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Get into the spirit this St. Patrick’s Day!

chrisg — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:28:13 +0000

St Patricks Day Festival

Date:
Friday 12th – Wednesday 17th March

Event:
City at Play Funfairs

Venue:
Merrion Square, Wolfe Tone Square & Custom House Quay

Grand Prix Awards Ceremony

chrisg — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:35:17 +0000

Vizeum and its client Nicorette were presented with the Independent Digital Grand Prix award and a €10,000 ad campaign at the awards ceremony held in Dublin. The €10,000 campaign can be used on the Independent Digital network of sites.

The awards were set up to recognise brand/marketing managers and the creativity and effectiveness of their digital campaigns.

COMPLIMENTARY TICKETS - Jamie Cullum

noeleenb — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:21:35 +0000

Jamie Cullum will play at The Olympia Theatre, Sunday 9 May 2010.

Independent Digital have a pair of tickets to give away.

To be in with a chance to win a pair of tickets email Karen now.

Digital Festival Overview – Post Event

chrisg — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:51:44 +0000

The Brainfood Store organised the Digital Festival which took place last Wednesday February 24th 2010 in the D4 Berkeley. The event was sponsored by Independent.ie.

Internet news overtakes printed papers for US readers

chrisg — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:09:29 +0000

For the first time ever, Americans are more likely to turn to the internet for news rather than printed newspapers or the radio, research revealed yesterday.

Internet and mobile phone technology had changed news "into a social experience", said the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press, based in Washington DC.

Most respondents to a Pew survey said they turned to multiple sources for news – about 46pc used up to six different sources a day. The number of people going online has overtaken newspapers and radio and is fast catching up with the TV.

Independent.ie launches first Irish national newspaper iPhone application

chrisg — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 11:14:23 +0000

The new Independent.ie iPhone application allows you to enjoy the Independent on your iPhone or iPod Touch wherever you are.

The new range iPhone applications from Independent.ie allow you to enjoy our content on your iPhone or iPod Touch wherever you are. View news headlines, articles and pictures quickly and send them to friends. The apps sync the most recent news directly to your phone. They are compatible with the iPhone, iPhone 3G and iPod Touch.

Irish Breaking News App

New Independent.ie Widget Application available

chrisg — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 10:40:01 +0000

The new Independent.ie widget application allows you to enjoy the Independent on you’re webpage, blog or social media page.
View news headlines, articles and pictures quickly and share them with friends.
The Independent.ie widget application contains the latest Irish, world, entertainment and sports news updated throughout the day.

How do I get the Independent.ie Widget Application?
You can take it from our website or you can take it from our social media pages, Facebook and Twitter for Independent.ie

ERA Ireland announce a deal that sees all 4,500 ERA Ireland properties for sale and to let

chrisg — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 10:39:50 +0000

ERA Ireland announce a deal that sees all 4,500 ERA Ireland properties for sale and to let on www.eraireland.ie now featuring on the www.globrix.ie property search portal.

Independent Digital Grand Prix Awards 2010

chrisg — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 10:58:16 +0000

The new award - 'The Independent Digital Grand Prix Award' was designed to recognise brand/marketing managers and the creativity and effectiveness of their digital campaigns.
Each quarter, six campaigns were shortlisted from thousands of campaigns that ran on Independent.ie throughout 2009. Industry peers then voted in their thousands for their favourite campaign on www.idworks.ie with the campaign receiving the highest amount of votes from each quarter going through to the Grand Final.

Internet Use

chrisg — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:24:32 +0000

The notion that the Internet is only relevant to younger people is dispelled by the latest data from the Central Statistics Office.

The Digital Marketing Institute delivers training courses in all aspects of digital and online marketing

chrisg — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 09:27:08 +0000

Their flagship course is a Diploma in Digital & Online Marketing and is available in a 12 Week part time option as well as a 1 week Full Time option. This Diploma has already had in excess of 300 graduates since the course started to be delivered in January 2009. The Digital Marketing institute also delivers training courses across the digital marketing sector.

The course includes all aspects of current thinking and application of online and digital marketing, including -

Become a fan of Idworks.ie on Facebook

aislingn — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 10:52:48 +0000

Become a fan of Idworks.ie on Facebook and get updates on what's popular, what's new, and exclusive fan competitions.

Become a fan of Idworks.ie on Facebook today!

Another rise in users for The Independent Digital website.

chrisg — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 11:36:23 +0000

The Independent Digital website has seen another consistent rise in users, according to figures just published from ABC Electronic (ABCe) – the online / digital arm of newspaper circulation auditors.

The websites attracted more than 2.3 m unique users, during October 2009*, with total page impressions for the month achieving over 30.7m both are up 4pc on the last audit.

eircom Golden Spider Awards Winners Announced

chrisg — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 14:50:54 +0000

The winners of the 2009 eircom Golden Spider Awards were unveiled last night (Friday, 20th November 2008) at a gala black-tie event in Dublin’s Burlington Hotel, hosted by comedian Risteard Cooper. Over 600 representatives from the online community were in attendance to honour their colleagues and industry members for their online success in 2009. Innovation in technology was very much the theme behind this year’s big awards.

ISME National Conference: ‘Quare Times’ – Why Be Afraid?

chrisg — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:05:18 +0000

• National Conference for Owner Managers & Entrepreneurs
• Panel of Experts to address SME Sector Issues
• Interactive Sessions, Networking Opportunities & Exhibition

ISME, the Irish Small & Medium Enterprises Association will be holding their National Conference on the 13th November at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Northwood, Santry, Dublin 9.

Independent.ie launches first Irish national newspaper iPhone application

aislingn — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:08:01 +0000

Independent.ie is the first Irish national newspaper publisher to launch an iPhone app and is setting the trend globally being in the first wave of publishers to successfully charge for news apps. Customer satisfaction with the product was demonstrated by it becoming the No. 1 downloaded paid for app in the iTunes App Store on the day after its release and stayed in that position for a number of weeks. The app launched on 21 October 2009.

2009 eircom Golden Spider Awards

chrisg — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:34:50 +0000

The eagerly awaited 2009 eircom Golden Spiders shortlist has been announced.

Vote for your favourite "Social Networking and Community Website" in the eircom Golden Spiders Awards

chrisg — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 08:02:13 +0000

The 2009 eircom Golden Spider Awards will take place in the Burlington Hotel on Thursday 19th November. The entries are in and the judging process has begun. But one category remains open for nominations - Best Social Networking and Community Website.

Smarter search tools on Globrix.ie change the face of property search in Ireland

chrisg — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 09:43:23 +0000

Following its recent launch to the Irish market in September 2009, traffic to the website has increased by 520%. This is an early indication that the smarter search tools and quality properties on Globrix.ie are proving a big hit with Irish consumers and estate agents.

Revolutionary free-to-list property search engine goes live in Ireland: Globrix.ie

chrisg — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 09:31:51 +0000

A new property search engine, Globrix.ie, which will revolutionise not only the way estate agents market their properties but how consumers search for them, has gone live in Ireland.

It’s Spider Time Again!

chrisg — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:29:43 +0000

This year Independent.ie is delighted to announce an exclusive media partnership with the eircom Golden Spider Awards. Independent.ie has been supporter of the Golden Spider Awards for a number of years and is proud to become the exclusive media partner for the 2009 awards.

Independent.ie in partnership with Microsoft Ireland announces Independent.ie’s own Internet Explorer 8

chrisg — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 13:00:20 +0000

Independent.ie in partnership with Microsoft Ireland announces the availability of Independent.ie’s own Internet Explorer 8 web browser.

Supporting Careers exhibition extended until early October

chrisg — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 12:38:04 +0000

Supporting Careers Ireland’s first online educational exhibition has been extended until early October to showcase further education and training solutions for all adults at all stages of their career.

Cullen Allen speaks about the exposure the eircom Golden Spiders win brought to Cully & Sully

chrisg — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 08:42:53 +0000

“Before we won the Golden Spider last November we were getting sporadic hits. On average, we got between 10 and 100 unique visits a day, but more often it was only 10, or 11, or 15 or something, and the odd time it was 100.

Lightbox, winner of Best Web Design and Develop Agency, eircom Golden Spiders 2007

chrisg — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 08:39:36 +0000

Lightbox has come a long way since managing director, Tom Hayes started the digital marketing company in his spare bedroom in 2004.

RateMyArea Augments Reality for Consumers

chrisg — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 10:05:54 +0000

Ever wanted to find the nearest ATM but there was no one to ask? Wouldn’t it be great to
simply wave a magic wand and see which direction and how far the place you want to go
to is from where you are right now!

RateMyArea.com, the Dublin based social reviews and local search website, today launched
their latest mobile phone enhancement for their popular website that turns your smartphone into
that magic wand!

Independent Woman is the latest addition to Independent.ie

noeleenb — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 10:06:14 +0000

Want the latest beauty tips? Need to get your daily fix of celeb news and gossip? Looking for the perfect recipe for a romantic night in?

All these questions, and more, are answered at the click of a mouse on Independent Woman – the lifestyle section of Ireland’s most popular news website –Independent.ie

The new Independent Woman section is fast becoming every girl’s one-stop-shop for news, fashion, love stories, celebrity updates, relationship advice and health & beauty tips.

Independent.ie has over 1.7m unique users, website traffic jumps, according to ABCe

noeleenb — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 09:56:09 +0000

The country’s premier news website, Independent.ie now attracts over 1.7m unique users every month.

The Independent Digital website has seen a huge jump in users, according to figures just published from ABC Electronic (ABCe) - the online / digital arm of newspaper circulation auditors.

The website attracted more than 1.78m* unique users, (up 87%), during October 2008, with total page impressions for the month achieving over 23m* (up 27pc). The number of unique users has almost doubled on its last audited figures.

Broadband update Spring 2009 - Latest Update

noeleenb — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 09:54:40 +0000

At the end of Q4 2008, there were over 1.4 mill active internet subscriptions in Ireland.

Independent Digital has teamed up with Newspaper Direct Inc. to offer a new service to users.

noeleenb — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 09:52:02 +0000

Independent Digital has announced a partnership to deliver multiple digital editions of its regional newspapers online using SmartEdition ™ technology from NewspaperDirect.