We saw an intriguing piece of news this morning, as reported in Euractiv. The Finnish environmental ministry is discussing the idea of a temporarily lower vehicle tax or subsidy for women buying electric cars. Finland currently has a €2,000 ($2260) purchase subsidy from the Finnish government (with a maximum price of €50,000 or $56,000) for people buying a new electric car or signing a long-term lease agreement for an electric vehicle....

Qtis a development framework used in the creation of a wide range of apps, from Adobe Photoshop Elements to Skype, and by organisations as diverse as the European Space Agency and Disney. Although Qt is produced by Nokia, it outsourced the support and licensing side of the business to Finland’sDigiaearlier this year. Now the Helsinki-based company is aiming to make a big push for the framework in America with the opening of its first US office, in California....

Finland hosted its first ever Angry Birds Championship this past weekend that featured 32 finalists from 8 different Finnish cities. Each round of the Angry Birds Championship pitted 2 players against each other until one player was left. The event was able to gather 2600 Angry Birds fans who competed for a position in the finals. The youngest of the 32 finalists was only 6 years old and reportedly borrowed his father’s Nokia smartphone to play....

Finnish iPhone owners who have found their iPhone smartphones fail to operate in sub-zero temperatures could be entitled to refunds, according to Finland’s Consumer Agency. Finnish news agency YLE.fi reports that the Consumer Agency has said users are still entitled to a refund despite references to limitations appearing in Apple’s small print, thanks to rules in the country that requires all new items sold in the country to operate in the manner that they are expected to do so....

Helsinki-based smartphone gaming companyGrey Areahas secured $2.5 million in Series A round of of funding from notable games industry investors including Index Ventures, London Venture Partners and Initial Capital. Grey Area is best known for its popular location based MMORPG gameShadow Cities, which enables players to battle for control of their neighbourhoods, collect energy and become the strongest mage in their city. The game knocked Angry Birds off the top of the charts in Finland, launching as a free game that allowed players to purchase in-app items....