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'''The Multimedia Factory'' was the first multimedia company in Cyprus launched in 1992. | '''The Multimedia Factory'' was the first multimedia company in Cyprus launched in 1992. | ||
It was founded as a subsidiary of [[MIDnTED Ltd.]] with [[Yiannis Laouris]], [[George Vakanas]] and [[Maria Symeonides]] also as shareholders. TMF was serving also [[CYBER KIDS]] as a technology group working with kids ages 8-12 to develop their projects into final commercial products. | It was founded as a subsidiary of [[MIDnTED Ltd.]] with [[Yiannis Laouris]], [[George Vakanas]] and [[Maria Symeonides]] also as shareholders. TMF was serving also [[CYBER KIDS]] as a technology group working with kids ages 8-12 to develop their projects into final commercial products. [[Dinos Georgiades]] and [[Stelios Stylianou]] have contributed with many ideas and products: Dinos supported [[CYBER KIDS]] students to develop professional versions of their projects and sell them through the factory. Stelios, together with George, led the development of multimedia information kiosks placed at airports, museums and ports to inform people about the Cyprus problem and the Turkish occupation. | ||
==Pioneer in professional Multimedia== | ==Pioneer in professional Multimedia== | ||
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==The Founders== | ==The Founders== | ||
<gallery perrow=" | <gallery perrow="4"> | ||
File: YiannisLaouris_CYBERKIDS.GIF |[[Yiannis Laouris]] | File: YiannisLaouris_CYBERKIDS.GIF |[[Yiannis Laouris]] | ||
File: MariaSymeonides_CYBERKIDS.png |[[Maria Symeonides]] | File: MariaSymeonides_CYBERKIDS.png |[[Maria Symeonides]] | ||
File: GeorgeVakanas_CYBERKIDS.GIF|[[George Vakanas]] | File: GeorgeVakanas_CYBERKIDS.GIF|[[George Vakanas]] | ||
File: Dinos_Georgiades.png|[[Dinos Georgiades]] | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
== The Multimedia Factory in the Media== | == The Multimedia Factory in the Media== | ||
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[[Category:Affiliated Business Projects]] | [[Category:Affiliated Business Projects]] | ||
[[Category:High-tech Companies]] | |||
