FinTech

​Samsung HMD Odyssey Goes On Sale In Korea On November 21

Samsung's high-end headset in Microsoft's Mixed Reality line-up will be priced at 790,000 won ($700) in South Korea. Read more

​Kakao Looks To New Emoticon Characters For Revenue Boost

Kakao has launched its first original emoticon characters in five years, which it hopes will mimic the success of the hu... Read more

​SK Telecom Deploys LTE Cat-M1 For IoT Speed Boost

SK Telecom will link LTE Cat-M1 with its LoRa network to allow new competitive IoT applications. Read more

Singapore To Refine Upcoming Cybersecurity Bill Following Public Feedback

Government says it will clarify the definition of critical information infrastructures and duties of such operators as w... Read more

Singles Day Sales Reach $38.2b Across Chinese Ecommerce Platforms

The annual shopping event in China has also generated 1.38 billion packages in just one day, according to a big data fir... Read more

Alibaba Breaks Previous Singles Day Sales Record To Hit $25.3B

Chinese e-commerce giant chalks up US$25.3 billion in gross merchandise volume on its November 11 online shopping festiv... Read more

Singapore Opens Up Access To Citizen Data To Facilitate Business Transactions

Commercial businesses can now access citizen data, such as mailing address and passport numbers, stored in the national ... Read more

Weekend Takeaway: Fortune Favours The Brave

Facebook’s data gathering is not as simple as microphone spying Image: javy_indy/Shutterstock There have been persi... Read more

Dublin Slips In European Rankings As Accommodation Crisis Soars

Dublin has slipped in its ranking in the top European cities for real-estate investment, according to the latest PwC/Ur... Read more

How Humming A Tune In Your Head Could Help The Speechless To Talk Again

While we may internally feel our emotional reaction to a piece of music, our ability to know what happens when we hum a... Read more

Diversity And The Data-driven Workforce

This week, the World Economic Forum (WEF) – which has been tracking gender parity around the world since 2006 – pub... Read more

US Homeland Security Cyber Chief Warns That Too Much Depends On End Users

Jeanette Manfra was in Dublin last week where she addressed the Institute of International and European Affairs about t... Read more

Thanks To Zendesk, The Transition From Ukraine To Ireland Was Easy

Though many might disagree, the people of Ireland are rather privileged to have Irish weather. Yes, it’s often wet an... Read more

Alibaba Courts International Market For Singles Day E-commerce Event

Singles’ Day (held every 11 November) is Alibaba’s rival to alternatives such as Black Friday and Cyber Monday, and... Read more