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Friday Fun: 26 Comics Of Finnish Nightmares

26 Comics Of Finnish Nightmares Even Non-Finns Can Relate To (By Karoliina Korhonen) on 9GAG is a collect of comic pictures that is worth to check out. Those comics are from Finnish Nightmares – Comic about uncomfortable social situations, uncomfortable everything. http://finnishnightmares.blogspot.fi/    

Tampere, Finland: The Birthplace Of Industrial IoT? | TechWeekEurope UK

The marriage of communications and heavy industry expertise created Industrial IoT in Finland, long before the IoT buzz says Tampere, Finland: The Birthplace Of Industrial IoT? article at http://www.techweekeurope.co.uk/networks/m2m/185820-185820 Finnish companies were very early adopters of ICT technologies and connected their machines to a network long before the term itself was introduced.   Posted from

Finland paves the way for robotic vehicles

Finland wants to become a world pioneering test and development environment for intelligent automation in transport. The perfect test environment for Amazon’s delivery drones and Google’s self-driving cars may soon be found in Finland. Especially when challenging Arctic conditions enter the picture. This is where Finland steps in by offering a strong digital infrastructure, plenty

Most literate nation in the world? Finland

A new world ranking of countries and their literacy rates puts the United States at 7th. Who’s No. 1? Finland. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2016/03/08/most-literate-nation-in-the-world-not-the-u-s-new-ranking-says/ Posted from WordPress for Android

Spanish Banking Group BBVA Just Snapped Up A Finnish Fintech Startup – Fortune

Spanish Banking Group BBVA Just Snapped Up a Finnish Fintech Startup article tells that Spanish banking group BBVA has bought Holvi, a Finnish financial technology startup that provides online banking and financial planning services for small businesses. http://fortune.com/2016/03/07/bbva-holvi-fintech/ I had earlier posted information on Holvi at my Banking is Broken? Start-ups try to fix it

Two new satellites from Finland

According to Space Directory of Finland Finland entered space activities in the mid 1980’s and joined the ESA in 1987. Finnish industry and science have played an important role in many European satellite missions and there are Finnish Companies in Space Technology Industry, but we have not had our own satellite. It seems that in

Finland ranks among the most digital countries in EU

Finland is one of the EU’s most digital countries, according to the Digital Economy and Society Index (DESI) published by the European Commission. Other top digital performers were Denmark, the Netherlands and Sweden. http://www.goodnewsfinland.com/finland-ranks-among-the-most-digital-countries-in-eu/ Posted from WordPress for Android