App camp Greece v.2

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After the first App Camp in Greece held on July 2011 we are set to launch the second one. With more drive, ambition and enthusiasm the Greek startup ecosystem is going to host an event that aims at proving that with teamwork anything is possible. On top of that, we are bound to shout to the world that the Greek startup ecosystem has the guts, despite all odds, to play…

Smart phone adoption rate in context

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Did you know that the Internet just turned 20? In the States it wouldn’t even be allowed to have a drink at a bar. Did you know that youtube is five years old and still in kindergarden?

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Thoughts on branding and entrepreneurship

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Last Saturday we had the opportunity to see the brand strategist Peter Economides @petereconomides and Business Coach Leda Karabela @LedaKa talking about entrepreneurship, branding, life the universe and everything  at Colab workspace in Athens.

Visiting the World Mobile Congress 2012

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We ‘ve just returned from the Mobile World Congress, in Barcelona, Spain, the world’s largest mobile congress that aims to comemorate the current state of mobile and offer a glimpse into where mobile will go next.

Athens Startup Weekend Entrepreneurship Forged in Fire

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It has been a memorable weekend for us, as we experienced two contradicting sides of Greece. On the one hand, we had the opportunity to see young people working together and producing unique ideas. On the other hand, as we all know, the protest in Athens against austerity measures lead to serious riots. Among the ‘victims’ of Sunday’s incidents, was our office in the center of Athens.

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Join us on building Siri from Scratch at National Technology University Athens

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Niobium Labs is hosting a hands-on coding session at the most prestigious technical university in Greece, showcasing usage of Wolfram|Alpha platform to develop high-level products and services with their API integrated with OpenEars, an open-source iOS library for implementing round-trip English language speech recognition and text-to-speech.