Vivaldi browser introduces Break Mode: the new way to pause the Internet

For the millions of people working from home, the internet is always on. That may sound like nirvana for a browser company like Vivaldi – but in fact, it’s alarming. People are more productive and happier when they take proper breaks and have a variety of experiences. Try out the Break Mode in Vivaldi browser! Read more here.

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Vivaldi goes mobile!

Vivaldi goes mobile

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Meet the TAG – Developer meet-up at Innovation House

The W3C TAG (Technical Architecture Group) is in charge of coordinating cross-technology architecture and the principles of web architecture at the World Wide Web Consortium – in other words, it’s kind of a technical steering group for web standards.
The group had a great developer meet-up on the evening of the 21st of May at Innovation House. Format for the day was an mini-unconference, kicking off at 18:30 with some lightning talks. Lightning speakers:
• Hjalmar Gislason, Founder & CEO, GRID – Spreadsheets are Programs
• Alice Boxhall, Google and W3C TAG – Accessibility Object Model
• Guðmundur Már Gunnarsson, Vivaldi – Lost in navigation
• Árni Hermann, Avo – Human Accessible Developer Tools

Topics discussed in groups after lighting talks (break outs) included Content Editable, spatial navigation, Semantics, webvtt, and scroll snapping.

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Tvíund visiting Vivaldi

Vivaldi had the pleasure of hosting students from Tvíund, the student society for Computer Science students from Reykjavík University.

These „Science trips“ are quite common among university students in Iceland (vísindaferðir in Icelandic). Science Trip – is when a group visits an organization or place of interest. This time it was Vivaldi. The students learned about Vivaldi browser and could talk to the Vivaldi team in a relaxed setting.

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Visit from Íverksetatahúsið in Klaksvík

Our friends from Íverksetarahúsið from The Faroe Islands, visited Innovation House last week. They learned about the idea behind Innovation House in Iceland and meet some of the startups as well. ?

Íverksetarahúsið is an entrepreneurial house located in Klaksvík, yet its activity spans across the entire Faroe Islands. In addition to rendering help and counsel to Faroese entrepreneurs and businesses, Íverksetarahúsið is also responsible for instructing primary and lower secondary school teachers in entrepreneurship, which they in turn can teach their students. Íverksetarahúsið further offers entrepreneurs in-house office spaces in Klaksvík

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Privacy is not just a personal matter. Do you know what data is being collected?


Privacy is not just a personal matter

The loss of our privacy is a loss for society and democracy. In a surveillance society, the impact of data collection is not just personal because collective privacy is lost too.

https://vivaldi.com/blog/privacy-is-not-just-a-personal-matter/

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Meet the startups! Size Advice is one of the startups in Innovation House

Size Advice (sizeadvice.com) is a software plugin that helps you buy the right size clothes online. Returned clothing bought online costs the apparel industry billions of dollars and one of the biggest reason for returns is problems with the fit.
The Size Advice team has developed proprietary methods to drastically simplify the process of measuring your body. This technology is now being packaged into a plugin for eCommerce platforms (Shopify, Magento, etc.).
In the Size Advice team, there are two guys called Emil and Emil. You can call them Emil 1 and Emil 2. Emil 1 handles the technical side of the product: designing, implementing and testing code and making sure things run smoothly. Emil 2 too.
When the Emils aren’t working on the product, they are probably hiking, travelling or hanging out with friends and family.
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Vivaldi browser launches 2.0

The vision of Vivaldi is simple – users should be in control of how the browser looks, feels and works. This new upgrade allows users to browse with features that adapt to them, a style that fits and the values that they can stand by. Download now at Vivaldi.com

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No time to relax – promo

From our friends in Porcelain Fortress: “Blood, sweat, tears and sleepless nights have gone into crafting this masterpiece of gaming!
Soon you will be able to experience it too!” No time to relax – promo

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Welcome to Innovation House Genki Instruments! ?

Genki Instruments is a music tech startup striving to make technology feel natural.

Their first product is Wave, a ring that lets musicians control sound, shape effects and send commands with the motion of their hands. Wave adds a layer of creative control on top of the instruments musicians use and allows them to express themselves in a more visual and natural way than ever before.

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