Barcelona startup Icebergs has been acquired by Pinterest. The founders, Cesar Isern and Albert Pereta, launched Icebergs last year to enable creative professionals to organize, share and collaborate on their projects in the cloud. As an acquihire, the details of the transaction are a secret, however it does mean that Icerbergs as we know it will cease to exist on September … [Read more...]
Mobile JS Conference: A Wrap-Up
By: Sam Hutchings It was a sunny Saturday in May when we all gathered for the MobileJS conference in the Mobile World Centre, Barcelona. Patrick Heneise and Alina Mierlus brought together a broad range of speakers around JavaScript in mobile environments and on mobile phones. There was no talk of LTE or 4G. No mention of the iPhone 6 or whatever number Samsung is up to … [Read more...]
FestUp! Talks About Creative Technologies, Music and Business @ Itnig
Perhaps because creativity is always intrigued by new toys to play with, the music industry has been one of the firsts to be entirely disrupted by technology. Suddenly everyone became a DJ - and a photographer -, Justin Bieber could start up thanks to YouTube and Napster has changed how we think about the ownership and value of music forever. Volatile times such as this mean … [Read more...]
FestUp! Poker Night @ MOB
Do you think you are lucky? Or that you have a great poker face? Maybe in true startup fashion you don’t mind losing as long as you enjoy the game? Wednesday evening the basement of MOB opens up for a night of gambling in true prohibition style. Charleston and swing, silent movies and cigars and, of course, chips clinging together and the sound of shuffling cards. Apart … [Read more...]
Startup Weekend Barcelona 2014: How It Went Down
Startup Weekend is a 54-hour beast designed to offer a hands-on, experimental education to technical and non-technical entrepreneurs. It starts on a Friday night with brainstorming, recruiting and splitting up into teams. The rest of the weekend is an all out sprint to create a business plan and make a prototype before the judges show up on Sunday at 5pm. Mentors come and go … [Read more...]
Barcelona Startup Phontact Films Their 60s Elevator Pitch
This week Barcinno had the pleasure of meeting with Arun Abraham, CEO of Barcelona startup Phontact. Thanks to our great partners BCN Startup Video for editing this week's edition of the 60 second startup interview at the Mobile World Centre in Barcelona. Arun Abraham, CEO of Phontact http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elGj7Nml3Ts&w=640&h=385 … [Read more...]