FinTech

​LG Uplus To Deploy Home IoT To Wooshin Apartments

LG Uplus' IoT@home app will control heating, lights, and gas and allow users to check energy usage and parking space ava... Read more

Xiaomi Eyes $6b In Hong Kong IPO, Pulls Mainland China Share Offers

Xiaomi had postponed its mainland share offering but only to pursue an initial public offering in Hong Kong scheduled fo... Read more

PayPal Touts Global Reach As Mobile Wallets Pop Up In APAC

Banks, telcos, and e-commerce players in the region now offer their own payment platforms, but PayPal believes its globa... Read more

Arlan Hamilton On Backstage Capitals Banner Year

As the second day of Inspirefest (22 June) rolled on, a familiar face to the event made a welcome appearance on the ma... Read more

Honest Eats Mini Hack Top Prize Goes To Tap-dancing Vending Machine

Earlier this month, some of the country’s most innovative designers, entrepreneurs and creators were tasked with crea... Read more

Researchfest 2018 Winner Using CRISPR To Delete Huntingtons Disease

Now in its third year, Researchfest is Inspirefest’s research pitch competition, and it sees some of Ireland’s bes... Read more

EY-Serens Yvonne Kiely: Digital Is An Ecosystem Of Enablement

In October, Siliconrepublic.com reported how consulting giant EY expanded its digital design and consultancy business ... Read more

Listen, Watch, Wait, Observe: Art In The Digital Age

The crowd at Inspirefest 2018 was hushed as renowned cartoonist Liza Donnelly took her time, silently drawing the front... Read more

The Future Of Money Might Mean We Dont Take Cash

On the second morning of Inspirefest (22 June), Karen Contet Farzam catapulted the audience into the future and explain... Read more

Key Start-up Tips From A Social Impact Investor

Larissa Best is president of Luxembourg Business Angel Network (LBAN). After studying banking in Switzerland, she start... Read more

What Can You Expect From Inspirefest 2019?

Inspirefest 2018 is in full swing, with thousands of attendees flocking to the Bord Gáis Energy Theatre Dublin for two... Read more

This Has Been The Best Week Of 2018 So Far In Terms Of Job Creation

We’ve had a spate of good weeks for job creation. At the start of June, more than 500 roles were announced in one wee... Read more

​Tumblr To Cooperate With Korean Authorities To Monitor Porn

Tumblr has agreed to better monitor illegal porn distribution with South Korean authorities after initially refusing to ... Read more

MyRepublic Not Late To Singapore Mobile Market, But Must Differentiate With Customer Service

Some 18 months after losing its bid for the country's fourth telco license, MyRepublic finally launches its mobile servi... Read more