

Has Amazon lost the plot? It’s all very well selling discount books, CDs and films online but now it has started selling groceries online in the UK and Germany. Those of us long enough in the tooth to recall the heady days of the first dot.com boom were witness to the spectacular fall of US [...]

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WebActivate aims to build hundreds of websites for Irish SMEs

Thursday, 1 July 2010 11:39
Written by Stephen

“Many Irish businesses are losing customers every day because they have not embraced digital technologies,” said Dr. Stephen Brennan, director of marketing and strategy of the Digital Hub at the launch of a new project aimed at getting Irish businesses online. Dr. Brennan said there are at least 30,000 businesses in Ireland that need to get [...]

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Collaborative networks – start building them

Monday, 28 June 2010 11:30
Written by Stephen

Building collaborative networks is key to Ireland becoming an innovation island. That was the key message delivered at the InterTradeIreland’s 2010 All-island Innovation Conference. Most speakers at the conference agreed that such network “are essential to drive innovation and to develop a dynamic and indigenous knowledge-based economy”. During the keynote address, Professor Woody Powell, a leading [...]

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Viacom fails to sue YouTube for $1 billion

Friday, 25 June 2010 10:05
Written by Stephen

Viacom has lost its cased against YouTube for copyright infringement. Viacom was suing the Google-owned video site for damages of $1 billion for what it saw as widespread copyright violations. Viacom, which owns properties such as Paramount Pictures, MTV and BET, started the law suit three years ago, however,

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