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Irish price comparison firm gets attention
Profitero, a start-up based in the Media Cube Dublin, specialising in competitor monitoring, recently released an infographic that got the immediate attention of Asda, Tesco, Amazon, Argos and Dixons in the UK. The infographic compared 17,697 prices from online retailers that were collected across the UK. Profitero is now targeting the Irish online retail market....
Silicon Valley cloud firm sets up European HQ in Dublin
Silicon Valley based cloud computing firm Marketo, will establish its European headquarters in Dublin. Founder and CEO of Marketo Phil Fernandez is in Dublin this week to discuss its plans with the IDA. The number of jobs, which are likely to be located in the Dublin area, have not been confirmed but the company has...
YouTube’s tutorial for copyright ‘villians’
As the saying goes, ‘Don’t shoot the messenger’, but when it comes to Google and its video site YouTube, the message is becoming increasingly clear – ‘shoot the messenger to protect the copyright holder’. YouTube is facing tougher and tougher criticism from US and global lawmakers for not ‘doing enough’ in the fight against online...
Click refreshes online and gets TV show
Click Media, the publisher of Click Magazine, has launched a new site Clickonline.com as well as a new TV show – ‘Click TV’. The new site and TV show will feature movie, gaming and gadget news & reviews. The Click TV show is produced in partnership with City Channel. This 30 minute show will be...
IBM worldwide director of Cloud strategy to speak in Dublin
For those interested in the Cloud the Cloud Computing Showcase will be held on Wednesday, 20th April at the National College of Ireland, IFSC, Dublin. Kevin Leahy, the IBM worldwide director of Cloud strategy will be flying into Dublin to speak at the event, hosted by CloudArena. “Kevin is at the absolute cutting edge of...
Pegbar event for budding animators
On Friday, the 15th of April 2011, Pegbar, the social network for animators in Ireland will host a series of short talks, in the Science Gallery, Naughton Institute, Pearse Street, Dublin 2. The event aims to give attendees an insight into the creativity and technology behind video animation. The organisers describe this as, “A must...
Irish online ad spend worth €110m
IAB Ireland and PwC have valued the Irish online advertising market at €110m up from €97m in 2009. This shows a year-on-year growth rate of 13.5%. All the online advertising formats studied saw increases. Display spend, grew from 26.6% in 2009 to 31% in 2010 while classified ads and paid-search ads now represent 25% and...
Majority of UK SMEs use social media for business
The majority of small and medium-sized enterprises in the UK are embracing social media as a means of conducting business. CRM (Customer Relationship Management) vendor Really Simple Systems surveyed 862 business owners* and found 62% now use social networking in everyday business. 92% of those using it, do so to keep in touch with existing...
Digital media sector confident of growth
At the launch of Digital Hub Development Agency’s ‘Best in Show’, Dr. Stephen Brennan, Director of Marketing and Strategy at The Digital Hub, said the competition highlights the opportunities that exist for creative and digital media graduates in Ireland. “A survey we conducted amongst companies located at The Digital Hub in recent months showed that...
Five start-ups get smart funding
Smart Start, an accelerator programme for high potential start-ups, has announced details of the first five Irish companies to receive its funding and support. Selected from over 150 applications, the five companies each received €12,000 in seed funding and will now embark on a four month programme of business and financial mentoring. The chosen five...
Thinking about drinking
The fourth annual DARE2BDRINKAWARE.ie awards ceremony was held in Dublin last night. This year’s competition highlighted how students can use digital technologies and social media to comment on young people’s attitudes to drinking. An online, interactive comic – where readers can make drinking choices on behalf of the ‘hero’ – and a ‘Big Brother’ style...
Portfolio Night for aspiring ad creatives
Calling all young, wannabe ad creatives – the Ogilvy Group will host Dublin’s Portfolio Night 9, for the second year running. Portfolio Night is the world’s largest simultaneous advertising portfolio review event and the Irish event will take place in Ogilvy’s Dublin offices, Ely Place, Dublin 2 on Thursday evening, May 26. The idea behind...
