- Norwegian firm buys majority stake in DoneDeal DoneDeal, Ireland's largest classified ads website, has sold a majority stakeholding to Norwegian firm Schibsted Media Group. Schibsted has acquired a 50.09% stake in DoneDeal with financial arrangements remaining undisclosed.
- Google announces plans for a €75 million energy-efficient data centre in Ireland Google Ireland has announced plans to construct a highly energy-efficient data centre on a newly acquired 11-acre site near Clondalkin, Dublin. The €75 million investment will create 30 full-time jobs, with a further 200 required during construction.
- Apple opens-up iTunes Store and iBookstore to other European countries ahead of iPhone 5 announcement Apple has expanded the availability of the iTunes Store to 12 more countries in the European Union (EU). This now means that iTunes users in all 27 member states can make purchases on the digital media store.
- IEDR announce names of ten Irish companies who will share €100,000 e-commerce fund The IE Domain Registry (IEDR) has announced the names of ten Irish companies who will share its e-commerce website development fund of €100,000. The OPTIMISE fund will be shared equally among the ten recipients, each receiving €10,000 worth of technical and marketing expertise.
- HeyStaks launches social search apps for iPad and Android tablets HeyStaks, the Irish social search start-up, has launched two new mobile apps specifically tailored for the iPad and Android tablets. These two new apps will compliment already existing apps for the iPhone and Android smartphones.
- "Massive win" for Ireland as Twitter sets up international office in Dublin Industrial Development Authority (IDA) Ireland announced this morning that Twitter is to establish an international office in Ireland - their third location outside of the United States. It's not yet known whether this office will become Twitter's European HQ - a title which may still be awarded to London.
- Tablet speculation mounts as Amazon schedules media event next week Amazon has scheduled a media event in New York on September 28th, mounting speculation that their forthcoming Amazon tablet will be announced. The tablet is expected to begin retailing in October or November at $299, considerably less than the entry-level Apple iPad.
- Facebook chooses Microsoft over Google to power new Timeline maps feature Facebook has chosen Microsoft's Bing Maps over Google Maps to power new mapping features on its visually improved Timeline profile page. The new Timeline profile places greater emphasis on location-aware postings, with Facebook once again partnering with Microsoft rather than Google - arguably a greater competitor.
- Can't wait to use the new Facebook Timeline? Here’s how to get it NOW! Among a slew of exciting announcements made by Facebook yesterday at their f8 developers conference, Facebook introduced Timeline - arguably the biggest shake-up in profile design ever! While it won't be made available to the public just yet, here's how to start using it right now!
- WordPress.com adds a new Follow button Hosted blogging platform WordPress.com has today, Wednesday, launched a new feature that they hope will help blog owners increase pageviews and retain site visitors - a Follow button.