JOBS INITIATIVE
Plans for a €44m investment in areas such as ICT, biotechnology and energy will play a key role in the Government’s forthcoming jobs initiative package, according to Taoiseach Enda Kenny.
Tag: Technology
PIRATES IN THE ARENA
Here’s a great article by Michael Arrington in TechCrunch quoting Yossi Vardi, Theodore Roosevelt & Chris Dixon on Start up entrepreneurs. If you are that start up founder, contact Noone Casey so we can walk with you.
Original article here
I’ve written many times before about the difference between a true startup founder and, well, everyone else. Israeli investor Yossi Vardi often quotes Theodore Roosevelt in a 1910 speech about “The Man In The Arena“:
REVENUE COMMISSIONER’S APP
Almost 1,000 taxpayers a month are downloading the Revenue’s mobile phone app designed to make it easier to claim tax relief on medical expenses, according to The Sunday Business Post.
TECHNOLOGY JOBS
Good news on the employment front in one sector at least. Citing “informed sources”, The Sunday Business Post says hundreds of jobs will be announced in the technology sector in the coming days, with the investment taking place outside Dublin.
WEALTH
The Internet and new technologies are making some people vast fortunes – in Ireland too. In the Sunday Independent’s latest Rich List, many of the 40 new entrants have made their money in the tech sector.
ANDROID & GINGERBREAD
This is the year of the Android. If the last couple of years have been about the Apple iPhone, 2011 will see Google’s operating system overtake Apple in the number of handsets shipped using its interface. The Sunday Business Post reviews seven of the most popular currently on the market.
SOCIAL MEDIA
Happeo, a new social network backed by Irish investors and which is hoping to go head-to-head with Facebook, is due to launch within the next three months, The Sunday Times says.
THE ‘SMART ECONOMY’
The new government has revealed a central plank of the Smart Economy strategy – apparently, TDs and senators are to receive training on how to use Twitter and Facebook, according to a report in The Sunday Business Post.
BROADBAND SPEED
Broadband 3G could hit speeds of 84 megabits per second in the next two years, according to Fergal Kelly, Vodafone’s chief technology officer.
APPLE
Apple will report another bumper quarter this week after selling an estimated 8m iPads in the run-up to Christmas – around 15.5m since its launch last year, The Sunday Times reports.
GOOGLE VS AMAZON
Google is to step up its online battle with Amazon next year but opening its own e-book store in the United States before rolling out the new business worldwide, The Sunday Tribune reports, quoting “a source familiar with the company’s plans”.
INCENTIVES FOR START UPS
And finally, a bit of good news … well, for those with a bright idea for a technology start-up. The Sunday Times’ small business page reports on the range of incentives available for high-tech entrepreneurs who want to turn potential into reality.
PATENT ROYALTY TAX EXEMPTION
A plan to scrap a tax break on patent royalties could have a serious impact on innovation and investment in hi-tech companies, according to The Irish Software Association (ISA) and others in the sector.