Dopplr Announces Financing Round for Global Expansion

Dopplr, the online service for smarter travel, has announced a second financing round from a group of prominent international investors - all users of the service.

Dopplr is an online service for intelligent business travellers.

Dopplr lets you share your future travel plans privately with friends and colleagues. The service then highlights coincidence, for example, telling you that three people you know will be in Paris when you will be there too. You can use Dopplr on your personal computer and mobile phone. It links with online calendars and social networks.

Monte Rosso

Monte Rosso is an urban comedy with fresh and realistic dialogue, groovy sounds and a compelling story. Eki is only trying to chill and get high in a park after a long week at work. He even has a beautiful lady in sight, but a bicycle thief, debts to beefcake crooks and an empty bank account make things a lot more complicated than he was expecting. With no money and in between all the hassle, getting a date and scoring some weed takes Eki toa thrilling ride on the streets of Helsinki.

Music by: Ercola, T.A. Kaukolampi, DJ Street Kobra, Vilunki 3000.

The screening on 22.9. at 21:30 (Helsinki International Film Festival).
Or at the same time on TV1.

View trailer and more info:
http://www.monterosso.fi/

OpenHouseHelsinki 2.10.2008

OpenHouseHelsinki is a fresh urban event, which unconfines spaces normally restricted to public. They organize guided tours into interesting buildings, interiors, landmarks and old and more recent architectural destinations. The tours are free of charge and powered by architects and other experts.

More info:
http://openhousehelsinki.fi/

Dinner in the sky

Dinner in the Sky concept has landed to Finland.

Dinner in the Sky is a unique event meant for anyone who wishes to transform an ordinary meal or meeting into a memorable moment that will leave a lasting impression on their guests!

In Finland the rent is around 10000 euros per session.

Experience 3D in new Flamingo multiplex!

Experience now full length 3D movies in new Finnkino Flamingo multiplex. During the autumn there will be premieres like U23D; a 3D presentation of U2's global "Vertigo" tour and Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D.

Just to mention: James Cameron is shooting his latest full length movie Avatar in 3D.

Finnish Stereoscape is a company specialized in the production of three-dimensional media.

MultiTouch screens

Finnish company called MultiTouch provides bleeding edge technology that enables the construction of large multi-touch displays, which can be either LCD or projection based. Their technology has been designed from the ground up to scale from as small as a laptop display and right up to and beyond huge displays measuring 20m (66 feet) across. It is also the first multi-touch technology, which not only scales so large but also works in almost all conditions from daylight through to complete darkness, even if the users are wearing gloves.

Once again, the product itself is excellent, but why does the viral marketing material look like this YouTube video? As you could have switched of the lights, showed just hands and played some futuristic background music like the competitor does in here.

Fast, faster, restaurant business

Signs of economic depression might be just around the corner in Finland? New restaurants are rising faster than ever. Just to name few of latest ones in Helsinki: Restaurant Mange sud is a new Mediterranean restaurant (Tehtaankatu 34), Thaiger (Porkkalankatu 13G), Restaurant Elviira (Punavuorenkatu 3), Tokyo55 (Eteläesplanadi 2), Bistro Helsinki 15 (Korkeavuorenkatu 4B), renewed Kuu Kuu (Museokatu 17) - kitchen open until 1am every day!

Mom, what's architecture?

Architect guild's new gallery called "Mom, what's architecture?" has opened it's doors (address: Neitsytpolku 8, Helsinki) and the opening exhibition is:

Kari Kuosma: REVELATIONS - at the great exhibiton hall.
Architecture caricatures!

Opening exhibition is open till 5.9.2008, tuesday-sunday 1-6 pm.

More info: http://www.momwhatsarchitecture.com/

Summer festivals @ Alppipuisto

The summer of love and peace climaxes with a new series of festivals in the Alppipuisto park between 26 July to 17 August. It is hard to find a more perfect venue for music festivals in Helsinki. Nestled in a valley, the park is a popular picnic place; a more hippie-spirited alternative to Kaivopuisto park.

Music is complemented with theatre at the Yoyogi Park concert on 9 August; if you like the latest Taratino movie soundtracks, you probably like Angelica Kult *TrashGang*.

The festivities at Alppipuisto end with Elmu‘s public festival on 17 and 18 August. The Live Music Association Elmu celebrates its 30th anniversary, don't miss Pintandwefall, Mattip, I walk the line and The Micragirls.

Eatable diamonds

How about eating some diamonds?
These "diamonds" are made of sugar.

More info:
www.confetti.fi

More not so usual diamonds:
http://finnhits.blogspot.com/2008/01/diamonds-are-forever.html