Estonian tech stories around the world.
Today we start a new feature – “Start-up Spotlight”, where we zoom in on those numerous Estonian start-ups, to find out more about their business model and how they operate. Our first start-up under the spotlight is Like A Local Guide – a website and a mobile app for tourists to help find cool and cozy spots; […]
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Estonian mobile payments provider Fortumo has signed Global Framework Agreements with leading operator groups Telefónica and Telenor to bring direct carrier billing services to 460 million additional subscribers worldwide. Using the BlueVia Payments API to charge purchases to their mobile operator bill, users in more than 30 countries will now be able to purchase digital goods over the
President Ilves today addressed the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Homeland Security in the UK House of Commons, upon the invitation of its treasurer, James Morris MP. The key theme of the President’s remarks was identity and, more specifically, who should be responsible for securing and guaranteeing it in society. He outlined the concepts of DDOS
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I recently shared some thoughts on how surprisingly hard it has been to adjust to the fact how mundane and bureaucratic everyday activities still can be in otherwise tech-advanced Silicon Valley, compared with back home in Estonia. This video is from Stanford GSB YouTube channel. This video and article was first published by Sten Tamkivi and formed part
Former Head of Skype presents: The future that should be here now (video) Read More »
Estonia’s first satellite, ESTCube-1, was rocketed off to orbit the Earth early morning on Tuesday, thus making Estonia the 41st nation to have a man-made object in space. Estonia has become the 41st nation to have a man-made object in space, beating out Finland and the other Baltic countries, all of which are due to launch their first satellites
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Estonia is on track to become the first nation to meet the EU’s target of providing 20% of its final energy use from renewable sources, according to new Eurostat figures released on 26 April. Across the continent, energies such as wind, solar and biomass contributed 13% of Europe’s total energy consumption in 2011, up 0.9%
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The latest winner of the „Estonia’s Best E-service“ contest is TransferWise, a provider of international payments and currency exchange services. The winner was announced at the information society conference. According to Katri Ristal, chairwoman of the jury of “Estonia’s Best E-Service” contest, TransferWise won both in the category of e-commerce and in the overall category.
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The European IT Agency has been called the biggest IT challenge for the entire European Union. What does the agency do, how did it come to reside in Estonia and what is the meaning of such an institution for the local entrepreneurial environment? In December 2012, the European Agency for the operational management of large-scale IT systems
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Estonian company Favor AS has created a unique, efficient and environment-conscious vehicle, an electrical roller called the Exo bike. The premiere of the Exo bike took place last week at the Hannover Trade Fair, world´s leading showcase for industrial technology. In an interview with the Favor team, they explain the innovation and technology behind their
Meet Exo – electric bike made in Estonia Read More »
Exporting public e-services can be complicated, since every country is unique in its legislative and institutional environment. Quite often, a country’s historical and cultural background makes it difficult to accept changes to the existing services. Still, some ideas are just so appealing that they find their way in. We’ll describe five components of Estonian e-society
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