Elevator Pitch: Roostie helps you handpick new music
The team behind Roostie think there needs to be a far easier way to find talented new music than trawling MySpace or YouTube. Is Roostie it? By Jemima Kiss
Elevator Pitch: PeopleLovePresents - for those elusive perfect gifts
From Christmas to that Bar Mitzvah, PeopleLovePresents says there's a need for a service that helps you hand pick that special something. By Jemima Kiss
Twice a week IOVOX staff have a 6am "Fight Club". Its founder, Ryan Gallagher, has a pastlife in Silicon Valley, bricklaying, martial arts and as a security guard. His current preoccupation is to "KO the broken telco model"
Irish tech startups: CloudSplit offers 'Google Analytics for the backend'
Cloud services are at the peak of the hype cycle, says CloudSplit chief executive Joe Drumgoole, but what startups really need is a way to manage them efficiently. By Jemima Kiss
Irish tech startups: WhatClinic aggregates $6tn of private healthcare
This medical tourism guide is a perfect lesson in how Irish startups have a knack for nailing a niche. By Jemima Kiss
Rococo aims to get closer to success with Bluetooth proximity
We talk to Sean O'Sullivan, chief executive of nine-strong Rococo
Irish tech startups: Infacta aims to make SMS and email simple
After creating the web's biggest poll platform, PollDaddy, Infacta aims to do the same for SMS for small businesses and clubs
Irish tech startups: Weedle won't wobble from cataloguing skills
'A Wikipedia of skills' is how its founders describe their aim for the company that feels a bit like a LinkedIn for finding plumbers and dentists – but has global ambitions
Elevator Pitch: Ideal Binary has an animated iPad page-turner
Twin brothers think that reading on tablets is anything but Grimm
Elevator Pitch: WYGU - it's like social networking, but useful
When You Grow Up claims to match mentors to young people building their careers. But do young people need any more careers advice - and another online distraction? By Jemima Kiss
