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SponsorPay interview - smartphone & tablet users want more control over the ads that are served to them, & that's a good thing for advertisers.

Established and start-up technology companies are helping both the US and Ireland's economies, according to data released today.

Attendees at the Dublin Web Summit wondering what to do in Dublin after the Summit will be able to attend a series of free gigs in Dublin's city centre (and those without tickets can buy some to the Web Summit by Night event too)

@electricireland wants to reward Twitter users at the Dublin Web Summit with free caffeine & a chance to meet some of the speakers through their Tweet Café

Fortune has named Dublin, Ireland as one of the seven best new global cities for startups, sharing Silicon Valley's "potent combination of creativity and capitalism".

Internet activist Wael Ghonim will address the Dublin Web Summit in October, discussing social media and it's impact on continued Arab Spring.

The Irish Web Awards breaks last year's record for the most number of website nominations, still with five days to go before the closing date.

This coming Friday, September 14, is the final date at which entries to the Electric Ireland Spark of Genius startup competition will be accepted.

Well-known serial internet entrepreneur Kevin Rose and 4chan founder Chris Poole have both joined this October's Dublin Web Summit lineup.

The first set of speakers at this year's Dublin Web Summit have been announced; a list that consists mostly, and quite purposely, of female entrepreneurs in tech as founder Paddy Cosgrave attempts to highlight this growing demographic.

Last October Irish group deals customer management startup Redeem&Get took home the Spark of Genius award at the Dublin Web Summit. Some €1.6 million worth of deal redemptions later, Redeem&Get has launched Deal Manager Pro for marketers.

Two start-up events, Mike Butcher's GeeknRolla and Paddy Cosgrave's Dublin Web Summit are merging this March to create the London Web Summit.

Citigroup, one of the largest financial organisations in the world, believes Amazon is less than a year away from releasing its own smartphone.

Ireland is well placed to become a leader in the Mozilla and open source communities, according to the inaugural meet up of a Mozilla Ireland group in Dublin's Odeon on Wednesday.

Redeem & Get has been announced as the winner of the ESB Electric Ireland Spark of Genius Award and will now receive a business support package worth €40,000 and an investment offer of €100,000 from ACT Venture Capital.

Facebook and native smartphone apps are the future of gaming and media, but it is too early to tell if Google+ can succeed in this space, according SoundCloud and Wooga's CEOs.

Speaking to The Next Web's European Editor Martin Bryant at the Dublin Web Summit today, Ethan Beard, Director of Developer Marketing at Facebook, has confirmed that the roll-out of the new Timeline profile is now only "a matter of weeks" away.

Twitter has already hired a number of staff for its Dublin office, Tony Wang (@tonyw ) the General Manager of Twitter UK (@twitterUK) said today but he wouldn't be drawn on what type of jobs.

With the Dublin Web Summit in full swing Paddy Cosgrave has announced more details of the F.ounders event which is running until Saturday.

Think big, start lean, and create a strong brand; that was the message for entrepreneurs and technology start-ups this morning at the seventh Dublin Web Summit.