Last weekend, the BBC’s flagship global technology programme featured an iPhone app built by Northern Irish start-up Paper Bag. Do It! Or Ditch It was commissioned by serial entrepreneur Bev James in August 2012 and made an appearance on the weekly news show among other innovative and intriguing offerings from the world of mobile technology. Broadcast throughout the week on BBC One, the BBC ... read more →

Outsider Games, in partnership with Lionsgate UK and Northern Ireland Screen,is pleased to announce development of MAGIC MIKE: THE MOVES. The promotional mobile game will support the Home Entertainment release of MAGIC MIKE in the UK on DVD, BLU-RAY and Digital download on November 26th, 2012. MAGIC MIKE features Channing Tatum, who sizzles in the role of the irresistible Mike, the shining sta... read more →

Kickstart the Northern Ireland games industry by backing Brain and Nerd's indie 4X space strategy game Predestination. LINK TO KICKSTARTER Predestination is a turn-based space 4X game that significantly modernises and improves on the gameplay of classic games like Master of Orion II, Civilization and the Galactic Civilizations series. It blends turn-based galaxy management and turn-based ta... read more →

Irish League of Credit Unions Launch CU Learn Minister of State for Training and Skills, Ciarán Cannon joined Aurion Learning and the Irish League of Credit Unions (ILCU) to launch a powerful new training system, www.culearn.ie that is set to benefit credit unions around the country. CU Learn will support credit unions in the booking, coordinating and tracking of training activities for their... read more →

https://www.google.com/producer/editions/CAowkKncAg/view_currents_edition VIEW used an Invest NI Innovation Voucher to work with Belfast Metropolitan College to develop a FREE Google Currents web app for VIEW - an online social affairs magazine for the community and voluntary sector. The Belfast Telegraph covered the story: http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/business/business-news/online-maga... read more →

Learning Pool today announced that it ranked number 24 in the 2012 Deloitte Technology Fast 50, a ranking of the 50 fastest growing technology companies in Ireland. Rankings are based on average percentage revenue growth over five years. Learning Pool’s co-founder, Paul McElvaney attributed the company’s growth to its ability to recruit well. “We have spent a lot of time in the last five years... read more →

The Irish Domain registrar which handles all registrations of .ie domain names was hacked in September and the result was Google.ie and Yahoo.ie being compromised via DNS records, a fairly huge security breach which apparently was achieved by an exploit in the Joomla CMS that IEDR were using to power their website. How a Joomla backend module allowed access to the IEDR DNS infrastructure is min... read more →

Learning Pool’s promotion to Platinum Partner for Totara LMS means that we will be able to deliver an enhanced learning service to our customers. Learning Pool was one of the early adopters of Totara, a custom distribution of Moodle, and this recognition comes on the back of a number of successful implementations of Totara in local government and the hospitality industry within the UK. Spea... read more →

Have you hit a brick wall for the second time today? Do you have good creative ideas but feel unsure about what to do next or feel unable to take that next step? The good news is you’re not alone. Many people continue to be baffled by the small print, bureaucracy, terminology, and even language which abounds and which acts like a barrier, preventing them from going any further with their ideas... read more →

Historically, Northern Ireland had been an industrial economy focusing on areas such as shipbuilding and textiles. However the economy is evolving and emphasis is now on growing and developing sectors such as IT, financial services, legal services, renewables and tourism. In IT, Northern Ireland has a growing number of software development centres, shared service centres and IT technical suppo... read more →