Italy fines Google and Apple over data use Italy's competition regulator has fined Alphabet's Google and iPhone maker Apple €10m each for "aggressive practices" linked to the commercial use of user data. Business • 21 hrs
Half of restaurants adopted new tech during pandemic Almost half of restaurant and takeaway owners have adopted new technologies since the start of the pandemic, according to new research by Irish food ordering ... Business • 25 Nov
Role for digital tech in meeting state's climate goals Digital technologies could play a significant role in Ireland meeting its climate obligations, according to a new study by Amárach Research commissioned by Huawei Ireland. Business • 25 Nov
Google Ireland in tax settlement of €345m Google Ireland has made a tax settlement totalling €345m, it has emerged. Business • 25 Nov
Eir's quarterly results in line with expectations Telecoms company Eir said its results for the quarter ending September 30 were in line with its expectations as it reported a rise in revenues ... Business • 24 Nov
Orange CEO Richard given 1 year suspended jail sentence Orange CEO Stephane Richard said today it was up to the board of France's biggest telecoms company to decide whether he should remain after a ... Business • 24 Nov
Cybercrime cost Irish economy €9.6bn last year - study Cybercrime cost the Irish economy €9.6 billion last year, new research by Grant Thornton has calculated. Business • 23 Nov
Stripe Terminal expands into Europe Stripe, the online payments firm founded by Irish brothers Patrick and John Collison, has announced the expansion of Stripe Terminal to Ireland, France, Germany, the ... Business • 23 Nov
Italy fines Amazon & Apple €200m for alleged collusion Italy's competition authority has fined US tech giants Amazon.com and Apple a total of more than €200m for allegedly engaging in anti-competitive cooperation in the ... Business • 23 Nov
WhatsApp updates privacy policy for users in Europe WhatsApp has updated its privacy policy for users in Ireland and across Europe in response to the Data Protection Commission's findings earlier this year that ... Business • 22 Nov
Ericsson to buy cloud firm Vonage for $6.2 billion Mobile telecoms equipment maker Ericsson said today it had agreed to buy cloud communications firm Vonage for $6.2 billion. Business • 22 Nov
Shares in Telecom Italia soar after KKR's approach Shares in Telecom Italia (TIM) jumped as much as 30% today, after US fund KKR presented a non-binding proposal to buy Italy's former phone monopoly ... Business • 22 Nov
Black Friday spending to reach €25,000 a minute - AIB Consumers here will spend around €25,000 a minute online during Black Friday, AIB has estimated. Business • 22 Nov
Early stage firms benefit as VC funding rises again Venture capital funding to Irish firms rose by 19% to €231m in the three months to the end of September, according to the Irish Venture ... Business • 22 Nov
Bitcoin heads for worst week in six months Bitcoin fell to a one-month low today and was headed for its worst week in six months as traders have booked profits from a long ... Business • 19 Nov
EU may clear semiconductor state aid The European Union may approve state aid to fund new semiconductor production in the bloc, its competition chief said today. Business • 18 Nov
Alibaba warns of slowest revenue growth since debut China's Alibaba Group Holding has forecast that its annual revenue will grow at its slowest pace since its 2014 debut. Business • 18 Nov
Apple to sell spare parts to fix iPhones, Macs Apple said today it will for the first time start selling spare parts and tools to the general public to perform their own repairs on ... Business • 17 Nov
Vodafone Ireland's quarterly service revenue up 0.8% Vodafone Ireland said its service revenue for the second quarter of 2021 rose by 0.8% to reach €203m. Business • 16 Nov
Profits and revenues for 2020 soar at ESW Global ecommerce provider ESW (formerly eShopWorld) has reported higher profits and revenues for 2020 as well as accelerated growth targets for the next three to ... Business • 16 Nov
Tesla's Musk sells more shares after Twitter vote Tesla chief executive Elon Musk has disclosed a sale of additional 639,737 shares of the electric-car maker, regulatory filings showed today. Business • 12 Nov
Review: Nest Doorbell (Battery) If you are security conscious and like to be able to keep an eye on who is calling to your home when you aren't there, ... Business • 13 Nov
EU court upholds €2.4bn fine on Google The European Union's second-highest court has upheld a €2.4 billion fine on Google by anti-trust authorities in Brussels for search engine dominance. World • 10 Nov
Tesla selloff puts at risk $1 trillion club membership Tesla shares fell for the fourth session in a row today, putting at risk the electric-car maker's position in the $1 trillion club after top ... Business • 10 Nov
What the flip is the Metaverse? Trying to define the Metaverse in 2021 is like trying to define the Internet in the early 1990s Brainstorm • 10 Nov
