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Sidewalk pavement stones offer Bluetooth and wifi image

Spain Sidewalk pavement stones offer Bluetooth and wifi

on May 9, 2012 and filed under: Telecom & Mobile

iPavement is a sidewalk pavement stone that serves as a wifi hotspot with Bluetooth connectivity.

In Spain, trains offer first chapter of novels through QR codes image

Spain In Spain, trains offer first chapter of novels through QR codes

on April 17, 2012 and filed under: Government, Media & Publishing, Transportation

The Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya (Catalan Government Railways) has placed posters offering download links to the first chapters of books on its trains as part of the National Reading Plan, with aims to improve literacy.

Real-time weather reports via crowdsourcing and webcams image

Spain Real-time weather reports via crowdsourcing and webcams

on March 19, 2012 and filed under: Life Hacks

Spotfav has combined live crowdsourced weather reports with webcam technology to create a new weather reporting platform based around users’ favorite destinations.

In Madrid, iPads loaded with tourist friendly apps available for hire image

Spain In Madrid, iPads loaded with tourist friendly apps available for hire

on March 7, 2012 and filed under: Tourism & Travel

PadInTheCity rents out iPads preloaded with apps that are designed to help sightseers explore.

iPhone accessory enables two-sided video recording image

Spain iPhone accessory enables two-sided video recording

on March 6, 2012 and filed under: Lifestyle & Leisure

Launched recently by Barcelona ad agency Honest&Smile, The Love Box is a handmade iPhone accessory that enables the capture of both the phone’s back and front camera views in a single, split-screen video recording.

In Spain, sponsored subway tickets sold for a fraction of the regular price image

Spain In Spain, sponsored subway tickets sold for a fraction of the regular price

on March 1, 2012 and filed under: Marketing & Advertising, Transportation

Launched in January, Promobilletes aims to sell public transport tickets in Barcelona at discounts of between 10 and 50 percent thanks to sponsorship from advertisers.

With each pizza delivered in Spain, books for the Colombian needy image

Spain With each pizza delivered in Spain, books for the Colombian needy

on February 28, 2012 and filed under: Non-profit, Social cause

The Books for Colombia effort recently used pizza deliveries in Spain to get books to the needy in Colombia.

In Spain, vending machine sells fresh seafood image

Spain In Spain, vending machine sells fresh seafood

on January 31, 2012 and filed under: Food & Beverage, Retail

Spanish fishmongers have installed a vending machine outside their shop that dispenses fresh seafood around the clock.

From Spain, a foldable shoe that’s fully biodegradable image

Spain From Spain, a foldable shoe that’s fully biodegradable

on January 13, 2012 and filed under: Fashion & Beauty

The 01M OneMoment is a completely biodegradable shoe from Spanish Figtree Factory Studio that can be folded and rolled for storage.

Crowdsourced guide calls out Spanish bars serving fake drinks image

Spain Crowdsourced guide calls out Spanish bars serving fake drinks

on December 30, 2011 and filed under: Food & Beverage

GuiaGarrafon is a site that aims to let consumers call out the bars and pubs in Spain that are serving drinks made from adulterated or unauthentic ingredients.

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