Ralph Averbuch
Ralph holds a degree in Communications, gained in 1990. He was a journalist & editor for a number of magazine titles over four years while in Edinburgh, lecturing part-time on media and PR. He moved into New Media in 1995 with Europe Online, based in London.
In 1996 he was hired by Yahoo Inc to launch their UK & Ireland portal, where he initially built up localised content and third-party partnerships, before focusing on business development full time from 1998. He left Yahoo in late 2000 and moved to Ireland in 2001. Ralph joined ENN in November that year.
Today Ralph oversees business development on both ENN's website and the growing corporate services operation. Where time permits he contributes to the ENN website and blog.
Stories by Ralph Averbuch
Palm's Pre Moment of Truth
30-09-2009
Has Palm made the right call in partnering with O2 to sell the Pre, when all its customers own iPhones already? » more
What is JC Decaux peddling?
23-09-2009
A free iPhone app to help commuters gets the axe from heavy-handed backer of Dublinbikes. » more
Has Google flipped?
16-09-2009
Google's experimental news service will not win friends inside the traditional media world. » more
The smart money's on Android
09-09-2009
We're awash with new smartphones but which or what will be last man standing? » more
Games = Big brains?
02-09-2009
The suggestion that games can make you more brainy is nothing new. So does reading maps... apparently. » more
All stick and no carrot
26-08-2009
All coercion and no persuasion will prove disastrous for the music and movie industry. » more
Dell's smartphone shenanigans
19-08-2009
The squeeze on Dell's core business means that it wants a piece of the smartphone action. » more
Extremism and the net
12-08-2009
Shutting out views on the republican fringe from YouTube or Facebook will change neither hearts nor minds on the ground. » more
Schmidt's long-time coming resignation
05-08-2009
The surprise over the Google boss's resignation is why it took this long to happen? » more
Tardy tie-up too late to the party
29-07-2009
A Yahoo/Microsoft search tie-up may make sense but it's a little late to the party. » more
Intel's jobs axe must ring alarm bells
23-07-2009
Fresh job cuts at Intel's Irish plant can't be accepted complacently by government. » more
Microsoft's Office 2010: make or break?
15-07-2009
Microsoft knows it can't afford to get the next release of Office wrong. » more
Blog: Google's OS is go
09-07-2009
It's anyone's guess how Microsoft will counter Google's threat to its OS business. » more
O2's smartphone gamble
08-07-2009
Will O2's deal to sell Palm's Pre make money or just prevent customer churn? » more
The long tail's tall tale
01-07-2009
Chris Anderson thinks everyone's getting a free lunch very soon. » more
The changing pace of change
24-06-2009
Kodachrome film is dead after 74 years. Will today's tech giants last that long? » more
The not so secret society
18-06-2009
Are we in a losing battle attempting to keep data private? » more
A Pre in the Palm is worth two in the bush
10-06-2009
For all the buzz, Palm needs to make and sell product to survive. » more
To Bing or not to Bing?
03-06-2009
Microsoft's new search may be good but will that cut it with hardened Googlers? » more
France's three strikes won't work
27-05-2009
France's three strikes law will prove that enacting isn't the same as implementing. » more
Palm's make or break moment
20-05-2009
The Pre has to be more than a good smartphone to save Palm's bacon. » more
Cashing in the chips
14-05-2009
One billion euro fine highlights Intel's murky past practices but will the lesson be learnt? » more
Let the reader beware
06-05-2009
Fake Wikipedia entry proves even the pros can easily be taken in. » more
A tale of two politicians
29-04-2009
Brown v Obama - an object lesson in abject failure to use the web. » more
Google's tax troubles
22-04-2009
Google may be avoiding big tax bills but is the damage to reputation worth it? » more
We'll call you
15-04-2009
eBay's decision to IPO Skype is an admission of failure. » more
The rise and rise of citizen journalism
08-04-2009
Events at the G20 summit show that everyone can be a torch-bearer for truth. » more
Wikipedia 1, Microsoft 0
01-04-2009
Microsoft finally falls to the inevitable march of Wiki wunderkids. » more
More cheap talk?
25-03-2009
Ireland is top dog when it comes to winning the title of most expensive EU line rental. » more
Caped Koala Studios has built a virtual world for kids, combining education and social networking 