27th of October 2009 by Fergus Burns
As part of a project we’re evaluating with some mobile companies, we’d like to get some feedback/insight around Mobile Application Development in Ireland – appreciate if folks would take our very short survey
Mary Meeker, from Morgan Stanley, presented recently at Web2Summit – in summary Mobile is exploding
15th of July 2009 by Fergus Burns
SiliconRepublic reports on the latest startup to come from the Payzone Alumni, Zapa Technology.
Zapa has also raised €2.5m from Delta Partners, which follows on from Delta’s investment in the MBO of Payzone, Branded Payment Solutions.
The founder of Zapa, John Nagle, has experience of rolling out mobile payment services in stores around Ireland and the UK with Payzone, so it will be interesting to see if the NFC based approach will replace existing in-store payment options.
The article describes this new service as
Near Field Communication is a technology that will feature on every mobile handset in the world within a few years, and will transform these devices into virtual credit and debit cards. One enterprising start-up is ready to pounce on the opportunity.
Zapa Technology will soon launch a pioneering customer loyalty technology across Europe that will take advantage of the Near Field Communications (NFC) opportunity.
The company has just received the backing of veteran Irish venture capital (VC) company Delta Partners, which is putting €2.5m-worth of investment into the company.
NFC is a short-range, high-frequency, wireless communications technology that enables the exchange of data between devices over about 10 centimetres (four inches) apart. The technology could enable the growth in the market for contactless credit cards and other forms of identification and transaction.
Zapa is the first company in Europe to deploy NFC technology in a scaled environment via the ZapaTag.
5th of November 2008 by Fergus Burns
Anton has details on tomorrow nights event Digital MoMo – and Microsoft Startup support
Its on Thursday 6th November from 6:30PM at The Four Seasons Hotel, Ballsbridge • Dublin
Also check out blog post from Don Dodge at Microsoft @ Startup support
2nd of May 2008 by Conor O'Neill
Very interesting post from Sean McGrath on his blog. If you don’t know who Sean is, go right to the back of the class and read this XTech Press Release.
He has five web 2.0 ideas at the moment looking for a home. If you are a business or tech-oriented person looking for a Web 2.0 idea to pursue, he’d like to talk. Or if you have your own Web 2.0 idea but need early stage funding, he’d also like to talk.
Hook up with him at XTech or contact him over on the blog.
13th of April 2008 by Conor O'Neill
I predicted that 2008 would be the year of mobile and it seems to be coming true in a big way. I’ve been hearing some very exciting things about not just one but two mobile apps in the social space being cooked up in Ireland!
Both are still under tight wraps but I believe they are getting lots of attention from the investment community. Could we finally be seeing some of that €170m being put to good use?
