The technology newswire for Ireland, publishing updated technology and e-business news in areas including e-commerce, advertising and marketing, investment, and wireless technologies. http://www.enn.ie/section/dig123.html sheila@enn.ie careilly@enn.ie Copyright 2005, ElectricNews.Net Ltd http://www.enn.ie/imgs/logo/logo01.gif http://www.enn.ie Four out of five tech firms have named search as the most important development in marketing over the past 10 years, while blogs failed to make the same impact. http://www.enn.ie/article/10124111.html Some 20 percent of Irish consumers regularly access the internet from their mobiles, according to research from Return2Sender. http://www.enn.ie/article/10124040.html Irish entrepreneurs can now upload videos of investment pitches at theBusinessShop.ie. http://www.enn.ie/article/10123715.html Tourism Ireland has announced it will be hosting a series of promotional events in Second Life's 'virtual Dublin' to market Irish tourism to the community's users.http://www.enn.ie/article/141106.html Microsoft and news sharing site Digg have signed a three-year deal that will see the software giant manage advertising on Digg.com.http://www.enn.ie/article/88643.html The comedian, James Goldsbury, has won EUR10,000 as the top prize in an online video competition organised by website Jobs.iehttp://www.enn.ie/article/10055524.html Interactive Return has become the first digital marketing agency to become a member of the Institute of Advertising Practitioners in Ireland (IAPI).http://www.enn.ie/article/10048983.html Google has knocked Microsoft off the top spot and been named the most powerful global brand of 2007. http://www.enn.ie/article/10043714.html In a lesson no doubt relevant to Irish banks, Britain's banking sector has been told to jazz up its customer databases to effectively target the female market. http://www.enn.ie/article/10033874.html Google is preparing a spoiler to slap down Microsoft's bid to acquire online advertising broker DoubleClick, according to reports. http://www.enn.ie/article/10026185.html