FinTech

EU Court Allows Max Schrems Individual Case Against Facebook To Proceed In Austria

Lawyer Max Schrems has been a thorn in Facebook’s side for several years now and an official ruling from the European... Read more

Theresa May Singles Out Encrypted Messaging Apps In Davos Address

Theresa May has long been a critic of large tech firms but her address from Davos on Thursday (25 January) zoned in on ... Read more

Mobile Experience The Next Level

How Companies Can Take the Mobile Experience to the Next Level Companies wanting to succeed in an increasingly compet... Read more

What Customers Want: Mastering The Art Of UX Design

The classic criticism levelled at consultants of many hues is that they ask for your watch, then tell you the time. The... Read more

Weekend Takeaway: Who Wants To Engineer Tomorrow?

Which Irish tech sectors are absolutely killing it right now? Image: Peter Eleven/Shutterstock Ireland’s indigenous... Read more

Incredible Footage Released Of Drone Sea Rescue Attempt

While it was once a major operation to fly a helicopter out to anyone stranded at sea – which, in itself, could take ... Read more

WhatsApp Unveils Separate Android App For Small Businesses

For the first time, WhatsApp is allowing companies to create business accounts in an effort to connect with their custo... Read more

PwCs Sinead Ovenden: Banks Need To See PSD2 As A Strategic Opportunity

Sinead Ovenden is a partner at PwC Ireland. Ovenden has specialised in regulation for more than fifteen years, working ... Read more

NB-IoT And LTE-M Promise A $33bn Windfall By 2022

The consumer end of the internet of things (IoT) was in the spotlight this week when Google’s popular Chromecast devi... Read more

Fines For Spammers And Rule-breakers Are Rising In The UK

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) of the UK has the authority to hand out fines of up to £500,000 to compa... Read more

EU Says Tech Companies Are Stepping Up Efforts To Remove Hate Speech

In a bid to battle racism, xenophobia and other forms of hate speech online, the EU Code of Conduct was established in ... Read more

What You Need To Know About The Google And Tencent Patent Agreement

Google and Tencent are to cross-license patents across a wide array of products and technologies in a new deal announce... Read more

Are New Beginnings All Theyre Cracked Up To Be?

Sometimes I think the term ‘new beginnings’ is a bit of an overrated concept. We think of new beginnings as synonym... Read more

Whirligigs, E-cigarettes And The Aurora Borealis At BT Young Scientist

Today (13 January) marks the final day of the BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition, and your last chance to cat... Read more