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It's Dragons’ Den meets YouTube in a bid to connect entrepreneurs and investors
03.07.2009 Billed as Dragons’ Den meets YouTube, a new video-pitching website has been set up which aims to connect entrepreneurs with investors and help drive Ireland out of recession. More »
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Delta invests €2.5m in Near Field Communication venture
03.07.2009 Near Field Communication is a technology that will feature on every mobile handset in the world within a few years, and will transform these devices into virtual credit and debit cards. One enterprising start-up is ready to pounce on the opportunity. More »
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Renewable-energy firm Airtricity creates 200 jobs
03.07.2009 Green energy supplier Airtricity has this morning announced that it is to create 200 jobs in the Irish market, as the company begins its drive to supply electricity to half a million business and domestic customers in the next three years. More »
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First three Google ‘results’ crucial for online marketing efforts
03.07.2009 Welcome to Google SEO 101! An in-depth study of user behaviour during Google searches reveals that users pay little attention to ads and are only interested in the first three results to come back. More »
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€50,000-worth of free business software for start-ups
02.07.2009 A leading software provider is to give away €50,000-worth of free software to fresh new start-ups in order to help them write business plans. More »
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Data terminals for new ambulances are a ‘life or death’ business
02.07.2009 Ambulance provider Lifeline is to kit out its ambulances in Ireland with data displays that will replace two-way radios and ensure that all communications and actions during call-outs are logged and monitored. More »
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First look – Samsung Jet
02.07.2009 This is the phone that its manufacturers claim is ‘smarter than smartphone’. Nice line, but does it have what it takes to kick devices such as the iPhone and Palm Pre where it hurts? More »
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Bing goes real-time with Twitter integration
02.07.2009 Google may be the reigning champion in the search-engine stakes, but one itch that it hasn’t been able to scratch just yet has been real-time search, and by real-time serach we mean the constantly flowing Twitter timeline. More »
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Irish solar tech firm in €14m New Zealand expansion
02.07.2009 Irish developer and manufacturer of solar-power technology Surface Power has signed a NZ$30m (€14m) distribution deal in New Zealand. More »
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US to invest US$4bn in broadband-for-all plan
02.07.2009 It has emerged that the US Government is to release US$4bn worth of loans and grants to expand broadband access in under-served areas of the US. More »
