All the stories tagged with sweden
Sweden 3G coverage is tops
09/06/2011, Are you sick and tired of your smartphone dropping 3G signals from time to time? Well, do you blame your mobile carrier or your handset? Folks living in Sweden need not fret about dropped signals though – it seems that [...]
15 year old teen in Sweden on trial for downloading movies via torrents
08/24/2011, Downloading movies via torrents is illegal and pretty much everybody knows that, although if it’s “just” for personal use, perhaps a warning or some kind of incremental sanction might be enough to send the message, right? Turns out a teacher [...]
Nokia N9 arrives in 49 days
08/04/2011, The Nokia N9 is being released in 49 days. Yes, it’s true. And if you’re wondering how I found out, a quick visit to the Nokia N9 Swedish website will tell you. In fact, at the time of writing, we [...]
15-year old boy in trouble for file sharing
07/20/2011, When most of you were 15-year old kids, the last thing on your mind would probably be spending time in a courtroom for breaking the law because you were caught downloading movies. Well, that’s what a 15-year old boy from [...]
iPhone controls billboard in Sweden now
06/05/2011, Advertising is clearly an industry which has matured to a level where it will now need to incorporate technology if it were to do even better. Folks in Sweden are able to “enjoy” a new form of advertising – with [...]
Wheelchair that uses a laser scanner to “see”
05/18/2011, The folks over at Sweden’s Lulea University of Technology have developed an electric wheelchair that can “see” for its user. Designed for visually impaired passengers, the wheelchair uses a laser scanner to generate a 3D map of the wheelchair’s surroundings. [...]
Swedish postal service looks to SMS instead of stamps
03/07/2011, Sweden, the land that brought you the safest cars around as well as flat packed furniture, might soon pave the way for the future of postal service – the country’s postal service is mulling over the possibility of letting customers [...]
NFC Phones Replace Hotel Room Keys In Sweden
11/03/2010, NFC technology is definitely useful and we still have dreams of a NFC-supporting iPhone sometime in the future. Now the Clarion Hotel over in Stockholm is running a pilot program, allowing visitors to check in and collect their room key [...]
Sweden might offer Samsung Galaxy Tab for nothing
10/04/2010, When you mention Sweden, what comes into your mind? Volvo (although the company is now owned by the Chinese) and Ikea should probably be two of the more common names that most people would mention. Well, perhaps you might want [...]
TeliaSonera rolls out LTE in Sweden, averages 85Mbps download speeds
08/26/2010, The recent Newsweek article on the best places to live in the world have once again listed Scandinavian countries in the upper percentile of its list – a consistent feature over the years, it seems, and for good reason too. [...]
TeliaSonera Launches First Commercial 4G Network
12/14/2009, The folks over at TeliaSonera must certainly be proud of themselves, especially since they’re the first network in the world to offer a commercial 4G service. The service is currently available in both Stockholm in Sweden and Oslo Norway. In [...]
