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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...
Sky Movies app for iOS launched
Sky Movies is now available for iOS smartphones and tablets. It is already available online. Sky’s movies on demand, Sky Go app is now available for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. Sky Movies subscribers using Sky Go can stream movies on demand via a Wi-Fi connection. Sky says 3G capability will be introduced by the...
Is privacy dead or is it the world’s latest currency?
Advertisers once had to rely on clever words and interesting pictures to capture imaginations, build their brands and sell their wares. As consumer culture gathered pace in the 50s and 60s and the market became flooded with thousands of versions of the same thing, the brand became king. As giant brands were built, advertising became...
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...
Cloud firm Ammeon announces new jobs
Irish cloud software company Ammeon is creating 75 new jobs at its global headquarters in Dublin. 46 of the posts have already been filled in the past few weeks, however, the firm now intends to complement these, “in early 2012 with twenty jobs for both graduates and returning emigrants, as new customer contracts agreements are...
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...
VCs invited to network with NDCR start-ups
The National Digital Research Centre (NDRC) has invited venture capital (VC) and angel investors to join the audience at the ‘Lift-Off’ half day competition taking place at the NDRC on the 8th December from 8.30am. 15 early stage digital start-up companies currently participating in NDRC’s LaunchPad Accelerator will pitch to a panel of committed venture...
‘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...
Microsoft’s purchase of VideoSurf hints at future of TV
Microsoft’s acquisition of video search firm VideoSurf (for $100m) gives an indication of how it intends to develop its Bing search engine but also how it sees Xbox Live developing. VideoSurf specialises in video search technology that scans video sites for results – sites like DailyMotion, YouTube, Metacafe and Hulu. It has developed to include...
Electric Media partners with world’s largest video ad network
Electric Media, Ireland’s largest digital advertising company, has announced a partnership with the world’s largest video ad network, BrightRoll. With a global reach of 120+ million unique viewers, and 38% of all online viewers in the UK, BrightRoll has access to more unique viewers online in the UK than YouTube, Sky and ITV combined. “Brightroll’s...
