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Ten Irish firms get €10,000 to build good websites
The IE Domain Registry (IEDR) has announced the ten recipients of the company’s €100,000 OPTIMISE Fund. The fund was set up to help qualifying SMEs and micro-enterprises to upgrade their existing online presence and incorporate an ecommerce functionality. The ten recipients, who will each receive €10,000 worth of professional technical and marketing support with which...
Credit where it’s due – new Blogger looks cool
Back in August, Google said it was going to rebuild the back end of Blogger, its blogging solution. Well, it did and all we can say is well done. Very cool. The new update ‘Dynamic views’ should give WordPress, Tumblr and even Facebook something to think about. There are seven new templates and they all...
‘All human life is there …’
Facebook’s changes and additions (announced at f8) were big, much bigger than many expected. The Open Graph includes all kinds of apps to do with one’s lifestyle – media, movies, music, TV, news, books and more. Lifestyle apps will mean Facebook users can keep track of every tiny detail of their lives and share all...
RTÉ optimises its mobile site using HTML5
RTÉ has redesigned its mobile site – m.rte.ie. The site is now optimised for current and ‘next generation’ smartphones including iPhone, iPad, Android, Blackberry and a variety of others mobile devices with Webkit or Opera based web browsers. The site has been updated with improved touch screen support and larger smartphone displays in mind. It...
Global technology summit for Ireland
Concern Worldwide will host the 10th annual NetHope Global Member Summit at the Intel Innovation Centre in Leixlip, Co. Kildare from 7th to 11th of November 2011. This international summit will bring together chief information officers (CIOs) and other technology leaders from the non-profit sector, and senior management and executive leadership from leading technology companies....
Irish app translation firm launches in US
Tethras, an Irish mobile app localisation firm, has announced the launch of its offering in the U.S. market and the opening of an office in Mountain View, California. The company started in Nova UCD. Tethras provides mobile app developers with a way to translate apps into over forty languages. By using Tethras, mobile developers can...
Metro Herald produces Augmented Reality newspaper
Metro Herald and 3e’s fyi. programme have teamed up to introduce ‘blippar’ into the Irish market and produce “the world’s first Augmented Reality-enabled newspaper”. For this week, Metro Herald will produce five ‘smart editions’ of the augmented reality-enabled newspaper, where the blippar technology has been used across selected editorial content and advertising. In partnership with...
Integrating Nokia apps into your car
Nokia’s new Car Mode app means Nokia smartphone users will be able to access and use Nokia Drive (voice-guided car navigation with Nokia Maps), traffic updates, music and voice calls while driving. The app uses the MirrorLink platform*. The app will be available for download from the Ovi Store in Q4 2011 for Nokia smartphones...
Accelerator time
The fourth National Digital Research Centre (NDRC) LaunchPad programme has begun this week with 15 high-potential digital start-ups participating over the next 12 weeks. To date 30 start-up companies have taken part in NDRC’s LaunchPad, with 30% of participating companies securing follow-on investment so far. Recently ranked as the 6th best Accelerator Programme in Europe,...
A digital wine experience
WinesMadeEasy.ie is the latest online business launched by Eamonn Grant, the founder of the successful FlowersMadeEasy.ie. WinesMadeEasy claims to be Ireland’s most interactive and socially active online wine store. Customers can read reviews, watch videos and see who liked a wine on Facebook or +1d it on Google. “We want people to get involved in...
Heystaks reaches final seven of international app competition
Vodafone has unveiled the seven mobile internet start-ups that will go on to the final of the Vodafone Mobile Clicks 2011 competition. They are: Republic of Ireland: HeyStaks is a one-stop mobile social search solution, combining the best of community and search engine recommendations to get you more personalised and relevant results. Germany: Wunderlist is...
Net Visionary Awards open for voting
The Irish Internet Association (IIA) has announced the shortlist for this year’s Dot ie Net Visionary Awards. Online voting is now open. The IIA awards has a new headline sponsor in IE Domain Registry Limited (IEDR), new categories, a new venue and a record number of entries. The new categories include Best Open Data Initiative...
