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.
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Stories by Ralph Averbuch
Make room for the message
10-03-2010
Before you bear the barrage of online messages, make sure you know what yours is first. » more
Apple's new court based tactics
03-03-2010
Resorting to patents to squash competitive threats could backfire on Apple. » more
Welcome back King Content
25-02-2010
We're about to see a big shift towards the mobile web. » more
Mobile alliance wants to turn back time
17-02-2010
Open Mobile Alliance wants to push the genie back in the bottle. » more
ENN Reader Survey 2010
10-02-2010
Take part in our short survey and you could win a mobile phone from Three. » more
More Buzz about Google
10-02-2010
Google aims to turn the tables on the social media upstarts. » more
Is Social Media The Real Thing?
03-02-2010
When two global FMCG brands take to the social web you know it must be the real thing. » more
Apple's amazing secrecy
27-01-2010
The most astonishing aspect of Apple's product launch is how it managed to keep it under wraps. » more
DNA database changes privacy
20-01-2010
There's nothing wrong with the science of DNA profiling but its storage must be a concern for privacy. » more
Google tries not being 'evil'
13-01-2010
Google's new stance on censorship suggests it won't kowtow to China's dictats any more. » more
Google's phone that really isn't
06-01-2010
Google's ambition isn't to sell phones, it's to make others do it better. » more
2010: The year smartphones get smart
01-01-2010
This year will be crowded, with players vying to be in the smartphone game. » more
Google in your pocket
16-12-2009
Google could be your constant companion with the rumoured launch of a branded handset. » more
Is the tiger moving north?
09-12-2009
Infrastructure investment in the north highlights the shortfall in strategic vision down south. » more
Fry roasts Plaxo in Twitter hissy fit
02-12-2009
Stephen Fry is livid his personal details were made public; but he put them online in the first place. » more
New blood at the IIA
25-11-2009
The new CEO of the IIA inherits a good operation from her predecessor and new challenges too. » more
Paywall papers versus open access
18-11-2009
Some papers will start charging for online news but the press are divided. » more
Google, the heart of mobile web
11-11-2009
Google's acquisition of AdMob shows that it intends to dominate the mobile internet. » more
Tech's making all of us twits
04-11-2009
It seems we have a lot to say about the very simple Twitter. » more
The rise of the open source OS
28-10-2009
Microsoft's unassailable grip on the PC desktop will face fresh threats from open OS's. » more
Future's cloudy for Microsoft
21-10-2009
Microsoft's latest OS may be the last that matters to PC users moving to online apps. » more
A law unto themselves?
14-10-2009
Gagging laws can't stifle an internet generation that wants the freedom to know the facts. » more
Competition converges on Eircom's core market
08-10-2009
Anyone can be Eircom's competitor in an IP world, and more are putting it into practice. » more
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
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