A GENERATION of children risks growing up with obsessive personalities, poor self-control, short attention spans and little empathy because of an addiction to social networking websites. A leading neuroscientist has warned that a decline in physical human contact meant children struggled to formulate basic social skills and emotional reactions. For more click here;

Samsung became the first handset maker to announce a smartphone using Microsoft’s latest mobile software, making its surprise, hurried announcement just days before the highly anticipated launch of Nokia’s version. The brief announcement yesterday at a Berlin electronics show comes amid expectations that smartphone makers may turn increasingly to Windows devices after a US jury […]

Internet companies were one of the main drivers of the services export sector last year accounting for €79 billion in exports, and 46 per cent of total Irish exports, according to a new publication. The Top 250 Exporting Companies in Ireland, which is to be published today by the Irish Exporters’ Association, also shows a […]

Effective business management means having the right systems in place, and the companies that have opted for certification are now reaping the rewards of a formal management system. Companies of all sizes need to be adaptable to meet the new challenges of the changing business world.  At a recent Pharma business briefing Chairman of ISO CEL, […]

Mark Zuckerberg and the other directors of Facebook have been slapped with a lawsuit claiming they defrauded investors in the company’s $104bn (£66.29bn) stock market float last week. The suit – which also names Morgan Stanley, Barclays, Goldman Sachs and other banks who underwrote the flotation as defendants – follows allegations that at least one […]