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Sweden to increase school security after its worst school mass-shooting

Fast Company Tech

Ten people were shot dead at the Campus Risbergska school in Orebro, before the suspected perpetrator – identified by a Reuters source and Swedish media as Rickard Andersson, a 35-year-old Swedish recluse – turned a weapon on himself. Johan Ahlander, Reuters

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Achieving hyper growth from Europe: Lessons from SoundCloud and Klarna [Video]

The Next Web

At last week’s The Next Web Conference in Amsterdam, Liam Boogar from TNW media partner Rude Baguette moderated a panel discussion on ‘Hyper Growth from Europe’ with a pair of Swedish entrepreneurs, SoundCloud co-founder Alex Ljung and Klarna co-founder Niklas Adalberth.

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Bolt makes first acquisition with Tipser, launches ‘Remote Checkout’

TechCrunch

Tipser’s technology enables consumers to purchase products natively from sites like online publications, mobile marketplaces, price comparison sites, social media platforms or search engines. Tipser’s presence in Sweden will now also serve as Bolt’s European headquarters to go with the company’s recent announcement of expanding into Europe.

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5 takeaways on trust in NGOs to manage new innovations and technologies 

Candid

For 20 years, the global communications firm Edelman has studied the influence of trust across government, media, business, and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs). Respondents in six wealthier nations—the Netherlands, South Korea, the United Kingdom, Sweden, Germany, and Japan—fewer than half of respondents trusted NGOs.

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Making sense of Klarna

TechCrunch

In contrast to America, he points out how Sweden is among the most successful societies in the world from a social mobility perspective — referencing its free education and free health care, which sets up as many people as possible for success. “We didn’t have a lot of money,” he tells me.

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Volvo’s first EV is stuck at cargo ports waiting for a software update

The Verge

We are awaiting word from Volvo Sweden on final updates for the cars in the ports.”. Russell Datz, Volvo’s national media relations manager for the US market, did not respond to specific questions about the apparent delay and software issue. A crucial piece of Volvo’s software still needs to be activated. The timing of U.S.

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How to Set Up an Instagram Printer for Your Next Event

Tech Soup

TechSoup Sweden's Andreas Ericsson shared a cool weekend project on TechSoup's Digital Engagement forum that any organization can adopt for their next event. He printed photos posted on Instagram to document a large gathering in Sweden.

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