A 13-year-old self-taught programmer from Waterford is to speak at the prestigious 20th TiEcon conference in California, where he will address the senior executives of LinkedIn, Amazon, Netflix, and PayPal, among others.

The (Irish Technology Leadership Group) ITLG Silicon Valley Comes to Ireland summit is a two day gathering of top executives, entrepreneurs, and venture capital investors operating in Silicon Valley, Hollywood, and US East Coast, who will travel to Cork to meet Ireland’s top technology and innovative companies.

The Irish born, software-tech Mentoring initiative, designed to teach school kids computer coding, known as CoderDojo, has been launched as a voluntary chapter at Microsoft offices in Silicon Valleny, CA.

Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) has announced it will lend $100 million to the Irish innovation sector as part of a new partnership with the National Pensions Reserve Fund (NPRF).

On June 5 at Microsoft HQ in Mountain View, California, SVForum and Enterprise Ireland will team up to offer an incredible opportunity to growing start-up companies looking to expand their international reach.

The advice given by the Irish Institute of Directors to Irish Americans, and Irish-born who are living in the US, to turn down offers to serve on Irish boards as catalysts for investment and creating contacts, has been slammed by former San Jose Mayor Tom McEnery writing in the Irish Times.

Two Limerick brothers, who have been branded as Ireland’s answer to Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, are in the money – big time.

Luminaries of the business, politics and entertainment words arrived by the limo load to pay their last respects to the late Apple founder Steve Jobs this weekend.

John Hartnett, the founder and president of the Irish Technology Leaders Group (ITLG), said that Irish companies can become the next giants of Silicon Valley, in an interview with the Silicon Republic.

The era of Silicone Valley dominance in all things technology related is over. Good tech start ups can come from anywhere. That's the word from Skype co-founder Niklas Zennstrom.

A delegation of top executives, led by Craig Barrett, the former chairman of Intel will touch down in Ireland this week aimed at strengthening “developmental ties” between Ireland and Silicon Valley.

John Hartnett, President and Founder of the Irish Technology Leaders Group (ITLG) and one of the most senior Irish-American business executives in the US has called for a direct flight from Dublin to San Jose.

The Irish Technology Leadership Group, based in Silicon Valley, is leading the Irish recovery, said Prime Minster Brian Cowen in San Jose on Sunday.

Seven Irish technology startup companies traveled to Silicon Valley last month for a high powered weeklong trade mission, meeting with more than 40 U.S. entrepreneurs, technologists, advisors and potential investors.

An Irish American is in the driver's seat of a new $100,000 electric car.

Irish technology firms have recently secured new business deals in Silicon Valley worth almost $4 million, Mary Coughlan, the Irish Minister Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, said Tuesday.

Silicon Valley's top innovators and business leaders have some strong advice for Ireland's emerging technology sector. READ MORE ]]>