FinTech

​SoftBank Ventures Invests $4.2 Million In Used Goods Trading App

SoftBank Ventures Korea has invested 4.5 billion won ($4.2 million) in startup Daangn Market that specialises in localis... Read more

​SK Hynix Sees Profit Rise 77 Percent Over The Year

SK Hynix has posted 4.3673 trillion won in operating profits for the first quarter of 2018, its second strongest ever. Read more

​China's IC Industry Grew 21 Percent Per Year Since 2013

China's integrated circuit (IC) industry grew 21 percent per year from 2013 to 2017, the Ministry of Industry and Inform... Read more

Razer Makes Bid To Acquire Malaysian E-payments Firm

Game accessories maker says it plans to buy up the remaining 65.1 percent shares in MOL Global for US$61 million and mer... Read more

​South Korea To Invest Over $620 Million In Nanotech R&D

South Korea will invest 669.3 billion won, or $626 million, into R&D and commercialisation of nanotech this year, th... Read more

​Infosys Charts New Course, But Can It Catch Up With Accenture And Deloitte?

New CEO Parekh's latest moves -- that are part of his overall strategy of providing comprehensive end-to-end digital sol... Read more

Weekend Takeaway: Design Your Tomorrow

How Fire’s Colm Lyon ignited Europe’s fintech revolution Fire CEO and Realex founder Colm Lyon. Image: Fire John ... Read more

How Fires Colm Lyon Ignited Europes Fintech Revolution

Before people talked about fintech in Europe, there was Colm Lyon and the company he founded, Realex Payments. And befo... Read more

Satellite Snaps Image Of Uninhabited Pacific Island Covered In Plastic

We may have reached a turning point when it comes to the recycling of plastic waste, but there’s a sense that it will... Read more

Google App Engine Update Makes Evading State Censorship Tougher

For the past number of years, Google’s App Engine has inadvertently permitted developers to evade internet censors. T... Read more

Edwards Lifesciences Joe Nuzzolese: Be Ready For Industry 4.0

Structural heart disease monitoring company Edwards Lifesciences is planning to build a major operation in Ireland’... Read more

Galway Start-up Kite Medical Secures €1.5m In Funding

NUI Galway BioInnovate programme spin-out Kite Medical has closed a €1.5m investment round. The round comprises a mix... Read more

The Curious Case Of How A Casinos Database Was Hacked By A Fish Tank

This week in the internet of things (IoT) space, we saw how Dublin’s four local authorities created the Smart Dublin... Read more

5 Handy Tips For Digital Marketing Professionals Ahead Of GDPR

GDPR has been in the pipeline for quite some time, yet there is still an air of panic as the 25 May deadline looms larg... Read more

End Of The Landline: BT Aims To Move All UK Customers To VoIP By 2025

BT is shutting its traditional telephone network in the UK, according to an email seen by The Register. The public swit... Read more