57% of Barcelona high school students admit watching pornography, half of them before turning 12
Four out of ten teens access it through friends, with sexual desire and curiosity main motives
internet use
Catalonia to connect with world's 2nd-longest fiber optic subsea cable
2Africa cable funded by Facebook and telecom companies is due to be operational by 2023
Lockdown sees a heightened interest in learning Catalan online
Number of students up from 8,500 in March to over 18,000, with a third not residing in Catalonia
Catalonia’s Internet of Things network working to make life better for city dwellers
Sensors collecting data across the country can help mitigate the impact of would-be social problems
Spanish digital decree 'goes against European values,' says digital policy minister
Jordi Puigneró stressed that ''internet access is a human right'' in international press conference
Urban solutions at the Smart City Expo World Congress
Exhibitions and talks aim at shaping and improving the technological future of cities
Internet founding father praises Catalans as ‘intrepid digital revolutionaries’
Google vice president Vinton Cerf receives Catalonia International Prize
53 million online purchases every year in Catalonia
With 2.9 home deliveries every second, authorities aim for more local drop-off points to reduce environmental impact
Internet of Things fair kicks off in Barcelona
Running until Thursday, IoT Solutions Congress features 340 exhibitors
14 people summoned to court for duplicating referendum website
Catalan Government sends letter appealing to the European Commission to defend the free and open internet
Barcelona’s IoT World Congress to feature 115 experts from 18 countries
Activities will showcase Bitcoin Foundation founder and Blockchain Investors Consortium creator
Mobile World Congres closes its best edition ever with a record 108,000 visitors
The 2017 edition of the Mobile World Congress (MWC) registered a record participation of 108,000 visitors from 203 countries worldwide, 7% more than last year’s edition, according to figures released this Thursday by the event organisers GSMA. Those who passed through the MWC’s main venues at L’Hospitalet Gran Via and Fira de Montjuic were mostly senior executives, including 6,100 CEOs. The economic impact in Barcelona and its metropolitan area is estimated to reach €465 million and over 13,200 temporary jobs have been created due to the MWC. 2,300 international companies, which went beyond just the mobile phone industry, including firms from the automotive, financial and health sectors, presented their novelties at the world’s most important cell-phone and internet-related exhibition.
15 Barcelona start-ups to pitch their tech projects at California’s Disrupt SF 2016
From digital health, to the Internet of Things (IoT), Artifical Intelligence (AI), virtual reality, AgTech and EdTech. These are the fields of the 15 Barcelona start-ups representing Catalonia at the Disrupt SF 2016 entrepreneurial event, taking place this week in San Francisco. The 15 Catalan firms have been selected from a total of 128 applicants. Catalonia Trade & Investment, Catalonia’s agency for economic promotion, together with the technology media Tech Crunch, were responsible for the decision and have organised the trade mission to California. The 15 companies will also be able to pitch their projects in front of 50 investors and US companies at a meeting on the 15th of September at Samsung’s Silicon Valley facilities.