Why does big tech’s next big leap forward feel so slow in coming?

Concepts such as quantum computing are far more complex than the smartphone

Public ‘suspicion’ of Irish banks remains as staff see improvements

Minister plans to publish heads of Bill for senior accountability regime in July

Irish cybersecurity automation start-up Tines raises $11m

Fundraise comes just six weeks after company secured $4.1m from Blossom Capital

Dublin tech firm Data Scape sues Amazon and Dropbox

Company taking multiple actions suing corporate giants for alleged patent breach

US tech firm Nginx to create 100 jobs in Cork city

Company establishing new EMEA headquarters in Ireland next month

Slack pulls it all together with new product for large firms

Single-layer Enterprise Grid platform already rolled out by IBM, Paypal and Capital One

U2 earn $55m in 12 months, according to Forbes

One Direction the highest paid European celebrities, taking in $110m despite hiatus

Travel Gear: making travel easier

Mobile power for a full festival, dash cam smarts and 35,000 golf courses on your wrist

Tech giants file legal briefs in support of Apple

Microsoft says unity reflects shared concerns among firms about ramifications of the case

Bill Gates cautions on unicorn valuations over short term

Says investors need to be ‘more discriminating’

Square IPO set to price in highly watched deal

Jack Dorsey-headed mobile payments firm to announce share price on Wednesday

Aaron Levie’s tech start-up needs to Box clever or face a cloudy future

Box conducted an initial public offering in January having already raised more than $500m, but now comes the hard part – survival

GoDaddy’s IPO to value Web company at up to $2.87bn

IPO market has slow start to year compared with 2014 when US IPOs raised $93bn

Dropbox rival may offer more security