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Social media account wins for BespokeWithDirection
Communications agency, BespokeWithDirection has won the social media accounts for both Denny and the Fitzwilliam Hotel, following competitive pitches. Both Denny and The Fitzwilliam Hotel are PR clients of BespokeWithDirection, but the agency was required to pitch for Denny’s Social Media business and to re-pitch for The Fitzwilliam Hotel account in three way pitches. BespokeWithDirection,...
Job opps for digital media graduates
Job opportunities in Ireland’s digital media industry will be highlighted at the launch of a Digital Hub competition for final-year college students. The launch of ‘Best in Show’ takes place tomorrow (www.thedigitalhubexhibit.com/bestinshow) and is organised each year by the Digital Hub Development Agency (DHDA). Final-year digital media and creative students are invited to submit samples...
Facebook pokes the Chinese giant
Sohu.com has reported that Facebook has signed a deal with Chinese social network giant Baidu.com to establish another, separate social network in China. The new social network won’t initially be integrated with Facebook’s international service. Facebook has been trying to get a foothold in the Chinese market for some time now and the deal represents...
Les Travel D’Or for Discoverireland.com
Tourism Ireland won the top prize for ‘Best Tourist Board Website’ at the French hospitality industry’s ‘Les Travel D’Or’ awards. Some 40,000 internet users from around France took part in this year’s voting, as well as a panel of media and web experts. France is the fourth-largest tourist market for the island of Ireland, delivering...
.ie registrations exceed 10,000 in Q1
.ie registrations exceeded 10,000 in a three month period for the first time. Registrations for Quarter 1 2011 were 10,183 which represents a 5.5% increase on the corresponding quarter last year and an 18.5% increase on registrations in the last quarter of 2010. The total number of .ie domains now stands at 160,000. The IEDR’s...
QR codes and the quarter finals
Heineken, using QR codes in the national press, is offering video previews of the Heineken Cup quarter finals for this weekend’s matches. Fans can scan the codes that will appear across print media to download a video preview of the weekend’s rugby action with punditry from Malcolm O’Kelly and Bernard Jackman. With two Irish teams,...
ServiceFrame lands €900k investment
Irish software-as-a-service firm ServiceFrame has landed a €900,000 investment from The Bank of Ireland Seed and Early Stage Equity Fund. €450,000 will come from the Bank of Ireland Seed Fund with the remainder provided by Enterprise Ireland and members of the executive team. The company, headquartered at NovaUCD, will use the funds to drive further...
Populis enjoys record earnings
Populis, the content on demand firm headquartered in Dublin enjoyed record revenues in 2010 of €58 million. Populis is what’s known as a ‘content farm’ in digital terms. It has now produced over one million articles and videos since its launch in 2004. It produces 35,000 articles and videos per month and is the largest...
New inventions and patents abound at NovaUCD
NovaUCD has announced strong commercialisation results for 2010. Last year UCD researchers reported 57 new invention disclosures to the University through NovaUCD. Thirty-eight patent applications, including 14 priority, nine PCT (patent co-operation treaty) and 15 national/regional applications were filed by the University. The announcement came at at the launch of NovaUCD’s latest Annual Report. “NovaUCD’s...
Continued competition among mobile networks
Competition within Ireland’s crowded mobile network space has just intensified with Just Mobile’s latest announcement. The fledgling mobile network is offering free calls & texts any time of day to its customers to any Irish mobile or landline and all for a monthly top up of €18. The offer only lasts until the end of...
Digital marketing for SMEs – a start
O2 has announced a series of free webinars aimed at its SME customers. The first business ‘Ideascast’ webinar will be an introduction on how SMEs can use digital marketing and is presented by Arabella Judd from Irish digital agency, Radical. It will take place on O2.ie on April 7th at 1 pm and will be...
Web apps and social networks offer cyber criminals easy targets
There has been a significant increase in the number of cyber criminals targeting data centers and networks over the last few years. The weapons of choice for such criminals are ‘web exploit toolkits’. These ‘packaged’ attack frameworks are traded online, enabling attackers to access enterprise IT systems and steal sensitive data. According to the HP-...
