FinTech

​Samsung Launches LED That 'boosts Plant Growth'

Samsung Electronics has launched the LH351B Red, an LED that emits red at 660nm wavelength and boosts photosynthesis of ... Read more

​SK Telecom And Macquarie Acquire Security Firm ADT Caps For $1.2b

SK Telecom, together with Macquarie, have bought South Korean security systems firm ADT Caps for 1.276 trillion won ($1.... Read more

Singapore MVNO Offers Public Transit Riders Free Data

Mobile virtual network operator Circles.Life will offer 100MB data for every 10 rides taken using stored value card, EZ-... Read more

Weekend Takeaway: Secure Your Private Universe

Twitter urges all 336m users to change their passwords right now Image: Shutow Alexey Leonidovich/Shutterstock Twitte... Read more

OECDs Sharon Masterson: We Cant Pretend Driverless Vehicles Arent Coming

Sharon Masterson heads the corporate partnership board of the International Transport Forum (ITF), an intergovernmenta... Read more

Internal Debate At Facebook As It Considers A Paid Ad-free Version

Facebook’s business model – like many other online platforms that are free to use – depends largely on advertiser... Read more

Chinas Latest Brainwave Will Use Sensors To Tap Into Workers Minds

This week in the internet of things (IoT) sphere saw Nokia attempt to cut costs with the sale of its digital health har... Read more

Irish Start-ups Urged To Compete For Share Of $5m VentureClash Pool

Irish start-ups in areas including digital health, fintech, insuretech and internet of things (IoT) are being urged to ... Read more

More Than 500 Jobs Came To Irish Shores This Week

We in Careers always like to celebrate a particularly fruitful week on the jobs creation front, and with more than 500 ... Read more

AWS Technology Evangelist Ian Massingham: Dont Fear The Cloud

Cloud adoption is accelerating globally, as enterprises and organisations become more aware of the benefits including s... Read more

The Mystery Of The Male-killing Bacteria Has Finally Been Solved

If it were about humans it would be considered the plot of some dystopian fiction. But, for the fruit fly species Droso... Read more

YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki Stresses Importance Of Safety And Moderation

YouTube’s annual Brandcast was a slick affair, designed to convince its advertisers that it’s a good place in which... Read more

Singapore Firms Struggling To Keep Up With Security Patches

Some 78 percent don't have adequate resources to cope with the volume of patches, and 58 percent say their data breaches... Read more

​Samsung Launches Image Sensor With Turnkey Camera Module

Samsung's ISOCELL Slim 3P9 comes with a pre-tuned turnkey camera module that will shorten smartphone makers' development... Read more