Nokia manufacturer HMD Global will launch its first flagship Nokia smartphone at a special event in London next month.

Microsoft unveiled two new low-cost Lumia smartphones at Mobile World Congress, the Lumia 640 and Lumia 640 XL. Thesecome with a free version of Office 365 Personal for a year.

INTERNET giant Google is to open a new data centre in Dublin to run its search engine, Gmail and Google Maps services.

Up to 82 jobs are at risk at a manufacturing plant in Co Wexford.