This is a little silly, but might be an app worth looking at if there are companies out there who want to measure the growth of their startup against behemoths such as Facebook, eBay and Match.com
The My Startup Story app has been developed by ‘insurance specialists’ Jelf Small Business that allows companies to compare and graph their employee and revenue growth, which can then be shared to other social channels such as Twitter. Continue reading
There are still more than 400 days to go before the referendum on Scottish independence, but one gambler has no doubts about which way the poll will go.
In the largest single political bet ever taken by bookmaker William Hill, he has staked £200,000 at total odds of less than 1/5 that independence will be rejected. He is a very confident man and will only win £36,666 if he does so, but he seems to be only acting with common sense. Continue reading
Bubble, bubble, toil and trouble, boom goes bust and turns to rubble… and the great Jellybook idea dies on its arse.
For those unfamiliar with Jellybook, the company was set up in 2011 as the first of many Facebook emulators and the ongoing of the great social media Gold Rush. Continue reading
Games veteran and entrepreneur Tony Pearce has unveiled his new venture gamesGRABR, a social network dedicated to casual, social, console and hardcore gamers.
With backing from some of the biggest names in the industry, gamesGRABR has entered its beta phase. The network allows users to ‘grab’ games for free across a wide range of platforms. Continue reading
A group of global tech companies has thrown its weight behind an initiative to promote awareness of the booming technology sector in Ireland.
Companies involved include Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Oracle, Symantec, Twitter and Intel. Despite the economic downturn, Ireland’s technology sector has continued to grow with more than 74,000 employed directly and more than 200,000 indirectly. Continue reading