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This is how Telefónica’s Open Future_ exchange programme with Korea Telecom works

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By Jorge Cartagena, 18 July 2016 at 17:30

With this agreement, Telefónica has expanded its international innovation and entrepreneurship network to the Asian country and is giving its startups the possibility of opening up to new markets and testing their products in the new innovation centre created by...Continue reading »

Telefonica R&D presents its Art and Technology program at la Biennale di Venezia

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By Pere Obrador, 20 May 2016 at 12:56

As the design guru, John Maeda, once said: ”our economy is built upon convergent thinkers, people that execute things, get them done. But artists and designers are divergent thinkers: they expand the horizon of possibilities. Superior innovation comes from bringing...Continue reading »

The Digital Transformation of Europe Will Not Happen Until the Digital Skills Gap is Closed

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By Carlos López Blanco, 29 January 2016 at 13:30

We are living in an age of unparalleled global digital growth and nobody should be left behind in the opportunities that this offers. However there is evidence pointing to the fact that Europe is at risk of losing pace with...Continue reading »

Starting a social business as a teenager

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By The Telefonica Blog Team, 7 December 2015 at 14:00

By Hayden Taylor Teachers used to make me repeat my age, whilst trying to work out if I was just a naughty pupil trying to slack off from school, as opposed to a young entrepreneur. So in an effort to reassure...Continue reading »

Shoes with GPS to track people with dementia

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By Pablo G. Bejerano, 7 December 2015 at 10:25

The Japanese Wish Hills company has created shoes with an embedded GPS, designed for people with senile dementia, so that they can be easily located if they get lost. One of the problems facing families and caregivers of people with some...Continue reading »

Education at One Young World 2015: an interdisciplinary topic

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By The Telefonica Blog Team, 4 December 2015 at 10:00

By Cristina Balbas As a Spanish delegate from the first Think Big edition sponsored by the Telefónica Foundation, and a social entrepreneur in the field of education (check out www.escuelab.es), I was especially looking forward to the plenary session on education in...Continue reading »

The Prince of Wales Highlights Importance of Social Action in Enhancing Youth Employability at Wayra Open Future_

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By Danny Bartlett, 2 December 2015 at 12:23

HRH The Prince of Wales spoke at Wayra UK (part of Telefónica Open Future_) last week about the need and importance of social action in enhancing youth employability. The Prince of Wales, is Patron of Step Up To Serve, which celebrated...Continue reading »

Startups selected for UK’s first preventative digital healthcare accelerator programme – Velocity Health

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By Danny Bartlett, 2 December 2015 at 11:56

An inflatable incubator that can save the lives of thousands of premature babies worldwide; a cloud based application which empowers health professionals to provide personalised lifestyle interventions for each patient; a wearable device that generates real-time passive monitoring and the...Continue reading »

19 new digital start-ups selected for Wayra UK & Velocity Health, UK’s first preventative healthcare accelerator

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By Danny Bartlett, 2 December 2015 at 11:55

A Cyber Threat Profiler that reduces response times to seconds; ‘smart pallets’ that track the world’s cargo using Low Energy beacons and an inflatable incubator that can save the lives of thousands of premature babies worldwide. These are just some...Continue reading »

A Spanish startup sneaks into the Asian videogame industry

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By Ana Segurado, 26 November 2015 at 16:11

For some years now, the videogame industry has been the leader in the audiovisual and interactive leisure sector, and Asia is the world’s largest market. The Spanish startup Ludei, in which Telefónica Open Future_ has invested, has managed to enter...Continue reading »

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Digital Power series (III): Governing in the global marketplace

Digital Power series (I): The future global order

This is how Telefónica’s Open Future_ exchange programme with Korea Telecom works

Telefonica R&D presents its Art and Technology program at la Biennale di Venezia

The Digital Transformation of Europe Will Not Happen Until the Digital Skills Gap is Closed

Starting a social business as a teenager

Shoes with GPS to track people with dementia

Education at One Young World 2015: an interdisciplinary topic

The Prince of Wales Highlights Importance of Social Action in Enhancing Youth Employability at Wayra Open Future_

Startups selected for UK’s first preventative digital healthcare accelerator programme – Velocity Health

19 new digital start-ups selected for Wayra UK & Velocity Health, UK’s first preventative healthcare accelerator

A Spanish startup sneaks into the Asian videogame industry