Connect iWalks has been nominated for an IIA award in the e-Government section.
The IIA & Enterprise Ireland Net Visionary Awards 2008 are bigger and better than ever before. This year we have introduced 3 new categories reflecting the prolific business use of the Internet in Ireland. These new categories are Best Online Exporter, Best Online Business Use of Irish and Best Use of Social Media.
The Net Visionary Awards are unique as they are run and voted on by the internet industry in Ireland. The Awards evening remains one of the best in Ireland - the perfect occasion to meet your Internet profession peers. Read More
Courtesy: http://www.iia.ie/
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Internet voting starts for US citizens
The first Internet votes in US history were cast last Friday (24 October) in an experiment to judge the effectiveness of the system.
Soldiers in Mildenhall in England, Ramstein in Germany and Kadena in Japan will have a chance to cast their ballots online in a test conducted as part of the Okaloosa Distance Balloting Pilot (ODBP) in Florida.
"The ODBP project will establish a secure and scalable distance balloting environment for approximately 600 self-selecting overseas voters," said ODBP organisers. Read More
Courtesy: RTE
Soldiers in Mildenhall in England, Ramstein in Germany and Kadena in Japan will have a chance to cast their ballots online in a test conducted as part of the Okaloosa Distance Balloting Pilot (ODBP) in Florida.
"The ODBP project will establish a secure and scalable distance balloting environment for approximately 600 self-selecting overseas voters," said ODBP organisers. Read More
Courtesy: RTE
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Launch Of NOISE website for South Dublin Countys Creative Young People ages 13 to 25
Mayor Marie Corr, members of South Dublin County Council and the Youth Arts community will celebrate the launch of NOISE South Dublin, a website dedicated to creative young people in the area from ages 13 to 25.NOISE South Dublin (www.noisesouthdublin.com) is a site that showcases and celebrates the creative work of young people. It also serves as a central point of information on opportunities for young people to participate in creative activities, workshops, exhibitions and gigs both in and outside the County.
Finally, it is the home of an active NOISE Community of members who participate in creative projects actually on the space of the website. These projects are developed by international, national, and local artists exclusively for NOISE. Read More
Courtesy: SDCC Website
Finally, it is the home of an active NOISE Community of members who participate in creative projects actually on the space of the website. These projects are developed by international, national, and local artists exclusively for NOISE. Read More
Courtesy: SDCC Website
Intel conference address Ireland's economic future
HOW CAN the European Union - and Ireland - remain competitive in research, innovation and high value manufacturing?
A broad panel at Intel's recent European Research and Innovation conference at their Irish headquarters in Leixliip gamely tackled those issues.
First up was Intel's Irish managing director, Jim O'Hara, who considered Ireland's position.
He recalled that "Intel chose Ireland for a number of reasons" including its pro-business policies, its workforce, EU membership, that it was an English speaking country and "it was a low cost location, in those days".
What's changed, he said, is that because of our own success we've lost our cost advantage.
This is something that can be addressed by reaching for "a higher level of capability", he said, and one of Ireland's advantages may well be its small size and flexibility. Read More
Courtesy: Irish Times
A broad panel at Intel's recent European Research and Innovation conference at their Irish headquarters in Leixliip gamely tackled those issues.
First up was Intel's Irish managing director, Jim O'Hara, who considered Ireland's position.
He recalled that "Intel chose Ireland for a number of reasons" including its pro-business policies, its workforce, EU membership, that it was an English speaking country and "it was a low cost location, in those days".
What's changed, he said, is that because of our own success we've lost our cost advantage.
This is something that can be addressed by reaching for "a higher level of capability", he said, and one of Ireland's advantages may well be its small size and flexibility. Read More
Courtesy: Irish Times
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Ireland needs to be better than average when it comes to broadband
While Ireland has moved from just 5pc to 60pc of households with broadband connections, which places us above the OECD average, Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resource, Eamon Ryan TD, yesterday told the telecoms industry that it needs to do better.
Minister Ryan , who was addressing yesterday’s annual Telecommunications and Internet Federation (TIF) Annual Conference in Dublin Caste, said the Government recognised the contribution of the technology industry to the country’s GDP today and going forward, and that supporting the growth of the knowledge economy is vital.
“Positioning Ireland as a knowledge economy is not just talk; it is backed up by investment in R&D,” he said, referring to the Government’s Budget decision to increase the R&D tax credit from 20pc to 25pc.
“That R&D in this fast-changing industrial world will determine where new companies locate and new jobs are created. Read More
Minister Ryan , who was addressing yesterday’s annual Telecommunications and Internet Federation (TIF) Annual Conference in Dublin Caste, said the Government recognised the contribution of the technology industry to the country’s GDP today and going forward, and that supporting the growth of the knowledge economy is vital.
“Positioning Ireland as a knowledge economy is not just talk; it is backed up by investment in R&D,” he said, referring to the Government’s Budget decision to increase the R&D tax credit from 20pc to 25pc.
“That R&D in this fast-changing industrial world will determine where new companies locate and new jobs are created. Read More
Irish digital-marketing firm scoops global award
Dublin-based digital-marketing firm Cybercom walked away on Monday night with the prestigious title of Best Digital Communications Campaign from the global marketing communications awards, the 2008 MAA Globes, in Toronto for its ‘Never Give Up’ ad campaign.
Cybercom, sponsor of the Best eCommerce/Services Website at this year’s inaugural Irish Web Awards, designed the winning digital campaign for Powerade, which included a viral video campaign with a personalised pep talk from Munster rugby player Paul O’Connell. Read More
Courtesy: Silicon Republic
Cybercom, sponsor of the Best eCommerce/Services Website at this year’s inaugural Irish Web Awards, designed the winning digital campaign for Powerade, which included a viral video campaign with a personalised pep talk from Munster rugby player Paul O’Connell. Read More
Courtesy: Silicon Republic
Monday, October 20, 2008
Social Inclusion Competition for 2nd Level Schools
This competition is open to all students in Leaving Certificate Applied, Transition Year and 3rd Year Civic, Social and Political Education who are attending schools in the South Dublin County Council administrative area. For further information Click here
Courtesy: SDCC
Courtesy: SDCC
PollDaddy acquired by Automattic
Sligo Web-application company PollDaddy has been acquired by Automattic for an undisclosed amount. Based in the US, Automattic is best known for operating WordPress, the world's most widely used blogging platform.
Writing on their company blog, PollDaddy founders Eoin Gallagher and David Lenehan said: "We have been working closely with the Automattic team for the past few months on building better integration with WordPress and, in the end, it just seemed like the perfect fit for us to join them."Read More
Courtesy: RTE
Writing on their company blog, PollDaddy founders Eoin Gallagher and David Lenehan said: "We have been working closely with the Automattic team for the past few months on building better integration with WordPress and, in the end, it just seemed like the perfect fit for us to join them."Read More
Courtesy: RTE
Amulet finds its voice with remote control that listens
DUBLIN TECHNOLOGY start-up Amulet Devices has been shortlisted as one of 15 international finalists for the inaugural i-stage awards from the influential Consumer Electronics Association (CEA).
The CEA is the organisation behind the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) held in Las Vegas every January, where new products for the year are showcased. Amulet has been recognised for its voice-enabled remote control which allows digital media to be controlled using spoken commands, such as "play artist U2". Founded in late 2007, Amulet displayed a proof-of-concept at a consumer show in Ireland that year and following a year of development will be introduced to the US market over the next six months. Read More
Courtesy: Irish Times
The CEA is the organisation behind the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) held in Las Vegas every January, where new products for the year are showcased. Amulet has been recognised for its voice-enabled remote control which allows digital media to be controlled using spoken commands, such as "play artist U2". Founded in late 2007, Amulet displayed a proof-of-concept at a consumer show in Ireland that year and following a year of development will be introduced to the US market over the next six months. Read More
Courtesy: Irish Times
Thursday, October 16, 2008
YouTube to sell music and games while Google gets ready to play
Google is planning to enter the casual video gaming market, while subsidiary YouTube has revealed plans to sell music, films and games online through alliances with Amazon.com and Apple’s iTunes store.
This morning, in what may be one of the most strategic moves out of the Googleplex this year, Google has updated its AdSense advertising platform to incorporate the massive market for online casual gaming, a move that no doubt will feed into mobile too.
It said that over 25pc of internet users worldwide play online games, which amounts to over 200 million people. Read More
Courtesy: Silicon Republic
This morning, in what may be one of the most strategic moves out of the Googleplex this year, Google has updated its AdSense advertising platform to incorporate the massive market for online casual gaming, a move that no doubt will feed into mobile too.
It said that over 25pc of internet users worldwide play online games, which amounts to over 200 million people. Read More
Courtesy: Silicon Republic
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Irish online shoppers cautious due to downturn
THE ECONOMIC downturn has hit Irish online shoppers, with a new report finding a reduction in the products and services bought online since 2007.
The Net Behaviour Report found that luxury items were hit the hardest, with purchases of flights, videos and DVDs falling by 5 per cent since last year.
Hotel bookings slipped 7 per cent, the survey found, compared to a 2 per cent fall overall in online shopping. Read More
Courtesy: Irish Times
The Net Behaviour Report found that luxury items were hit the hardest, with purchases of flights, videos and DVDs falling by 5 per cent since last year.
Hotel bookings slipped 7 per cent, the survey found, compared to a 2 per cent fall overall in online shopping. Read More
Courtesy: Irish Times
Companies fail to exploit IT, says survey
IRISH COMPANIES are failing to capitalise on the potential of IT to bring innovation and improvements to their business and increase revenue, a new survey has shown.
According to PricewaterhouseCoopers' IT Technology Value survey, IT is still being viewed as a means of cost reduction, rather than a way to boost revenue.
Sixty-eight per cent of chief financial officers (CFOs) who took part in the survey said they had experienced no increase in the revenues of their organisation in 2007 that could have been attributed to IT. Read More
Courtesy: Irish Times
According to PricewaterhouseCoopers' IT Technology Value survey, IT is still being viewed as a means of cost reduction, rather than a way to boost revenue.
Sixty-eight per cent of chief financial officers (CFOs) who took part in the survey said they had experienced no increase in the revenues of their organisation in 2007 that could have been attributed to IT. Read More
Courtesy: Irish Times
Thursday, October 9, 2008
New improved "Pay as you Go" Bin Charge System
What do you have to do?
Register your bin
· All waste collection customers in the listed estates will receive a letter containing a label
· Attach label to your black bin underneath the handle - see diagram
Put your bin out for registration on your usual bin collection day on week commencing 22nd and 29th September and leave it out until 5pm. Read More
Courtesy: Environment South Dublin
Register your bin
· All waste collection customers in the listed estates will receive a letter containing a label
· Attach label to your black bin underneath the handle - see diagram
Put your bin out for registration on your usual bin collection day on week commencing 22nd and 29th September and leave it out until 5pm. Read More
Courtesy: Environment South Dublin
Reader's Day 2008
Reader's Day 2008: Saturday 8th November at the Tower Hotel Tallaght.
This year, our annual Reader's Day will take place in the Shannon Suite, Tower Hotel, Tallaght on Saturday 8th November. As always, the event will be hosted by eminent Irish author Dermot Bolger. Guests will include Patricia Scanlan, John Minihan, Claire Kilroy, Brian Keenan, Glenn Patterson and John Boyne. So another great line-up this year - not to be missed! Read More
Courtesy: South Dublin Libraries
This year, our annual Reader's Day will take place in the Shannon Suite, Tower Hotel, Tallaght on Saturday 8th November. As always, the event will be hosted by eminent Irish author Dermot Bolger. Guests will include Patricia Scanlan, John Minihan, Claire Kilroy, Brian Keenan, Glenn Patterson and John Boyne. So another great line-up this year - not to be missed! Read More
Courtesy: South Dublin Libraries
Dublin Community Games 2009
Dublin Community Games are looking for new groups and volunteers from the South Dublin area to take part in Sport and Cultural activities of the Community Games 2009 If you are interested please contact Niamh Murphy 086 3188727 for further information. Read More
Courtesy: SDCC
Courtesy: SDCC
A time and a place name for everything
DESPITE ONLY launching officially on Wednesday, www.Logainm.ie, an online database of close to 100,000 Irish place names, logged 260,000 page views and 30,000 searches in September, without advance publicity.
The website is aimed at students, teachers, journalists, translators and researchers, who need what the site calls the "authoritative" Irish form of place names.
Developed by Fiontar, Dublin City University's Irish-medium teaching and research unit, the project was carried out on behalf of the Place Names Branch of the Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs. Read More
Courtesy: Irish Times
The website is aimed at students, teachers, journalists, translators and researchers, who need what the site calls the "authoritative" Irish form of place names.
Developed by Fiontar, Dublin City University's Irish-medium teaching and research unit, the project was carried out on behalf of the Place Names Branch of the Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs. Read More
Courtesy: Irish Times
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