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Mobile advertising handbook published
IAB Ireland has published a mobile advertising handbook to help its members plan a mobile strategy. It is expected that there will be a 50% growth in smartphone ownership in the next 12 months in the Irish market. Smartphones could overtake desktop ownership within 12 months. Advertisers have told us that they want to equip...
How social media is changing the global ad industry
More and more advertising money is being pumped into social networks worldwide with Facebook taking the lion’s share. Money made from virtual currency and subscription services are set to grow to $15 billion next year and double that figure by 2015. Let’s look at some of the global forecasts by reputable market research firms: Gartner...
Irish venture capital tech funds could dry up
Irish tech firms seem to be attracting healthy interest from venture capitalists and investors. In the six months to June 2011 Irish technology companies raised €161.9m from investors. This is an increase of 58% on the same period last year, according to the Irish Venture Capital Association (IVCA) VenturePulse survey just published. Maurice Roche, chairman...
Majority of IT workers feel ‘numb’, ‘unchallenged’, ‘frustrated’ and ‘underpaid’
76% of IT professionals across Ireland intend to leave their current job in the next three years. ‘Numb,’ ‘unchallenged,’ ‘frustrated’ and ‘underpaid’ were words used by the IT professionals to describe their work. “I was stunned at this high level. It highlights the ‘new’ relationship to employment. These skilled and bright people need to be...
Chrome Remote Desktop – a new way of doing things
Maybe Chrome is not your favorite browser, but nobody can deny that the number of useful applications developed by Google is huge, and always increasing. One such application (in beta mode) is Chrome Remote Desktop, a unique extension for Chrome users, that allows users to control several computers remotely from their browser. It´s important to...
Looking to set up shop on Facebook?
As any seasoned digital media watcher knows, one of Facebook’s main ambitions is to become the largest online market place in the world. It has opened its platform to retailers of all kinds and there are plenty of companies busy creating solutions for those who want ‘Facebook shops’. One of the latest, Ondango, has caught...
Tech leaders to advise Irish Government
The Irish Technology Leadership Group’s (ITLG)* latest initiative promises to create a pool of global industry and technology leaders who will volunteer to serve on relevant Irish state boards until 2016 without remuneration. The objective of the Diaspora 2016 initiative is to make available to the Government a list of, at least, 100 highly qualified...
InfiniLED wins €100,000 in funding
InfiniLED, a company that has developed a next generation LED technology (µLED) which produces light more efficiently than conventional LEDs, has won the 2011 ITLG University Challenge held at its 4th annual Silicon Valley Comes to Ireland event that took place in DCU last night. Success at the Dragon’s-Den-style challenge gives InfiniLED the opportunity to...
€4.4 million invested in NDCR start ups
Companies graduating from the National Digital Research Centre are attracting investment. The NDCR’s annual report for 2010-2011 reveals €4.4 million was invested by third parties in NDRC-based technologies. What’s more, the NDRC portfolio includes over a dozen emerging firms with a combined market capital value of €25 million. 36 sustainable jobs are being created from...
iPhone users consume huge amount of apps
Market research commissioned by mobile solutions provider Púca shows that despite the downturn, demand for the latest smartphones amongst adults remains strong with more than half (54%) claiming ownership of a smartphone. On the day that Apple announces its latest iPhone, the research* shows that 28% of smartphone equipped adults have one of the devices...
Independent Digital teams with Stepstone on jobs site
Independent Digital has launched a new jobs portal, Findajob.ie, in conjunction with European online recruiter, Stepstone. Findajob.ie will target high quality jobs in management, professional services, engineering, IT and executive positions. Jobs by recruiters can be posted online as well as in the Irish Independent, Sunday Independent and Evening Herald. Over 3,000 jobs will be...
Irish students want to work remotely if they enter corporate life
Third level business students in Ireland believe they should be able to work remotely once they enter the corporate environment and multiple mobile devices are used as a matter of course in their daily lives. A survey, conducted by Citrix Systems Ireland, examined the opinions and preferences of current third level business students. The research...
