SiliconHills

MARCH 16, 2018

The post At SXSW, Norway’s Crown Prince Focuses on Tech for Sustainable Development appeared first on SiliconHills. By Susan Lahey Reporter with Silicon Hills News It is always ironic when the tech doesn’t work at SXSW, which happened to Norwegian Crown Prince Haakon, speaking at SXSW on Tuesday about creating innovation that solves problems. Starting his presentation with a video about the United Nations’ 17 Sustainable Development Goals he ran into technical […].

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Inc Startups

MARCH 20, 2017

A new UN report says Norway is the happiest country in the world. Here's why

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ArcticStartup

MAY 2, 2014

Video apps are on the rise in Norway it seems with two apps either launching or announcing funding. With the funding, Wonderloop says they''ll be hiring a full-time employee in Norway, and will be also be opening up a California office.

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ArcticStartup

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

Helsinki-headquartered equity crowdfunding platform Invesdor will expand its service to Norway later on Wednesday when it opens first two cases in the country.

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ArcticStartup

DECEMBER 13, 2013

The National Library of Norway decided to confirm that once and for all when they announced plans to digitize their entire collection , and since there is this thing in Norway called The Norwegian Legal Deposit Act all published content, in all media, must be deposited with them.

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ArcticStartup

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

Mobile payments just got a big bump in Norway. Additionally we''re putting some of that towards an extremely aggressive and - I think - creative launch in Norway next week.". News broke that the home-grown mobile payment solution, mCASH announced a NOK 43 million (€5.15

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ArcticStartup

FEBRUARY 5, 2016

Viva system is on sale in Norway, and Finnish sales are due to start in March, but if mr Zuckerberg calls Holen promises to make sure also U.S.

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ArcticStartup

NOVEMBER 30, 2015

As the startup scene in Norway is speeding up things in multiple levels, we’re getting more and more news coming in. Founders Fund Norway. When we started, the professional early stage investment community in Norway was non-existent.

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ArcticStartup

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

But first let's have a look at Norway. Software is not at Norway's heart. Norway found oil. Editorial note: This is a guest post by Kristoffer Lawson, the Travelling Salesman. He's on a 10 000 kilometre drive to meet Nordic startups.

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ArcticStartup

MARCH 3, 2014

Norway, like many countries, faces the issue of seeing less women than men pursuing studies in technology fields. Speaking at the event was a wide mix of people, from Sunniva Rose, who spoke about blogging in the digital space, to the Prime Minister of Norway who was wired in.

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ArcticStartup

JUNE 30, 2014

million) fund to focus on early-stage investments in IT called Alliance Venture Spring which will invest 2-5 million NOK (€240,000- €600,000) into companies primarily in Norway.

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ArcticStartup

MARCH 1, 2016

"We're looking forward to continuing the Teslagrad story and challenge on Xbox," Peter Meldahl, CEO of Rain Games, said in a statement. Our new levels not only increase Teslagrad's playtime by about 10 percent, they also increase its difficulty."

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ArcticStartup

AUGUST 18, 2014

Norway''s Wonderloop , a video profile app, has seen some success in the Norwegian markets, but to properly introduce themselves to America''s youth the company pulled together 17 trendsetters together for a type of promotion we haven''t seen Nordic social apps leverage before.

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ArcticStartup

AUGUST 11, 2014

Not finding it suitable, but not having any alternatives at hand, Hestaas set out to built Kuddle under the advisement from children''s advocacy group Save the Children Norway, the Norwegian Media Authority and the interest group ICT Norway.

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ArcticStartup

JANUARY 23, 2014

When we received a press release with the title Trolls vs. Vikings I originally thought it would news about something other than a new games developer announcing the release date of their first game.

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ArcticStartup

JANUARY 22, 2015

When you think of education in the Nordics you might first think of Finland''s PISA test scores, but Norway seems to be the one really capitalizing on EdTech.

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ArcticStartup

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

Norway's Vio launched earlier this month to the general public its digital platform that gives readers unlimited access to content from their favorite magazines.

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ArcticStartup

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

It''s Friday afternoon, so play around with this tool to get a slice of Norway 3D printed for a mantelplace heirloom.

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ArcticStartup

MAY 23, 2013

Applications are welcome to Innovation Norway''s flagship business development program, taking place in Silicon Valley this Fall. A former IT Project Manager, David Nikel now works as a technology writer in Norway. Fancy a month in Palo Alto?

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Mark Birch

DECEMBER 14, 2015

I did not know anything about Galar before a few years ago, but can you blame me when Norway has a metal band per capita rate of 1 out of 25 residents? Their latest album De gjenlevende came out in March and it just feels like Norway. Galar Tusen Kall Til Solsang Ny De Gjenlevende Metal Monday metal Norway black metal folk metal

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VC Cafe

DECEMBER 10, 2013

Digital is now the majority of revenues in markets such as the US, India, Norway and Sweden. Music is everyone’s favorite example of digital disruption done wrong. After peaking at $38 billion revenue more than a decade ago, the industry stabilized last year at $16.5 billion.

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ArcticStartup

MARCH 16, 2016

The toolkit is based on the Security Culture Framework created by CLTRe's founder and CEO Kai Roer. The human factor is still one of the top reasons for data breaches today. Effectively training employees to help them discover and avoid threats has been largely unsuccessful if we are to believe the data breach reports,” Roer said in a statement. CLTRe Toolkit focuses on improving employees’ habits and social behavior that impact security.

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ArcticStartup

JANUARY 27, 2015

Bitcoin platform Safello announces today it''s expanding to Norway and Denmark outside of its native Sweden to make buying and selling bitcoins more convenient.

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ArcticStartup

JANUARY 27, 2014

Norway-based Confr says they hope to challenge the big global telecom players that deliver old school and expensive solutions to businesses, and to create something that should just work efficiently.

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ArcticStartup

JANUARY 27, 2015

Even if you''re not bullish on any practical use of Bluetooth beacons, after meeting the founders of Oslo-based Unacast you''d probably want to put money into the company.

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ArcticStartup

AUGUST 2, 2011

QuestBack AS , the leading European provider of Enterprise Feedback Management (EFM) services has announced the acquisition and merger of a German originated company Globalpark. Globalpark was founded in 1999 and has grown quite rapidly. At the moment of the acquisition, the company has also high profile clients such as Continental, Daimler, Nintendo, Sony Music and Bosch to name a few. Questback has been acquiring companies in Europe at an increasing pace in the last few years.

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Mark Birch

MARCH 6, 2013

Welcome Farewell by Vreid - More black metal from the nations of the Northern Lights, this time being Norway. Vreid Welcome Farewell black metal NorwayThis Norwegian outfit just released their latest album Welcome Farewell and it is quite excellent. I would rate this as highly as Soilwork’s recent release The Living Infinite. The title track is definitely heavy, but has some nice melodic parts that mesh well with the rest of the song.

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ArcticStartup

OCTOBER 1, 2013

Today Oslo-based Soundrop announces it has picked up a 20 million NOK (€2.5 million) round led by Northzone and Investinor. The company has had a good run so far, it''s service is available as an app for Spotify , on the web , on any Facebook page , and as apps for iOS and Android.

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ArcticStartup

MARCH 23, 2015

Isaksen believes in doubling the amount of companies, since there''s so much condensed know-how in the region (and the most people holding master''s and phd''s per capita in the whole Norway), but he evaluates that government set goals are impossible to reach due to workforce shortage.

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ArcticStartup

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

With 22 hours left in their funding drive on IndieGoGo , Norway''s Future Home is so close, yet so far away with raising their minimum $200,000 goal.

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ArcticStartup

MAY 10, 2013

Apps4Norge was a competition organised jointly by IKT Norge (ICT Norway) and Difi, the Norwegian Agency for Public Management and eGovernment. The majority of ideas were domestic focused with slim prospects for development outside of Norway, understandable given the remit. An augmented reality Android app to help explore Norway''s culture. A former IT Project Manager, David Nikel now works as a technology writer in Norway.

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ArcticStartup

SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

The decision to expand to Norway was clear and natural after we set up offices in Sweden and Denmark. Finland''s Dream Broker has been topping the growth charts with their online video solution.

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ArcticStartup

APRIL 23, 2013

A startup ecosystem is sorely needed in Norway. Norway''s establishment is also starting to notice. They have reason to support a new wave of companies and innovation in Norway - the talk of the town is that oil money has become a gift and a curse.

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ArcticStartup

JANUARY 20, 2015

What''s the easiest way to start video chatting in a group? With Skype or Google Hangouts you need an account and to know your contacts'' accounts to get chatting.

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ArcticStartup

AUGUST 14, 2012

That is at least if you're living in Norway, Denmark, Sweden, or Finland. Throw away your televisions, Netflix is coming to town. The U.S. based streaming service offers a deep catalog of movies and TV shows for a flat monthly rate. More specific details about pricing and content will be announced closer to launch, which is slated to be be in late 2012. You can say the same nice things about Netflix that you can also say about Spotify.

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ArcticStartup

OCTOBER 27, 2014

Our last post on Kahoot was about the company hitting a milestone 150,000 users per week, but that seems like small change with this year''s school season underway.

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Mark Birch

JANUARY 12, 2014

Their blend of progressive, death, thrash and black metal put them on the map as one of the best extreme metal bands out of Norway, and while I was not always on board with some of it, they were putting out some of the most creative Christian metal around. Extol Betrayal metal Worship Sunday Christian Norway extreme metal Matthew 25:31-46 WORSHIP SUNDAY: Betrayal by Extol - Last week I mentioned there were two Christian metal albums that really blew me away last year.

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ArcticStartup

DECEMBER 21, 2011

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Mark Birch

OCTOBER 13, 2013

This band originates from Norway and while they were not the first unblack metal band, they have been one of the more notable and successful of bands to popularize unblack metal. Antestor A Sovereign Fortress The Return of the Black Death unblack Christian metal Christian Worship Sunday metal Norway Psalm 18 WORSHIP SUNDAY: A Sovereign Fortress by Antestor - I said that we would be getting heavier on the Worship Sunday segment.

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Inc Startups

JUNE 11, 2017

In Norway, everyone has a smile on their face and their hearts are full of joy. Or so I'd imagined. The Inc.

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