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Contract-free broadband arrives
Broadband provider Magnet says it is first to the Irish market with a contract-free broadband service. The product, ‘Simply Broadband’, costs €40 per month. It delivers up to 24Mb download speeds, has no usage limits and is available to 650,000 homes throughout Ireland. “People are reluctant to get tied into a contract but, when it...
Irish online adspend surges to €65m
Online advertising spend in Ireland has ‘bucked the recession’ and increased by 20% for the first half of 2011 (H1), compared to 2010. €65 million was spent online by Irish advertisers while spend on other media in H1 2011 has been valued by Nielsen at €443.4m down 1.5% year on year. Online adspend brings the...
Towards Ireland’s digital horizon
An international forum was held at Farmleigh House recently. It was called ‘Future Forum’ and its aim was to create an action plan for ‘digital inclusion’ in Ireland. Put simply, digital inclusion means involving more people of all ages and socio-economic backgrounds in the digital world. The event was co-hosted by Dublin City Council. Peter...
Inside the mind of a cybercriminal
Ever wondered what goes on in the mind of a ‘cybercriminal’? Well, now’s your chance. Tomorrow, (Wed 9th November) a seminar called ‘Innovative Exploitation of Human Behaviour by Cybercriminals’ will be held in The Institute of Art, Design and Technology (IADT)’s Atrium Building, room A019. Andrew Power and Dr. Gráinne Kirwan will present. The lecture...
Google+ opens Pages to book businesses
Google is now trying to attract businesses to its fledgling social network Google+ by launching Google+ Pages. It is described by Google simply as “a way for organisations and businesses to connect with customers and fans”. Google has already succeeded in getting big star names like Burberry, O2, Angry Birds, Chelsea Football Club, Barcelona Football...
International tech summit starts in Kildare
Today (November 7th), sees the opening of a week-long international technology summit in Leixlip, Co Kildare. The 10th annual NetHope Global Member Summit is hosted by Concern Worldwide. Senior management from leading technology companies will meet with tech leaders and professionals drawn from NetHope’s membership of 33 of the world’s key humanitarian, development and emergency...
Blue Cube’s Lottery win
Blue Cube Interactive has won the digital strategy, project management, creative and design account for Lottery.ie after a competitive five way pitch. The digital agency will assist in the strategic development of the lottery on web, mobile and social channels. It will also project manage all elements of the web site development and hosting and...
The Winners of The Appys 2011
The winners of the 2011 Appys have been announced. Congratulations to MailOnline for iPad, the Grand Prix winner of the Appys 2011 with Carphone Warehouse. This year’s awards received over 250 entries and was opened up to entries from Facebook apps and iPad apps. Other notable winners include the best business app – Adverts.ie, the...
How Microsoft imagines 2020
How do you imagine the year 2020? Flying cars obviously and Richard Branson will probably open his first Moon hotel, ‘The Virgin Moon Rooms’. There will be 10 billion people living on earth and the biggest threat to humanity will come from computer viruses rather than biological ones. Oh, and everyone will have a smartphone...
New MD at Cawley Nea
Deirdre Waldron is the new managing director of the Cawley Nea\TBWA group of companies, replacing Brian Swords who is taking up a senior position with sister agency TBWA\Shanghai, the network’s agency in China. Waldron was previously MD of Agency.com, the group’s digital agency. Brian Swords first joined the advertising firm in 1993 and became managing...
The Mad Cows of Ireland
Keg Kartoonz, an animation production company based at Media Cube, IADT and creator of the popular Fadó Fadó series, will produce a new fifteen part animation series to be broadcast on RTÉ2 TV starting 7th November 2011. The Mad Cows, which aims to become a cult classic, is aimed at 6-10 year olds but its...
Real time digital ad network enters Irish market
The real-time digital advertising network Jemm Group is entering the Irish market. The company is to form a partnership with Flashpoint Ireland and will be headed by Elaine Bresnan who will act as Country Manager for Ireland. Bresnan, who has extensive experience in the digital publishing sector, will work with Flashpoint’s commercial director and general...
