Brought to you by Blacknight it’s the technology.ie podcast, episode 53 for December 28th 2012, with Michele Neylon and Conn Ó Muíneacháin. They say nostalgia isn’t what it used to be! The ESB is certainly appealing to the Ghost of Christmas Past with the re-run of this old ad. (Ironic that upload of this podcast was delayed by a series […]
The IIA (Irish Internet Association) held their First post budget briefing yesterday, to bring together the Tech Industry with the aim of picking apart the impact of the 2013 budget and assess winners or losers. No surprise, the budget was difficult as warned. The glimmer of hope comes in the form of the Job strategy for 2013 but we […]
Bank Of Ireland alerted me to a new service they are launching soon when I logged into my online banking yesterday. In a nut shell it allows users to send upto 100 euro to another BOI customer using just their mobile phone number. Some of the key features are: You can send money to […]
Ryanair are always pushing the envelope when it comes to finding new sources of revenue. In a recent announcement the budget airline announced they’d be introducing a 2% credit card fee, but they also went on to “slip in” a new 6 Euro “website” fee. So, unless I’ve misread this, Ryanair want […]
Blacknight, which runs this site, has just announced a new site that is aimed at helping existing Blacknight customers market themselves in the runup to Christmas. The site is designed to help small businesses market their products and services by leveraging Blacknight’s existing marketing and communications. Some more details here Visit the site here. Related […]
Irish payments processor Realex Payments has released a graphic visualising the company’s growth and activity over the last quarter. They’re processing a lot of cash! Enjoy!
The Irish Internet Association are running a post-budget briefing for companies in the tech sector. The event is being held on Thursday, December 6th from 9.30am to 11am in the Digital Exchange in Dublin. Speakers for the event will include Michael McGivern, Tax Partner at RSM Farrell Grant Sparks, Constantin Gurdgiev, Adjunct Professor in Finance […]
The 2012 Irish Web Awards, sponsored by Realex, was held on Thursday evening in Dublin’s Mansion House. The evening featured the awards themselves (obviously), but also included some fun antics, sex toys and “hoop offs”: [youtube]http://youtu.be/CPCWC0zuxfw[/youtube] Here’s the full list of winners: Best Online Publication: Totally Dublin Best Web Only Publication: TheJournal.ie Best Radio Website: […]
By this time tomorrow we’ll know who all the winners are for the 2012 Irish Web Awards. The event takes place tonight in Dublin’s Mansion House with doors opening at 7pm. Full details of the evening are on the site Best of luck to everyone! Disclosure: Blacknight is sponsoring the Most Beautiful Website in Ireland […]
Sky have announced that they will be launching their broadband and phone services in the Irish market later this year. Existing Sky customers were informed by mail last week of the impending launch. If you are interested in finding out more about the service you can sign up for more information via their site.
