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People are becoming more and more electronically fit if not even bionic. We take digital for granted so much that we do not even notice the threats around the virtual world. Being a victim of cybercrime can be very damaging, both financially and emotionally.

We have been running on beta for some time now. During this time, we have offered our advanced electronic signature app .ID free of charge.

When I was a kid in the 80s, the year 2020 was something that my favorite sci-fi books wrote about. You know: the utopian society, teleportation booths, flying cars, orbital homes etc. This year has been anything but the things I, or my favorite authors either, imagined. Yet, here we are now. And, perhaps, thanks to this turmoil, some things will be re-evaluated, re-envisioned, and improved by orders of magnitude.

“We signed it. It’s done.” This is how many of us have felt after signing a contract, a feeling of relief, finality and security. Once signatures are there, we are committed to what we agreed. In other situations, however, signing can be a nuisance – a formality that we have to do, although we do not really want to. Think of all kinds of application forms, acceptance documents, invoices, bills, cheques etc. Sometimes we sign so much that we do not even remember what we signed.

This week we roll out Google Docs add-on for .ID. It is a brand new tool in .ID product family that allows our users to seamlessly integrate advanced electronic signatures with popular document editing app. It is a next step in our journey to bring high-end digital identity based signature services to the masses.

BREAKING NEWS Star Wars with Mark Hamill to return in 2021! Star Wars fans have obtained a copy of the letter apparently signed by Mark Hamill himself claiming that he will return to the epic saga in 2021. Not many details have been added so far, but if proven to be true, it will definitely bring a lot of fans back to the theaters next year. Stay tuned!

I remember the day I learned about Agrello. I was instantly intrigued by the vision of making ‘intelligent contracts’ with a human-readable interface. What is not to like about that? Well, that sort of stuff is great for techies; they are the only ones who are not intimated by its complexity. I held on to that thought for a while as it reassured me that Agrello was on to something different and impactful.

The current situation most of us are living is a painful reminder of how unpredictable the future is; being able to ‘adapt’ is a critical determinant of success. If nothing else, this experience confirms our need to rely on electronic means of exchange and trusted interactions to keep businesses running. I am referring to payments, e-self-serving, online ID verification, digital ID with trusted authentication, and digital signatures. Fortunately for us at Agrello, a significant part of the Estonian economy rests untouched thanks to the general digital adoption by Estonians and the government-led programs that guided us to this level of digitalization.

What if Transferwise (or pick any other bank or financial institution of your choosing) announced that 170M of their user accounts have been stolen? Would you still trust them with your hard earned money? Makes you think twice, doesn’t it…

Any tech startup probably knows about Slush event. And there’s a reason why, of course! On of the biggest tech events out there. This November we were very excited to take part in it ourselves in beautiful city Helsinki.

We are very proud to announce that with many months of recent developments we have some huge updates to our product. User authentication and digitally signing documents are now way more advanced. First of all, the whole Agrello application interface has now a new look and feel. And most importantly, we have renamed the app to simply .ID to make it more recognisable worldwide.

Here is another example of a like-minded Estonian company looking to change the norm and practices. IPOhub is an Estonian start-up based in Tallinn. It was founded in 2017 by Founders Aleksander and Volli Kalju and provides an investment platform for individuals, agents and companies. With it’s innovative and out-of-the-box approach IPOhub has created something great! IPOhub announces the release of the first pan European platform for investors who wish to find, research and invest in companies across the 16 growth markets.

On the 23rd of May The Ambassador of the Republic of Namibia to Finland and the Baltic countries H.E. Mr Bonny Haufiku visited Agrello Office in Tallinn. The Republic of Namibia is looking for cooperation opportunities with the purpose of digitizing the public and private sector services. The Ambassador of Namibia visited Estonian ICT companies in order to attain the experiences we have in Estonia. In addition to Agrello, also Thinnect, Blockhive and SK ID Solutions introduced their technologies to the Ambassador.

Food products supply chain is a rather complex use case. The process from a farm to a store shelf or restaurant kitchen takes time and often involves a long supply chain, where food products are handed from one party to another for storing, processing, or delivery. Without an active and reliable end-to-end monitoring solution, such supply chain can’t immediately react to adverse changes in handling conditions, and problems are only observed on the receiving end. Any break in the process, and decayed food product on a store shelf or in a restaurant kitchen goes to waste and creates compliance and reputational risks.

Are you struggling with creating a contract? Or are you wondering if you have all the important aspects covered in your contract, whether you are renting out your real estate or offering your services to customers? Agrello can now help you out with this!

Legal foundations for digital signatures have existed since late 1990s. Technical implementations particularly took form of electronic signatures and became widely adopted in the due course. Whilst providing a convenient method for non-material transactions, they have since been hacked to expose user data and abuse the system, and even denied legal effect in material cases.