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New social network for Irish language users
Here’s something for fans and students of the Irish language – Abair Leat! is a new social network dedicated to Gaeilge. The network is currently calling on anyone with an interest in the Irish language or interested in learning Irish to become beta testers. The aim of the network is to transform learners into users....
Chrome overtakes Firefox for the first time
Google’s browser Chrome overtook Firefox for the first time globally on a monthly basis in November, according to StatCounter, the website analytics company. StatCounter Global Stats shows that Chrome took 25.69% of the worldwide market (up from 4.66% in November 2009) compared to Firefox’s 25.23%. Microsoft’s Internet Explorer still maintains a strong lead globally with...
A new era for online video
The way people consume video is changing and changing fast. New research by Marc Gosschalk, a senior analyst with comScore, suggests 1.2 billion people worldwide watched on average 18 hours of online video each in October 2011. Russia (43.1 million unique viewers), Germany (42.7m) and France (36.6m) lead the way in Europe in terms of...
Want a job as an IT consultant? Version 1 is hiring
Irish IT consulting firm Version 1 is recruiting. The consultancy and outsourced managed services firm plans to recruit 90 more people in 2012. It recently opened its new corporate headquarters at Millennium House, Millennium Walkway, in Dublin city centre. “Our growth plans are on track with annual turnover increasing by 40% to €25M this year....
WordPress launches WordAds – high quality ads for blogs
Blogging. A waste of time or just a form of self expression that some people crave? Either way there are very few bloggers who make money from their efforts. Why? Because most big advertisers don’t advertise on blogs (unless you create the next Mashable or aspire to be PerezHilton). Now, the planet’s most popular blogging...
Digital Santas will spend €257 million this Christmas
Irish shoppers will spend approximately €257 million buying gifts online in the run up to Christmas 2011. The busiest day for web shopping in Ireland is Monday 28th November. The reasons? Monthly salaries are paid and people take the online delivery times into consideration. Visa Europe, which carried out surveys across Europe and in Ireland...
ZAPA rescued and now focused on ‘mobile wallets’
Zapa Technology has been rescued from liquidation by tech businessman Brendan McDonagh. McDonagh has taken control of the firm with support from Tom Morrisroe and the VC fund Delta Partners. The new owners will invest €1.1 million to support the recruitment of 15 new employees for research and development, sales and marketing, and customer services...
‘Hack the City’ – Dublin becomes Europe’s ‘City of Science 2012’
Science Gallery at Trinity College Dublin has launched its 2012 programme of exhibitions, events and workshops. Dublin, as you may know, is Europe’s City of Science 2012. Summer 2012 will see Dublin become “an urban playground for hackers and innovators”. A major interactive exhibition and festival called Hack the City will be organised by Science...
Tethras hires as demand for translation services grows
Irish start up Tethras, which allows app developers to easily adapt their software into over 40 languages, has grown to 16 staff members within the last six months. The company, founded in 2010 by Brian Farrell and Brendan Clavin, provides the world’s first localisation-as-a-service platform for mobile application developers. Among the recent hires are Matthew...
New cloud telephony service for big firms
Telefónica Ireland, owners of the O2 brand, has launched a new service which will allow Irish private and public sector organisations outsource their telecoms infrastructure to the cloud. Called O2 Unified Communications, and launched in collaboration with Cisco, the service allows businesses to combine their fixed and mobile telephone, voice mail, instant messaging and video...
Financial software firm to open R&D centre in Dublin
Software development firm Misys will establish a new R&D team in Dublin, creating 35 new jobs. Misys is a developer of software solutions for the financial services industry. The company already employs over 100 people in Dublin at its two software development centres; Misys International Banking Systems Limited and Sophis Technology (Ireland) Limited. A dedicated...
Digital Hub to be merged with either Enterprise Ireland or the IDA
As part of this government’s public sector reform, the Digital Hub Development Agency will be merged with either Enterprise Ireland or the IDA in 2012. The Digital Hub Development Agency says the merger will involve a transition of the management of the Digital Hub but this, it said, “will not impact on the tenancy arrangements...
