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Corporation Tax

Green Party calls for corporation tax reform

23 hours ago 3,635 Views 37 Comments

The party urged the Government to close the ‘Double Irish’ loophole which it said enables companies to pay less than 12.5 per cent tax.

# google - Monday 21 May, 2012

From Business ETC Google

Competition Commissioner says Google has questions to answer over antitrust inquiry

Mon, 8:37 PM 2,653 Views 1 Comment

Joaquin Almunia has given the tech company “a matter of weeks” to propose remedies.

# google - Friday 18 May, 2012

From Business ETC Better Fast Stronger This post contains videos

Google introduces Knowledge Graph – a ‘more human’ search function

Fri, 12:51 PM 2,915 Views 1 Comment

Google says ‘Knowledge Graph’ will help users to discover new information quickly and easily because it will understand the context involved in a search request.

# google - Wednesday 16 May, 2012

From Business ETC Press Send This post contains videos

Google animation shows what happens when you send an email

16/05/12 650 Views No Comments

Ever wondered what happens to your email when it goes off into the ether?…

# google - Tuesday 8 May, 2012

From The Daily Edge Look No Hands This post contains videos

Self-driving cars get the nod… in Nevada

08/05/12 4,514 Views 22 Comments

Google awarded license to operate tests on auto-pilot cars.

# google - Sunday 6 May, 2012

Map Wars

Iran reveals its latest enemy… Google Maps

06/05/12 7,771 Views 38 Comments

The country said Google was ‘fabricating lies’ with its map of the Gulf.

# google - Wednesday 2 May, 2012

5 At 5

The 5 at 5: Wednesday

02/05/12 3,893 Views 7 Comments

5 stories, 5 minutes, 5 o’clock…

From Business ETC Reputation This post contains images

Google is Ireland’s most reputable company, while John Player, Quinn and AIB come last

02/05/12 6,853 Views 20 Comments

Google, Kerry Group and Apple are top of the class when it comes to corporate reputation in Ireland.

# google - Saturday 28 April, 2012

From Business ETC Productivity

Long before Google, the Soviets also had ’20 per cent time’

28/04/12 6,003 Views 11 Comments

Productivity and employee motivation drove both ideas – but how come one worked better than the other?

# google - Tuesday 24 April, 2012

From Business ETC Google

Google launches Google Drive

24/04/12 9,420 Views 39 Comments

Google Drive allows you to ‘Keep everything. Share anything’, the internet search leader said today. Cloud storage is the latest step for the company.

# google - Sunday 22 April, 2012

From Business ETC Building

1,500 building jobs to be created over next two years

22/04/12 4,853 Views 31 Comments

Hundreds of jobs will be created in the construction industry over the next couple of years as a result of recent announcements for foreign direct investment in Ireland, the Industrial Development Authority has said.

# google - Friday 20 April, 2012

From Business ETC Pinterest

“Pinterest is a phenomenon that’s extraordinary,” says Google M&A chief

20/04/12 3,916 Views No Comments

David Lawee, Google’s mergers and acquisitions chief, is clearly impressed with the pinboard site.

# google - Wednesday 18 April, 2012

Daily Fix

The Daily Fix: Wednesday

18/04/12 3,189 Views No Comments

All the biggest news stories from the day, as well as the few bits and pieces you might not have seen.

From Business ETC Patent Wars

Google CEO grilled in court over anti-trust allegations

18/04/12 2,425 Views No Comments

Larry Page takes the stand in a case taken by Oracle, who claim Google stole some Java technology for the Android OS.

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Want to doodle for Google? They’re hiring…

18/04/12 4,693 Views 4 Comments

The web giant is looking for its first full-time doodler to illustrate its homepage.

# google - Wednesday 4 April, 2012

From Business ETC Nerdgasm This post contains a poll This post contains videos

These are Google’s new augmented reality glasses – but what can they do?

04/04/12 15,271 Views 57 Comments

The internet giant has unveiled one of its most radical technologies yet: wearable computing.

# google - Tuesday 3 April, 2012

From Business ETC Motorola

EU launches two antitrust probes against Motorola

03/04/12 59 Views No Comments

The EU’s competition authority is to investigate whether investigations into whether the company is unfairly restricting competitors from accessing essential patents.

# google - Friday 30 March, 2012

From Business ETC BlackBerry

‘We can’t do everything ourselves’: Blackberry to focus on corporate customers

30/03/12 2,789 Views 7 Comments

Makers Research in Motion have seen their devices struggle against the likes of Apple’s iPhone and Google’s Android.

# google - Monday 26 March, 2012

Ecard This post contains a poll

Carry an organ donor card… in your smartphone

26/03/12 5,187 Views 28 Comments

As Organ Donor Awareness Week is launched, iPhone and Android users alerted to ECard option…

# google - Sunday 18 March, 2012

From The Daily Edge Google

11 amazing things that Google employees can learn for free

18/03/12 12,606 Views 4 Comments

If you work for Google, you can take part in some pretty interesting classes. We take a look at 11 of them, from beekeeping to how do to do your taxes.

# google - Friday 16 March, 2012

From The Daily Edge Google Doodle

Irish teenager’s doodle takes over Google homepage

16/03/12 5,231 Views 12 Comments

Sixth-year student Patrick Horan’s design represents the mechanisms of a clock.

# google - Monday 12 March, 2012

Google 4 Doodle This post contains images

Clare student is Google’s newest doodler

12/03/12 10,984 Views 10 Comments

Patrick Horan will share his design with millions of people on 16 March.

# google - Sunday 4 March, 2012

From The Daily Edge Street View

Man seen on Street View urinating in garden sues Google

04/03/12 15,081 Views 48 Comments

There’s no such thing as privacy anymore…

Chart

BEST OF: 15 hits from the Google Doodle collection

04/03/12 5,326 Views 2 Comments

Plus, the 14-year history of Google doodling.

# google - Thursday 1 March, 2012

From Business ETC Google

Google privacy policy changes are ‘in breach of EU law’

01/03/12 4,741 Views 26 Comments

The European Union justice commissioner has raised doubts about the legality of the changes the search giant has made to its privacy policy today.

# google - Wednesday 29 February, 2012

From Business ETC Privacy

How to delete your Google browsing history ahead of new privacy policy

29/02/12 22,138 Views 58 Comments

Tomorrow Google will launch a new privacy policy which could allow services like YouTube to access your browsing history – but there’s still time to opt out.

# google - Thursday 23 February, 2012

From The Daily Edge Under The Sea

Survey to give fascinating glimpse into life on barrier reef

23/02/12 1,734 Views 2 Comments

The survey will officially launch in September, using images broadcast on Google Earth and Google Maps taken of the coral reef with a special panoramic camera.

# google - Wednesday 22 February, 2012

Daily Fix This post contains videos

The Daily Fix: Wednesday

22/02/12 5,373 Views 3 Comments

Your nightly news round-up of the day’s biggest stories…

Take 5

The 5 at 5: Wednesday

22/02/12 3,945 Views 5 Comments

5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…

From Business ETC Gadgets This post contains videos

Google glasses will send info to your eyeballs – reports

22/02/12 4,797 Views 27 Comments

Time to ditch your smartphone? The high-tech specs will display graphics directly in front of your eyes – and they’re said to be coming this year.

From The Daily Edge Doodlers

Radio head: Heinrich Rudolf Hertz gets his own Google Doodle

22/02/12 1,658 Views 2 Comments

Today marks the 155th anniversary of the birth of the German physicist whose discoveries paved the way for the invention of the wireless telegraph and the radio.

# google - Monday 20 February, 2012

From Business ETC Email

Government ‘could save €10million’ by using webmail

20/02/12 7,565 Views 35 Comments

Fine Gael Senator Catherine Noone said a cloud-based email system like Gmail would save money and increase flexibility.

From Business ETC Google

NAMA refutes claims that it put 230 Google jobs in danger

20/02/12 3,823 Views 8 Comments

The debt collectors have hit back at an article published on the front page of the Sunday Independent yesterday.

# google - Tuesday 14 February, 2012

From The Daily Edge Valentine's Day This post contains videos

WATCH: Google’s unbearably sweet Valentine’s Day video doodle

14/02/12 3,399 Views 8 Comments

Google’s decided to mark February 14 with a Pixar-style video in its homepage…

From Business ETC Takeover

US, EU clear Google’s $12.5B Motorola Mobility bid

14/02/12 1,362 Views No Comments

The approval of antitrust regulators has brought Google a step closer to completing the biggest deal of its 13-year history.

# google - Friday 10 February, 2012

From Business ETC Google Store

Google plays down planning application for Dublin retail store

10/02/12 4,634 Views 5 Comments

Although Google has sought planning permission for a small retail store, it says it’s not planning to open one for the time being.

# google - Thursday 9 February, 2012

Your Say This post contains a poll

Poll: Do you worry about personal information on the internet?

09/02/12 3,331 Views 45 Comments

Are you concerned about how your online movements might be tracked to target you commercially? Have your say here.

# google - Tuesday 7 February, 2012

From The Daily Edge Delightful

Google celebrates the 200th birthday of Charles Dickens

07/02/12 1,652 Views 3 Comments

Those doodlers have come up with this very pretty homepage for the day. Plus, we’ve come up with five little-known facts about the author.

# google - Wednesday 1 February, 2012

From The Daily Edge Yowza This post contains videos

YouTube gets 4 billion views every day

01/02/12 1,259 Views 6 Comments

The company says it has experienced a massive 25 per cent surge in views in the past eight months.

From Business ETC Facebook

Facebook set to file $5 billion IPO today

01/02/12 3,325 Views 32 Comments

The initial public offering of stocks in the social networking giant has been long anticipated and could eventually make Bono a rich man…

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Poll: Are you satisfied with your quality of life?

Poll: Are you satisfied with your quality of life?

A NEW REPORT from the OECD has suggested people living in Ireland have some of the best lives in the world, with Ireland among the top countries in its Better Life Index.

The index finds that life expectancy, low pollution, positive experiences and a healthy work-life balance are among the factors that contribute to happy lives in Ireland.

It did note, however, that the gap between the rich and poor is wider in Ireland than elsewhere, while the gender gap in educational performance is also larger than average.

Today we’re simply wondering whether (assuming you live in Ireland) you’re satisfied with your quality of life.


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Column: Job creation is too important for party politics. Let’s work together.
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Writing for TheJournal.ie, Micheál Martin explains why Fianna Fáil’s new plan to tackle youth unemployment should be seriously considered.

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Column: National pride or bald-faced bigotry? Maybe neither, or both.
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Being proud to be Irish is sometime looked on as a social gaffe, writes Lisa McInerney, but that’s not always fair… and it’s not always the best way to figure out who really is racist…

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Column: Some talk about the ‘magic’ of childbirth. To me, it was horrific.
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For new mothers, the pressure can be so overwhelming it makes you ill. Lynn McDonald Byrne describes her experience of postnatal depression.

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