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Monday, January 16th, 2017

 
>> Morning!

Take a special look at the front-end event "Code In The Dark" we're doing, together with Codeworks and Designer In Barcelona, in a couple of weeks!

As always we bring you the latest from tech - enjoy! 

Have a great week! 
How Quipu kept churn rates under one percent ever since their launch. Going into its fourth year, one of the things the Quipu team and its CEO Roger Dobaño is proud of is their low churn rate.
Spanish investment activity in 2016 points to several interesting trends.Spanish startups raised €525 million in 2016, versus €543 million in the previous year, according to data gathered by Dealroom and Tech.eu.
User Research on the Human Body for New Users. Asana designer Marcos Medina and UX researcher Jerry Sparks takes a different look on the user research on the itnig blog.
Thanks to CARTO, the mayor of New York can now visualize the city in real-time across dozens of agencies. The Spanish data startup built the platform together with Vizzuality. 

NEWS FLASH! 

  • SpaceX nailed its first launch since last year’s big explosion
       
  • Google takes another step towards launching its own self-driving Uber-killer
  • WhatsApp backdoor allows snooping on encrypted messages
  • Microsoft acquires Maluuba, a startup focused on general artificial intelligence
  • Snapchat (finally) launches universal search to simplify navigation
  • Amazon wants FCC approval to test mysterious wireless communications system
  • Trello Is Being Acquired By Atlassian for $425 million
  • BONUS: The Computer Vision Center in Barcelona has been busy developing its simulation system for training self-driving vehicles.

Wednesday, January 18th - 19:00
Creating a product people want to engage with - With Gym For Less CEO Oriol Vinzia:
  • What kind of products we've developed to engage users to keep using Gymforless.
  • How we compete against the gyms.
  • Why the users prefer Gym For Less?

Thursday, January 19th - 19:00
Create a WooCommerce Store in 6 easy steps!

In this event we will discuss how to set up a WooCommerce eCommerce store in 6 easy steps, so you can start selling products online.  There will be a small presentation and a demo of how to build the store.

Wednesday, January 25 - 19:00
Code in the dark! The world famous front-end event has found its way to Barcelona!
 

THE RULES

  • 15 min
  • HTML/CSS
  • No previews
  • One champion

Sign up here! 
 

Thursday, January 26 - 19:00
Introduction to Sitespeed.io by Philippe Donon. 

Philippe will present : 

• sitespeed.io functionalities

• PROs & CONs 

• Feedback after 2 months of tests 

• Demo 

Wednesday, February 1st 19th - 19:00
Node.js Meetup

Join the Node community in Barcelona for two interesting talks + drinks! 
 



     
See our video of the week! 👇
Undressing a CTO, and how to become one - Interviewing three experienced CTO's
If some of you have bigger aspirations for 2017, than in 2016, take a look at our podcast about how to become a CTO.
Browsers are one of the things on the internet that, apart from minor changes, has stayed pretty much the same forever. Opera's new Neon browser brings something new to the table. 
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