The launch of the new .IRISH top-level domain enters its Land Rush phase today. If you’ve got an idea which needs that special .IRISH domain name, now’s your chance to get it before someone else does. Landrush is open now to register domain names for €99.95. The price goes down to €34.95 when General Availability launches on June […]
The arrival of new generic Top Level Domains (gTLDs)is transforming the domains industry, and helping to build a new online world. But with 1200 new domain registries launching over a couple of years, how do you convince users to choose yours? As the choice explodes, how do you go about marketing your gTLD, and how will it all shake out in […]
Mr Crumb won the B2B SME Growth Award at The Blacknight SME Awards. It’s a family business which began supplying breadcrumbs and then progressed into stuffing and other value-added products. Growth has been driven by exports and now they employ up to 120 people in their home village of Finea, Co Westmeath. Technology.ie – like the SME Awards […]
There were lots of family businesses at The Blacknight SME Awards, and we were reminded that families are part of communities, which they contribute to and benefit from. The winner of the Community Minded Business category was Fernhill House Hotel in Clonakility. Community involvement is a family affair, explained manager Michael O’Neill. They sponsor more than 50 local organisations and help to […]
The Hotline.ie Service launched its Annual Report today during a press event hosted in Dublin at the Irish Architectural Archive. An analysis of online illegal content covering the period January to December 2014, the report was launched by the Minister for Justice, Ms Frances Fitzgerald TD. “Hotline.ie contributes to the empowerment of citizens by providing a […]
The finalists have been announced for The Maximum Media Social Media Awards (The Sockies), to be held on Wednesday June 3rd in the RDS Concert Hall. The premier awards show in Ireland for all things digital marketing and social media, there are 27 categories this year covering areas such as Facebook, Twitter, Business categories, Campaigns and […]
“That’s the thing about an SME: you work with people; you don’t work for people”, says Colin Hession of L Mulligan Grocer. First things first: it’s not a grocer; more of a craft beer and gastropub dining experience. And it won the Best Retailer (Offline) Award at the Blacknight SME Awards. Technology.ie – like the SME Awards – […]
Christian Schinkoethe is co-founder and CTO at Rocket Rainbow Studios, a games development company. At The Blacknight SME Awards they took the prize for the Best Under-30s Business. Moments like these make it all worth it, says Christian. Technology.ie – like the SME Awards – is brought to you by Blacknight. Ireland’s premier provider of web hosting and […]
“I’ve run businesses out of school; I’ve never worked for anybody else full-time” explains Adam Ewart, when asked why he loves SMEs. His current venture, SendMyBag.com, is a door-to-door luggage service to help airline travellers avoid check-in, baggage fees and potential penalties. Passed over on UK Dragons’ Den in 2012, the company has since expanded rapidly in international markets and picked up the […]
The family featured in the stock photo image used by the No campaign in the Marriage Referendum have issued a statement through Amnesty Ireland, saying that they “completely support same-sex marriage” and that to suggest otherwise is offensive to them. And the alternative version of the poster created by Blacknight’s graphic designer James Larkin has been used […]
