A data-driven game uses cognitive training and brainwaves to improve attention levels in children, writes Trish Dromey.

The common perception of the legal process is as a lengthy, cumbersome one beset by inefficiencies, delays, and mountains of paperwork.

Vanessa Biléu and her husband, João Carlos de Sousa, had the idea of an online journal for creches when she was working as a pre-school teacher.

The company plans to hire software engineers, UX designers, mobile app developers and customer service representatives.

FutureScope took place last Wednesday at Dublin’s Convention Centre.

To the uninitiated, the phrase ‘fashion tech’ may conjure up images of futuristic headgear or outfits straight from a sci-fi movie. However, this new industry is turning mainstream.

New firms and startups create more jobs than any other business enterprise. 

China’s economy isn’t headed for a hard landing and isn’t dragging on the global economy, China’s top economic planner said, but uncertainty and instability in the global economy do pose a risk to its growth.

Global streaming company Spotify has bought Irish music startup Soundwave for an undisclosed sum.

China’s state planning agency yesterday released a list of more than 1,000 proposed projects totalling 1.97tn yuan (€289.5bn) that it is inviting private investors to help fund, build, and operate.

If you pride yourself on your ability to spot YouTube videos before they go viral, a Dublin company has just the thing for you.

From betting on the success of YouTube videos to analysing legal bills, the latest start-ups to take part in the National Digital Research Centre’s LaunchPad 9 programme defy easy classification.

Fifty new jobs have been announced by the National Digital Research Centre.

An endorsement from Stephen Fry and Apple founder Steve Wozniak was music to the ears of Irish company Soundwave, which launched its social music app yesterday.

DUBLIN company Pharmapod is eyeing up expansion into Britain, France and Germany following the launch of innovative new software which records, reports and analyses medication-related incidents for pharmacies.

Seventy jobs are to be created over the next six months by companies supported by the National Digital Research Centre.

Seventy new jobs are on the way in companies supported by the National Digital Research Centre.

A €25 MILLION replacement for the disastrously costly MediaLab Europe project was fast-tracked by Government without proper analysis of its value for money, causing it to be branded “high risk”.

THE National Digital Research Centre (NDRC) has announced €2m in funding for six new projects.

House prices may be in turmoil in the West, but China’s record boom rose sharply again last month despite government efforts to cool it, figures released today show.

House prices may be in turmoil in the West, but China’s record boom rose sharply again last month despite government efforts to cool it, figures released today show.

Communications Minister Noel Dempsey announced the appointment of Ben Hurley as chief executive of the National Digital Research Centre (NDRC) yesterday.

Officials were meeting today to look at new steps to cool off China’s sizzling economy as its top planning agency called for tighter bank credit and curbs on construction, state media reported.