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Catch up on a month of tech news from Eastern Europe: March

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by on March 31, 2014 at 10:38 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, Roundups

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Even if you’ve been watching the tech scene of Eastern Europe closely, there’s still a chance you’ve missed something important as the news from that part of the world is relentless at the moment. Check out the headlines from March to get an impression of what’s been happening; the past month can be characterized by an unusual amount of news stories from Russia, while tech scene in other countries was much less active. If you think I have missed something, or would like to draw my attention to an important story, feel free to ping me in Twitter (@shlema) or…

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Google Campus London says Tech City is still growing, but is it?

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by on March 31, 2014 at 10:31 am
Posted In: Analysis and Opinion, Around the Web, Google, UK

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Google’s Campus events and co-working space in London is celebrating its second anniversary since opening its doors back in 2012. To properly mark the occasion, Google commissioned some research about Campus and the Tech City area of London, finding that Campus membership had swelled considerably – up from around 10,000 members at this time last year to more than 30,000 today. The picture painted by the results of the survey is an overwhelmingly positive one. According to the results, 71 percent of founders expect their turnover to increase in the next year and, on average, startups have secured £75,145 of funding in…

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15 of the best Android apps from March

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by on March 31, 2014 at 10:24 am
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, BestAndroidApps, Insider, Roundups

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It has been a good month for Android apps. So let’s take a look back at the pick of the new tools to hit Google Play over the past 31 days. Dollarbird Following its launch for iOS last July, Dollarbird finally brought its awesome personal expenses tracker to Android this month.     Dollarbird is what you get when you cross a smart calendar app with a budgeting app, and helps you track and forecast all your spending. ➤ Dollarbird Tribesports Tribesports for Android is a GPS fitness-tracking app that pretty much replicates its iOS counterpart, and if you’ve used any…

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The Pirate Bay kicks off April Fools’ Day early, announces device to ‘embrace your entire mind’

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by on March 31, 2014 at 10:06 am
Posted In: aprilfool2014, Around the Web, Shareables

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The Pirate Bay is known for causing controversy and disrupting the status quo, so it’s perhaps apt that the file-sharing group kicked off this year’s inevitable deluge of April Fools’ Day stunts with the announcement of “the biggest step in our history.” After years of being driven from domain to domain, and finally into the cloud, TPB is making its final move…. into your mind. In cooperation with russian, israeli and japanese neuro scientists, we are developing a device that will embrace your entire mind. Using laser projections directly onto the retina it’ll no longer be any resolution but 100%. The…

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Rocket Internet-backed Zencap is an online finance marketplace for small firms in Germany

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by on March 31, 2014 at 9:03 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Germany, Product Launches

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Well-known incubator Rocket Internet has launched a new venture in Germany — Zencap, a digital credit marketplace for small and mid-sized enterprises to get financing without having to go through banks. Zencap essentially forms a bridge between entrepreneurs and private investors, allowing SMEs to apply for financing directly from Zencap. Entrepreneurs can apply for a loan in the range of €10,000 – €150,000, with a term of six to 60 months, after which the startup’s creditworthiness will be checked, and Zencap will propose a non-binding offer based on the firm’s risk class and the loan’s term. Only then will the credit project…

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