Third Startup Weekend Colombia begins this Friday in Bogota
Starting this Friday in Bogota, a group of entrepreneurs will have 54 hours to turn 15 ideas into web businesses during the third Startup Weekend Colombia. Luis Betancourt (@luis3etancourt), co-founder and CEO of Localo, is the event’s leading organizer, the purpose of which is to bring together developers, designers, marketers, product managers and entrepreneurs for a weekend and motivate them to realize their ideas and turn them into viable businesses. The event is...
read moreIBM: Enterprise mobile device management key with tablet growth
From now until the middle of the decade, enterprises large and small will start to see a massive adoption of mobile devices, both phones and tablets, into the work place to an extent that they will begin to replace traditional hardware. Many companies, including IBM, have stepped in to produce security solutions to this growing need. Kimber Spradlin, who is an Endpoint Management and Security Specialist at IBM, spoke to Opinno about how the mobile working ecosystem is...
read moreHunger, among other causes, taking to social networking
For most of us, the concept of a “famine” is probably a remote one. Maybe it conjures up images of Ireland in the mid-1800s, or scenes of far-off devastation in rural Africa. Over the past 20 years, however, millions of children, teens and adults have tried to gain a newfound empathy for those struggling with hunger, and thanks to the Internet, the message is now spreading faster than ever. World Vision International (WVI), which traces its roots back to 1950,...
read moreZipcar U: When car sharing meets campus
Over a decade ago, the term “car sharing” was taken to new heights with the launch of the Zipcar. While still maintaining its“green” approach, Zipcar has accomplished to offer a service that allows people to customize the way they commute. Since their debut in 2000, they have introduced over 9,000 vehicles in urban areas throughout the US as well as in Canada and the United Kingdom. They have proven efficient and since have partnered with a variety of...
read moreBBVA Innovation Center: Machine Learning through Language
Have you ever felt like you are speaking a different language than the service representative on the other end of the phone or have you felt like the banker at your local branch is speaking a foreign language, even though all parties are speaking English. As these interactions go from bad to worse, the feelings the customer has for the company declines. In the end, if customers feel that the company is not providing them with the service they desire, they move their...
read moreThe app of your dreams…
Ever dreamt of being rich? Famous? Or maybe flying? All your wildest dreams are now the touch of a button away thanks to the new iPhone app from Japanese company Yumemiru. Just program your phone with one of eight different pre-determined dream sequences and wait for the magic to happen. The application, using a timer and the iPhone’s microphone, is activated by the steady breathing associated with deep sleep. This then triggers Inception-style sound effects—water...
read moreInternet permanence and bullying: Think before you post
Although not all of us can speak from experience, most would still agree that parenting is not an easy job. For one father in the US, things reached a breaking point on Feb. 7, and he decided to share his frustration with the world. Those eight minutes of frustration have quickly become an Internet phenomenon. Tommy Jordan of Albermarle, N.C., posted a video on YouTube in which he complained about a message his 15-year-old daughter, Hannah, had posted about her...
read moreInterview with Zac Manchester- Creator of chip-sized satellites
Tiny silicon wafers wafting through the void 300 km in orbit. Bits of a rocket gone awry or the next step in affordable space exploration? If you chose the latter, you’d be correct. Zachary Manchester, a graduate aerospace engineering student at Cornell University is developing a satellite-on-a-chip, called Sprite, that promises to enable fleets of low-cost, specialized micro-satellites to explore the cosmos. Opinno had the opportunity to interview Manchester about...
read moreData center construction shows no sign of slowing down
Mortenson Company, a privately-held company that specializes in data center construction, has just released new a new study which states that “despite a weakened economy, data center industry experts predict strong continued growth and construction…” This new “boom” in data centers is primarily being driven by the growth of digitization, cloud and health-care services. In the study, titled the Mortenson Construction Mission Critical Industry Study, factors...
read moreDigital literacy and programming in schools becoming a priority
In a speech delivered in early January on the state of British digital literacy, Secretary of Education Michael Gove took a hard stance on redirecting the National “Informations and Computer Technologies” (ICT) curriculum toward a more flexible system incorporating computer science and programming. Based upon the revelation that neither students nor teachers are being adequately challenged by the material, the decision is supposed to increase student preparedness...
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