‘Web Summit is an Irish success story. It’s a pity Portugal Inc gets the benefit’
Delegates delighted to be in Lisbon to talk about something other than Covid
ChangeX partners with Lego Foundation on projects to learn through play
Dublin-based social entrepreneurship platform
Donie O’Sullivan: ‘The chaos I’ve had in my mind is more terrifying than the riot at the Capitol’
The Irish CNN reporter on how important it is to get help for mental health issues
Storyful records drop in revenues as accumulated losses rise
Owner News Corp has ploughed nearly €40m into the media-gathering company
Kinzen raises $2.2m as it helps clients fight ‘misinformation’
Start-up positions itself as early warning system in fight against harmful deception
Young people ‘more likely’ to believe Covid disinformation, resist vaccines
Vaccines are victim of their success as generations have no awareness of vaccine-preventable diseases, conference is told
Media commission chairman pledges full consultation with industry
‘Stakes are very high’ for Irish media, says chairman Brian MacCraith
Media critical to Ireland’s democracy, says Taoiseach
Micheál Martin comments came as Future of Media Commission held first meeting
Arguing over a finite pot of money won’t get Irish media very far
Reform of Sound & Vision fund would help some, but on its own would lack ambition
ChangeX urges people to join €1m community action plan
Funding to tackle social isolation and support frontline workers
ChangeX seeks to raise $3m in drive to fund community projects
Irish-headquartered platform to invest in areas including climate action and health
Storyful receives another cash injection from Murdoch’s News Corp
Parent has ploughed over €33 million into its the Irish-founded subsidiary since mid-2016
This just in: digital news service Kinzen raises €500k funding
Delaware-registered investor backs start-up launched by Storyful founder Mark Little
Little not so ‘naive’ about large tech any more
Companies like Facebook are ‘too big to fail’ and must break up, says media entrepreneur
AI the hot topic at Austin tech, music and film conference
SXSW: Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook on the agenda
New digital ventures want young people to pay for their news
Two operations launching soon share a belief that the young can pay and will pay for news
Mark Little’s Kinzen news app to launch in January
Neva Labs renames as it builds app to ‘create a news routine’ to match daily lives
Twitter’s Irish arm gains on lower staff costs, asset disposal
Dublin-based subsidiary gained €8m from the liquidation of SecondSync
Storyful turns its tools on managing corporate reputations
‘Not all doom and gloom’ for brands in age of social media backlash, says Lisa McDonald
Irish-based ChangeX teams up with UN for sustainability projects
Company aims to mobilise 20 million new projects around UN’s goals for 2015 to 2030
Sinéad McSweeney: Taking Twitter through the tough times
Interview: The Twitter Ireland MD on trolls, fake accounts and referendum advertising
Tax big tech ‘parasites’, says Olivia O’Leary
Journalist says Government ‘too scared’ to impose levy on internet companies
Data commissioner still intends to speak at INM security conference
Helen Dixon has expressed plans to investigate INM over suspected data breach
Data regulator to speak at INM event despite investigation
Journalist Mark Little withdraws from data security conference after alleged data breach
Worrying house building figures, Brexit concerns and a new Aer Lingus route
Business today: the best news, analysis and comment from ‘The Irish Times’ business desk
Mark Little media venture Neva Labs aims to be Netflix for news
Dublin company with global ambition wants to burst artificial intelligence ‘filter bubble’
EY Entrepreneur of the Year stories to hit TV screens
Be3 will broadcast a five-part documentary series on the competition.
Inside ‘Prime Time’: ‘We think about Mission to Prey all the time’
In 2011, a disastrous broadcast nearly killed it. How has the RTÉ show survived for 25 years?
Social entrepreneurship platform ChangeX raises €550,000
Platform backed by high-profile investors seeks more money as it launches new service
The stakes have risen since Murdoch’s last battle for Sky
21st Century Fox’s bid for pay-TV company is response to an even bigger rival takeover
Top buys: End of 2016 saw flurry of €1m-plus house sales
What may likely be the top sale in December was Ros na Greine at 14 Avoca Avenue, which went for €4.355m
Twitter’s China boss Kathy Chen quits after eight months
The microblogging service has shed a number of executives as it undergoes a shake-up
Twitter appoints Sinéad McSweeney as new Irish head
Ex-VP of policy for Europe ‘exemplifies’ Twitter’s culture and leadership, says executive
Mark Little to step down as Twitter’s Irish boss
Former RTÉ journalist offered number of options including US move
The big business events happening this week
For your diary: Internet of Things forum; retail sales; businesswoman of the year
Storyful accumulated losses rise to €10m
Profit and loss account showed a deficit of almost €10.4m, compared with €5.9m a year earlier
Twitter launches ‘Moments’ tab in Ireland to boost use
Company says feature that bundles tweets around themes makes stories easier to follow
Analysis: News Corp’s Irish interests now range from the ‘Sun’ to Storyful to FM104
Deal to buy Wireless radio stations extends Rupert Murdoch’s influence in Ireland
Former RTE journalist Mark Little to head up Twitter Ireland
Twitter Ireland boss Stephen McIntyre is stepping down to join Frontline Ventures
Social media did not have significant impact on #GE16 outcome - analysis
‘Now, engagement is a two-way street. This is an evolution ,’ Mark Little tells DCU conference
Mark Little: Twitter shaped and widened Irish election debate
As conventional election debate relegates conversations, social media amplifies them
Colum Kenny: RTÉ leaders' debate missed the point and the Greens
Where was climate change, urban crime and political reform in the great debate?
Mark Little joins Twitter in senior role
Appointment follows period of management turmoil at social media platform
Storyful seeks ‘information radiator’ with ‘unmatchable work rate’
Expect the unexpected if you want to be hired by the News Corp social news agency
Ben & Jerry’s co-founder backs Irish social change platform
ChangeX raises €400,000 in seed funding from high profile investors including Jerry Greenfield
Mark Little announces that he is leaving Storyful
Former RTÉ correspondent founded social media agency in 2010
Rebekah Brooks set to run Dublin-based Storyful
Former tabloid editor cleared in hacking trial returning to Murdoch’s News Corp
Mark Little steps down as Storyful chief executive
Former RTE broadcaster to get his ‘dream job’ as director of innovation
Storyful to create 30 jobs in new R&D centre
Investment will help the social media news agency exploit new opportunities
Mavericks. Moguls. Millennials. It must be the Web Summit
People say ‘disruption’ and ‘ecosystem’ a lot and talk about selling their companies the way Buddhists talk about nirvana. They all seem to enjoy being at the Web Summit, in Dublin, but what exactly are they up to?
Storyful founder backs new social change start-up
New non-profit marketplace connects proven ideas with individuals and teams hoping to improve local communities
Electric Ireland does a deal with Nest at Web Summit
Customers of Electric Ireland to get free thermostats from Google-owned connected-home device firm
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