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The top 25 movers and shakers in the Spanish IT industry

Spain, entrepreneur

By Mark Nessfield

Around this time of year, the Spanish paper El Mundo publishes a list of the 500 most powerful people in Spain. From this list, various commentators have produced a list of the 25 most influential people in Spanish technology today. This list contains...

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EyeOS uses HTML5 to maintain position as world's premier cloud desktop

start-ups, barcelona

By Mark Nessfield

Promoted as the world's number 1 cloud desktop, EyeOS is a full range of desktop facilities usable from a web browser, including an office suite and other applications. There is also a full framework to develop new web apps as if they were desktop apps....

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Who predicted the Spanish economic miracle 2013-17?

Spain, economy

By Mark Nessfield

When people in the future look back over the "Spanish economic miracle 2013-17" they will ask, how did (nearly) everyone miss the signs? Everyone concentrated on the bad news, of which there certainly was plenty – of high unemployment figures, a depressed...

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uSpeak Languages close 500,000 funding deal

language, madrid, start-ups, funding

By Mark Nessfield

The Spanish start-up uSpeak, that builds game-based language learning apps for the iPhone and iPad, has recently raised 500,000 euros in seed funding in order to attack the language learning market. Currently the languages involved are Spanish and English,...

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Social networking..for dogs!

start-ups

By Mark Nessfield

What must be one of the most original start-ups in the social networking field, Doggy Talky has been described as a "WhatsApp" for dogs. Of course the idea is that people join a social network for dog owners, and then they make friends and acquaintances...

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The site that discovers the world's talents - MeTheOne

start-ups, Basque Country, music

By Mark Nessfield

Even if you don't watch programmes such as "X-factor", "Pop Idol" or "Russia's got talent" there is no denying the audience for this type of entertainment is huge. The start-up from the Basque Country, MeTheOne, has adapted this to a web format and are...

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Indisys, provider of Intelligent Dialogue Systems, close $5 million funding round.

funding, seville, spain

By Mark Nessfield

Intel's first investment in Spain arrived when they led a $5 million funding round with Indisys in late 2012. Indisys, short for "Intelligent Dialogue Systems", are world leaders in providing natural language virtual assistants and telephone operators....

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Training on demand platform Floqq gains 405,000 euro investment.

education, funding, start-ups

By Mark Nessfield

At a time of high unemployment, there are still sectors that are crying out for people with the right skills and indeed there are job profiles with an effective zero unemployment rate. Floqq aims to address this issue, by finding real world experts to...

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At last, social travel portal Minube enters English-speaking market

start-ups, Spain, travel, madrid

By Mark Nessfield

If you take a look at the demo video showing how the Minube app can function, you'll see that it's very impressive and will perhaps inspire you to take out your passport or backpack today! What is most surprising is that Minube has already expanded so...

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Interview with Sangakoo, the social site for improving your maths.

interview, opportunities, start-ups

By Mark Nessfield

It's always gratifying to see an innovative web start-up that has a positive and laudable mission. Sangakoo fits this category and is a new social site that helps its users to either learn, or indeed teach mathematics. They have already gained thousands...

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