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Hungary-based startup Tappointment, a mobile and web based online appointment scheduling solution for local businesses and their clients, took part in the International Salon and Spa Expo (ISSE) in California this past weekend. The startup was present at the expo with its own exhibition stand. The ISSE is the West Coast’s largest and most influential [...]
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Web shop deliveries will be banned on Sundays, on public holidays and between 10pm and 6am on weekdays, the economy ministry said on Tuesday. The ban is in line with a new law parliament adopted last December on restrictions to Sunday opening effective from March 15 this year, the ministry said. The law affects retail [...]
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Retail sales conducted through the internet are expected to reach 266 billion forints (EUR 864m) in Hungary in 2014, up 22.5 percent from last year, according to a survey. Online retail sales amounted to 217 billion forints last year, accounting for 3.1 percent of total retail sales turnover in Hungary, excluding sales of vehicles and [...]
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Plans to tax users monthly rates for the amount of internet they use sparked demonstrations acorss the European country attended by tens of thousands of people. Hungary’s government has suspended plans to introduce a controversial internet tax after huge public protests fuelled claims it undermined freedom of information. Viktor Orban, the Hungarian prime minister, announced [...]
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Hungarian software firm IDM SYS invested HUF 1.124 bln in the development of an integrated crisis prevention and management system, supported by an EU grant of HUF 674.6 bln, the company informed Hungarian news agency MTI today. The aim of the development was to create an application package providing an integrated platform for emergency organizations [...]
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BKK Centre for Budapest Transport has launched its online journey planner application, the so-called FUTÁR app, available also for smartphones and tablets. The application gives detailed information on schedules of each stop and also is able to show the real-time position of the public transportation vehicles in operation. Thanks to the developers of the FUTÁR, [...]
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German-owned IT service provider IT Services Hungary has opened a new 2,500 sqm base in Pécs (southwestern Hungary) the company announced on the 29th of September. Headcount at the company’s local operations increased by 50 from 340. Managing director Csaba Bőthe said ITSH plans to add another 50 jobs in Pécs at the end of this year [...]
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Microsoft will shut down the Nokia plant in Komarom (NW Hungary), which employs about 1,800 people, the company told MTI. Microsoft, which recently acquired Nokia’s handset business, announced on Thursday that it plans to cut 18,000 jobs over the next year. Zoltan Laszlo, a union official in Komarom, told MTI that the management of the [...]
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One of the most prominent European startup prizes, The Europas Awards, went to Hungarian software company Prezi on Tuesday, Prezi’s manager told MTI. The presentation software company won in the category of Best Startup Founder or Co-Founders. Peter Arvai will meet British Prime Minister David Cameron on Wednesday evening, Prezi PR manager Csaba Faix added. [...]
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The planned switchover in Hungarian hospitals prompted by Microsoft ending support for its Windows XP operating system is expected to cost billions of forints because the upgrade to newer software will in many cases also require new hardware, business daily Vilaggazdasag said today. Public segment lead director at Microsoft Hungary Viktor Sagyibo told the paper [...]
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