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DoneDeal sells majority stake to Norwegian firm
DoneDeal has sold “just over 50 per cent” of its company to Norway’s Schibsted Media Group. No price was revealed, however, Schibsted now has a majority shareholding in an Irish firm with revenues of slightly more than €3 million in the fiscal year that ended 30 April, 2011. DoneDeal has seen a growth of 124...
Book tickets for The Appys with The Carphone Warehouse
The Appys with The Carphone Warehouse is the only dedicated awards programme in Ireland for app development and app design. Entries are closed for this year’s awards and were open to anyone who developed [or paid for the development of] a mobile app, a tablet app (e.g. an iPad app) or a Facebook app. All...
Mercedes-Benz, Ireland arrives on Facebook
Mercedes-Benz, Ireland has finally arrived on Facebook. Its first piece of Facebook marketing is an interactive movie called Drive & Seek. Mercedes-Benz says Facebook, “is expected to play an important role in appealing to a new generation of younger drivers for whom forthcoming models like the new A-Class will have a particular appeal”. To celebrate...
Take your photography to the next level
Fancy yourself a ‘real’ photographer and sneer at Instagram’s popularity? Do you know your DSLR from your SLR, your Densitometer from your Depth of Focus? Well, camera maker Canon has just announced the Canon EOS Adventure, a pan-European campaign for DSLR beginners to take their photography to the next level. Participants and contestants should go...
StatCounter launches new features
StatCounter, which provides free website traffic analysis has upgraded its site. “The changes have been made in response to feedback and suggestions received,” says Aodhan Cullen, CEO. Amongst the new features, StatCounter has made it even easier for new members to sign up and check that they are properly installed. New features also include a...
Klip – ‘the Instagram for video clips’
There are cool apps and then there are really cool apps. We think Klip falls into the later category. Klip “aims to be for video what Instagram is for photos and Twitter is for text”. Put simply, this app is a really slick video-sharing service for your iPhone that allows you to show your videos...
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...
Tablets pose risk to ‘corporate security’ and data breaches
Just over 20% of Irish companies are currently using tablet devices such as the iPad and Samsung Galaxy Tab. This is set to increase to more than one in three (34%) over the next 12 months. Online security firm BearingPoint, which commissioned a survey* into tablet use among Irish firms, believes there are implications for...
What will it be like working for Twitter in Dublin?
Twitter has announced it will set up shop in Dublin, which is great news for all Irish fans of the service and great news for aspiring social media professionals. From September 2009 to late 2010 it tripled its workforce in the US and is now expanding globally. It already has a sales team in London...
Smart devices, apps and mobile sites changing way people shop
New research by HP shows that the rate of technological change, driven by smartphones and tablet devices, is dramatically altering the way people in Europe shop. Over half of the top 50 European retailers use more than three channels to sell direct to consumers. However, shoppers’ ever increasing expectations for “seamless cross-channel shopping experiences” means...
HeyStaks releases tablet apps
HeyStaks (www.heystaks.com), the Irish social search start-up with offices in NovaUCD and San Francisco, has launched apps for the iPad and Android tablets. The apps will “help users quickly and easily get more relevant and personalised search results”. The apps are also featured as one of the fifteen best of the web apps on the...
