News Archive
05 October 2008
Sunday Business Post
Globoforce, a Dublin firm that runs employee reward schemes for some of the biggest companies in the world, has won several new deals worth ‘‘tens of millions of dollars’’.Eric Mosley, chief executive of Globoforce, said the company had recently launched its system with three companies with more than 20,000 employees each, i..
16 September 2008
www.tvweek.com Daisy Whitney
"After a three-month search, Web video studio Next New Networks has appointed advertising executive Lance Podell as its CEO, effective Oct. 1. He replaces Herb Scannell, who founded Next New Networks and will remain chairman of the company. Mr. Podell most recently was CEO of Seevast Corp., which handles search engine marketing and sponsored link..
16 September 2008
Financial Times Tim Bradshaw, Digital Media Correspondent
"A UK start-up has beaten the likes of Apple, HMV and Tesco to be the first to sell music from all of the large labels online without restrictions on copying or playing devices. 7Digital, which was founded in 2004 and has received £5.75m in venture funding, said on Tuesday that SonyBMG – home to artists such as Bruce Springsteen, Bob D..
14 September 2008
Sunday Business Post
"Mobile software firm NewBay is believed to be on the verge of signing another major deal with a large mobile operator, following an agreement last week with American mobile operator US Cellular that will see its LifeCache software used by 6.2 million customers. Company sources declined to comment on the identity of the new customer, but it is bel..
12 September 2008
Sunday Business Post
"SEATTLE – Big Fish Games™ (www.bigfishgames.com), the world’s leading online destination for games and interactive entertainment, announced today that it closed an $83.3 million financing from Balderton Capital, General Catalyst Partners, and Salmon River Capital. Big Fish Games intends to use the new capital raised to accelerate..
12 September 2008
Irish Times John Collins
MOBILE SOFTWARE firm NewBay used this week's CTIA wireless industry get-together in San Francisco to announce it had signed a significant deal with US Cellular and to release what it claims is the world's first "aggregated" mobile social networking solution.
The contract win with US Cellular, the fourth-largest mobile network in the US, is the lat..
12 September 2008
Washington Post Rafat Ali
And who said there was anything casual about casual games: Seattle-based casual games distributor Big Fish Games has received the biggest game-related fundings in recent history.
It has raised $83.3 million in funding in a round led by Balderton Capital, General Catalyst Partners, and Salmon River Capital.
The money will be used for acquisitions ..
07 September 2008
Sunday Business Post
By Sunday Business Post
Businessman Richard Branson will receive a lifetime achievement award at the International Business Awards, which will be attended by about 250 people in Dublin tomorrow. Irish firms Globoforce and Creganna will be among the firms accepting so-called ‘Stevie’ awards, which are presented in 40 categories, covering products, communication..
02 September 2008
Reuters
By Brett Young
Finland's Sulake reported a six-month profit on Tuesday thanks to the strong performance of its Habbo Hotel Internet networking site, but said a stock market listing was not likely next year. "A listing is still a valid plan, but now we are concentrating on future growth ... and improving our profit and cash flow," Sulake Chief Financial Officer Ou..
01 September 2008
Siliconrepublic.com
By John Kennedy
A dotcom gift company started in Dublin in 1999 has emerged at No 251 on the top 500- list of fastest-growing private companies in the US, siliconrepublic.com can reveal. According to the annual 500 list of fastest-growing private companies in the US, compiled by Inc. magazine, Globoforce came in at No 251. It also came in at No 34 on Inc magazin..
31 August 2008
Independent
By Kate Hughes
That new motor can be yours. Look beyond traditional lenders for the cash. Kate Hughes reports This week, new cars will roll off forecourts up and down the country as the 58 registration is introduced. And despite endless warnings about the dire effects of the credit crunch, much of this spending will be financed through credit. But the financ..
29 August 2008
GamesIndustry.biz
By Games Industry
Codemasters has announced that it has appointed four new executives to its senior management team in a bid to keep the company on the "fast track", following three fiscal years of double digit growth. Axel Herr leads the list as senior VP of publishing for EMEA, having previously been MD of THQ in Germany and Nintendo of Europe, while former EA E..
20 August 2008
The Wall Street Journal
By Andrew Lavallee and Ross Kenneth Urken
A few weeks ago, Scott Mesch of Boulder, Colo, picked up his cellphone and did something he wouldn't have dared try in the past: He called his cousin in Australia. Before, catching up with relatives near Brisbane would have cost him about $3.50 a minute. But using a service called Truphone, which he installed on his iPhone, the call was only a few ..
20 August 2008
Reuters News
Business software maker Salesforce.com Inc said on Wednesday that it bought smaller software maker InStranet Inc for $31.5 million. It is Salesforce's largest acquisition since the developer of computer programs that customers can only access using Web browsers and the Internet was founded a decade ago. Salesforce spokesman Bruce Francis said the..
11 August 2008
www.fool.co.uk
By Jane Baker
If you’re a regular reader of The Fool, you’ll know we’re pretty impressed by peer-to-peer lending business, Zopa. In fact, we like it so much we chatted to Zopa’s managing director, Giles Andrews, to find out more about their lending philosophy in a recent podcast: Zopa -- Better Than Your Bank? What is Zopa? Zopa, which..
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