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- Jury rules in favour of GoogleThu, May 24, 2012Google’s Android mobile platform has not infringed Oracle's patents, a California jury decided, putting an indefinite hold on Oracle's quest for damages in a fight between the two Silicon Valley giants over smartphone technology.
- Is it possible to chat to a computer?
Thu, May 24, 2012YOUR HORSE IS stuck in a ditch. You’ve tried luring it out with a sugar lump, but it’s not budging. Whipping out the smartphone, thumbs shaking, you Google “Annie”, the RSPCA’s virtual assistant. Reassured, you see Annie has handled this sort of thing before. - 'These students aren't learning science - they are scientists'
Thu, May 24, 2012At an Intel science fair held in Pittsburgh last week, 1,500 of the brightest young minds from all over the world demonstrated that world-beating ingenuity is not the sole preserve of the experts - Get smart on marketing, tech firms toldThu, May 24, 2012THE IRISH tech sector may be keen to adopt new approaches to building successful companies that can compete on the global stage but it still lags behind in key areas, a new survey said.
- Dublin-based Brite:Bill secures new equity funding of €1.25m
Thu, May 24, 2012DUBLIN-BASED communications software firm Brite:Bill has secured €1.25 million in new equity funding from the Ulster Bank Diageo Venture Fund. - Get a room: helping small hotels to keep tabs on bookings and availability
Thu, May 24, 2012 START-UP NATION: Frontdesk Anywhere: A RANDOM conversation with a hotel owner in the spectacular Yosemite Valley in the US sparked the creative juices that led to Joe Kiernan launching his first tech start-up – a company that is becoming a global enterprise. - Realex apologises for service break with 7,000 clients affectedThu, May 24, 2012Online payments
- Xintec to receive €900,000 fundingThu, May 24, 2012Investment
- Software giant SAP to pay $4.3bn for AribaThu, May 24, 2012Cloud computing
- Windows 7 shipments to reach 350mWed, May 23, 2012Microsoft expects 350 million devices running its Windows 7 software to be shipped globally this year as it prepares the next version of the operating system to challenge Apple's dominance in tablet computers.
- Vodafone reports significant rise in smartphone usersWed, May 23, 2012DATA USE on Vodafone’s Irish network rose in the first quarter of 2012 as a growing number of customers signed up for smartphones, while the wider group cut sales growth targets.
- Fewer hit 'like' button on Facebook sharesTue, May 22, 2012FACEBOOK SHARES sank in the first day of trading without the full support of the company’s underwriters, leaving some investors down almost 25 per cent from where they were on Friday and driving others to switch back to more established stocks.
- RTÉ digital plan aims to raise pay-per-view revenueTue, May 22, 2012RTÉ outlines its plan to increase the pace of digital innovation, pursue new avenues of commercial revenue and open online archives to users as it formally launched RTÉ Digital yesterday, the division that replaces RTÉ Publishing.
- Alibaba to buy back half of Yahoo's 40% stakeTue, May 22, 2012CHINESE INTERNET entrepreneur Jack Ma’s Alibaba Group is buying back up to half of Yahoo’s 40 per cent stake for $7.1 billion in a deal that moves the Chinese e-commerce leader closer to a public listing.
- Apple, Samsung head for mediationMon, May 21, 2012The chief executives of Apple and Samsung come face to face today in court-directed mediation in the United States over a dispute in which the iPhone maker claims the Korean firm has "slavishly" copied some of its products.
- Alibaba in talks over Yahoo stakeMon, May 21, 2012Chinese internet firm Alibaba Group is in talks with existing shareholders, including Singapore state investor Temasek Holdings, to raise about $2.3 billion in equity to partly finance its deal with Yahoo, two sources said.
- Corvil's profits more than double to €2.4mMon, May 21, 2012Pretax profits at Dublin-based technology firm Corvil more than doubled last year to €2.4 million, new figures show.
- Former Openet executive's firm pursued for €177,000 judgmentMon, May 21, 2012A company associated with businessman and former Openet executive Declan Conway is being pursued for a judgment for more than €177,000.
- Eircom creditors back debt reductionSat, May 19, 2012EIRCOM MOVED a step closer to exiting examinership successfully yesterday after its creditors gave the necessary support to a scheme of arrangement that will reduce the company’s gross debts to €2.35 billion from the current level of €4 billion.
- IBM hub to create up to 300 jobsSat, May 19, 2012IBM IS to create 200-300 jobs at its Dublin-based technology campus with the opening of a new global services integration hub in Mulhuddart.
