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Google VP Vint Cerf to participate in the Estonian ICT Week 2014

At the end of April, the Estonian ICT Week 2014, an international information and communications technology week held in Tallinn, will host numerous opinion leaders from the IT field, including one of the “fathers of the internet”, Google VP and technology evangelist Vint Cerf, as well as Gartner VP and research fellow Stephen Prentice. The

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The 10 most photographed spots in Estonia (pictures)

Using crowdsourcing, the Estonian-founded Sightsmap.com lists the most photographed places in any country of the world. Based on the number of Panoramio photos taken at each place in the world and Foursquare check-ins, it estimates the sightseeing popularity of each spot. These are the top 10 most photographed places in Estonia, according to Sightsmap (click

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TransferWise announces £1 billion mark in cross-border payments

The Estonian-founded, London-based peer-to-peer currency transfer firm TransferWise announced that £1 billion (or €1.21 billion) have been transferred via its service. TransferWise growth has been impressive – just less than a year ago, it reached a milestone of £125 million. The development of the company was greatly accelerated after receiving an investment of $6 million

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Estonian indie-folk band Odd Hugo embarks on a mini-European tour (video)

The Estonian indie-folk band, Odd Hugo, formed in the summer of 2012, has embarked on a miniature European tour – namely in Germany and the Netherlands where the band aims to perform at nine shows. Odd Hugo is a fresh Estonian act, acknowledged for its part-mellow folkie, part-heart-rending poet soundscapes. With their debut album “Odd

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NOW! Innovations and Fortumo to export mobile carrier payment solution for parking and EV charging around the world

Two Estonian companies, the mobility services company NOW! Innovations and the carrier billing provider Fortumo, announced a global partnership for charging payments for parking and electric vehicle charging. NOW! Innovations will start offering payments for mobile parking, electric vehicle charging and other services through Fortumo’s direct carrier billing solution, available in a number of European

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From Pussy Riot to Kerli to Spotify – the Tallinn Music Week is making waves again

The Tallinn Music Week (TMW), the annual music conference and showcase festival, will bring notable names in the music industry and 227 bands from 20 countries to the Estonian capital. TMW is a three-day music industry conference and one of the biggest indoor festivals in the Nordic and Baltic region. The mission of the festival,

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Estonian wisdom – 25 proverbs and sayings

A proverb is a simple and concrete saying, popularly known and repeated, that expresses a truth based on common sense or the practical experience, often metaphorically. Proverbs also encapsulate society’s values and beliefs. We have collected 25 Estonian proverbs and sayings and have also included the original expression in Estonian. Most of these are traditional, going back in

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University of Tartu launches a social media hub

The University of Tartu’s social media hub allows to follow the university’s events via its posts in social media. Created on the example of US universities MIT, Hamilton and Harvard, the environment currently brings together around 100 social media accounts linked to the university. “By implementing a social media hub we make information more compact

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