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In Pictures: Walk through the history of Malmö with new app

Tue, 08 Sep 2020 12:35:20 +0200

Be Here Then is a new app designed to show what areas of Swedish cities looked like in the past. Richard Orange went for a walk back in time in Malmö.

Swedish thieves use mobile app to rob man

Thu, 30 Jul 2015 13:01:13 +0200

In cashless Sweden even robbers have had to change their methods, with thieves on the island of Gotland resorting to the popular money transfer app Swish to extort money from their victim.

Stockholm app makers teach six-year-olds HTML

Fri, 21 Feb 2014 16:00:00 +0100

The Swedish trio behind the world's first e-book that teaches children how to write HTML are set to add the edgy female character Holly Hacker to their growing universe, which includes a new interactive app.

Swedes flock to cash in on Flappy Bird app

Tue, 11 Feb 2014 12:41:00 +0100

Swedes with the insanely popular phone app Flappy Birds are trying to make quick cash by selling their smartphones online, after the game was pulled from app stores.

Site lets Swedes snoop on friends' criminal past

Mon, 27 Jan 2014 11:11:00 +0100

A new Swedish website that lets people check out their neighbours' criminal records has privacy experts up in arms, warning the site could breach the country's privacy and slander laws.

New Swedish app helps users decide what to do

Wed, 25 Sep 2013 15:43:00 +0200

A Stockholm-based app launched on Wednesday is seeking to organize the world's events, and promises a local city guide like no other with just the swipe of a screen.

New app offers tourists a 'sonic' Stockholm guide

Fri, 13 Sep 2013 09:37:00 +0200

The Stockholm Tourism Board has launched a new game-based app that takes users on an auditory ride through Stockholm, as part of a bid to attract 50 percent more tourists to the capital over the next decade.

New smartphone app for Sweden's high flyers

Tue, 04 Jun 2013 13:43:00 +0200

Swedish airport operator Swedavia has launched a new app for all of its ten airports across the country, allowing users to keep an eye on real-time arrival and departure changes, book parking in advance, and even check in on Facebook.

Swedish app lets 'everyone' write music

Tue, 07 May 2013 17:43:00 +0200

Two Swedes have launched an app that lets even the most tone-deaf user feel like an accomplished music composer, revolutionizing the way melodies can be created and saved.

Sex app launched for 'unsafe' Swedish youth

Tue, 19 Jun 2012 16:21:00 +0200

A new safe-sex initiative has seen the launch of Provligget (‘The Test Bonk’), a Facebook application which allows young Swedes the chance to virtually trial sex with their friends and aims to raise condom awareness.

Zlatan launches 'first ever' iPad autobiography

Fri, 17 Feb 2012 13:19:00 +0100

For fans who just can’t get enough of Zlatan Ibrahimovic, a new iPad application has been released to complement the footballer's 2011 biography “I am Zlatan Ibrahimovic”.

'Millennium' publisher launches Salander app

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 17:21:00 +0100

Swedish publishing house Norstedts, publisher of Stieg Larsson's 'Millennium' trilogy, released an English-language “Chasing Salander” iPhone app on Tuesday, just days ahead of the world première of the Hollywood version of "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo".

Swedish app developers to pay VAT twice

Sat, 01 Oct 2011 12:11:00 +0200

In a potentially huge blow to Swedish high tech companies, those selling mobile and tablet apps within the EU are set to face a double VAT (moms) hit.

Swedes pioneer new 'Spotify for e-books'

Thu, 15 Sep 2011 10:35:00 +0200

Following in the footsteps of Swedish streaming music service Spotify, a group of tech entrepreneurs believe they've found a similar solution that could revolutionise the book market, The Local's Geoff Mortimore discovers.

Swedes' app choices reveal where they live

Fri, 22 Jul 2011 17:25:00 +0200

One in three Swedes use apps in their mobile phones this summer, but the favourites differ depending on where you are in the country, according to a survey carried out by market research company Sifo for telecommunications firm Tele2.

Swedes launch 'condom app' to promote safe sex

Wed, 08 Jun 2011 17:14:00 +0200

A new smart phone app showing the closest place to purchase condoms has been launched in a new campaign to promote condom use among Sweden’s young people.

Swedish iPhone app saves US teen's life

Sun, 16 Jan 2011 16:49:00 +0100

An iPhone app developed by a Swedish doctor has been credited with saving the life of a young American basketball player.