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- How Brewster Kahle is using open-source principles to build affordable housing for non-profit workers
- Twitter tests ‘Significant engagement’ notifications in its iOS app
- That’s a wrap! The best of TNW Europe Conference 2014
- MAG Interactive wins TNW Europe 2014’s Tech5 startup competition
- Labster wins Sanoma’s Startup Challenge 2014 at TNW Europe
- HTC admits it needs better marketing, says bloggers will be a big part of the puzzle in Asia
- Twitter teams up with Yahoo in Japan to open up its advertising doors to small firms there
- 7 interesting startups from TNW Europe 2014′s Boost program
- Meet 4 more of Europe’s fastest-growing tech firms: Leetchi, MAG Interactive, Run a Shop, and Hailo
| Posted: 26 Apr 2014 04:20 AM PDT  Brewster Kahle's Internet Archive has been charting the Web's evolution since 1996. Anyone wishing to return to the Yahoo of the mid-1990s or the Google of the early noughties merely has to punch the desired URL into the wonderful Wayback Machine, and boom. There it is, in all its (former) glory. But the Internet Archive is much more than a visual public record of the Web of yore. It provides permanent storage of, and free public access to, collections of digitized materials, including websites, music, moving images, and around three million books. Besides the gargantuan digital repository, however, Kahle was... This story continues at The Next Web This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Twitter tests ‘Significant engagement’ notifications in its iOS app Posted: 25 Apr 2014 09:34 AM PDT  Twitter is testing a new feature called "Significant engagement" in its iOS app. The company describes these achievements as "Important or higher than usual engagement with your account or Tweets." Not all iOS users have the new option in their Twitter settings, which explains why it's not mentioned in the changelog on Apple's App Store. Two staff members at TNW do, however, have the new option: The feature is on by default for these two individuals, but as you can see above, it can also be turned off. If you keep it on, however, you will start to get notifications... This story continues at The Next Web This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| That’s a wrap! The best of TNW Europe Conference 2014 Posted: 25 Apr 2014 09:00 AM PDT  As The Next Web Conference Europe 2014 draws to a close, we've got just enough time to bring you a round up of the most exciting speakers, breakout sessions, and startups from the show this year. We'd also like to thank everyone who attended for coming along, without you, none of this would be possible. Duolingo To Launch a $20 Alternative to Standardized Tests Kicking off the conference, Duolingo announced co-founder Luis von Ahn announced the Duolingo Test Center, a new standardized language test taken on a smartphone. Kevin Rose wishes he had stayed CEO of Digg Following Duolingo was Google Ventures partner and... This story continues at The Next Web This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| MAG Interactive wins TNW Europe 2014’s Tech5 startup competition Posted: 25 Apr 2014 08:30 AM PDT  After whittling down the field from hundreds of companies, Swedish gaming startup MAG Interactive has just taken the jury award at TNW Europe 2014's Tech5 competition. MAG Interactive has been developing iOS apps for clients since the App Store opened, but the firm set out on its own with the release of Ruzzle in 2012. Since then, the game has amassed over 50 million downloads. The firm has 30 employees, which it divides into dedicated teams for its titles. In 2014, MAG Interactive plans to release two new titles. In our search for the hottest European startups, we sorted through hundreds of... This story continues at The Next Web This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Labster wins Sanoma’s Startup Challenge 2014 at TNW Europe Posted: 25 Apr 2014 07:48 AM PDT  Labster, an educational startup company specializing in laboratory experiment simulations, has won a cash award of 25,000 Euros as part of a competition sponsored by Sanoma Ventures. The prize was announced today at our TNW Europe 2014 conference in Amsterdam. Sanoma invited European digital learning startups to participate in the Sanoma Startup Challenge 2014, its initiative to support the future of primary and secondary education. Labster was one of five finalists, which included Wewanttoknow's DragonBox, a multi-platform math game; Jumpido, a Microsoft Kinect-based math game; EduKey's Class Charts, a data-based behavioral seating chart app; and Eduvee, a resource for targeted science instruction. Mads Bonde accepts the Labster... This story continues at The Next Web This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| HTC admits it needs better marketing, says bloggers will be a big part of the puzzle in Asia Posted: 25 Apr 2014 07:11 AM PDT  An adjective rather frequently used to describe HTC over the past couple of years has been "struggling." It has been a rough ride for the Taiwanese smartphone manufacturer. Despite its former flagship HTC One (M7) winning multiple awards and being professionally recognized by the industry — it was even crowned as the best smartphone at Mobile World Congress — that hasn't translated into sales. In the third quarter of 2013, HTC recorded a net loss of NT$2.97 billion ($98 million) for the first time since it listed on Taiwan's stock exchange in 2002. In the final quarter, it continued posting an operating loss... This story continues at The Next Web This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Twitter teams up with Yahoo in Japan to open up its advertising doors to small firms there Posted: 25 Apr 2014 06:45 AM PDT  Twitter announced today that it is partnering with Yahoo in Japan to make its suite of advertisement products available to small and medium-sized businesses in the country. The deal will see Yahoo Japan integrate Twitter ads into its existing ad platform and become a reseller, so small businesses can access Twitter's Promoted Tweets, Promoted Accounts, and Promoted Trends directly within Yahoo. This move marks Twitter's first step in opening up its advertising doors to small firms in Asia, albeit via a partnership. "This partnership is an important milestone for Twitter in our efforts to bring Twitter Ads to advertisers big and small... This story continues at The Next Web This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| 7 interesting startups from TNW Europe 2014′s Boost program Posted: 25 Apr 2014 05:33 AM PDT  We've already picked the winner – Pocket Anatomy – of our Boost early stage startup program at TNW Europe 2014, but here are a few companies from the demo floor that piqued my interest. CompanyMatch Most recruiters look at your experience and skills when evaluating candidates for a job, but CompanyMatch wants to add a third dimension: cultural fit. The startup has designed a proprietary quiz that companies can embed on their job pages. For those firms that place a huge priority on cultural fit, CompanyMatch takes a quantitative approach to the challenge. ➤ CompanyMatch Iwaku If you suffer from... This story continues at The Next Web This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Meet 4 more of Europe’s fastest-growing tech firms: Leetchi, MAG Interactive, Run a Shop, and Hailo Posted: 25 Apr 2014 05:08 AM PDT  The Next Web has been hunting down the fastest-growing startups in Europe. These startups include companies from France, United Kingdom, Germany, and Sweden. These companies represent the best their respective countries have to offer and have gathered at the TNW Conference Europe as part of the Tech5 competition. The companies presenting were chosen from hundreds of startup submissions from seven European nations. The companies were chosen based on actual revenue, traffic and employee data between 2011 and 2013. These companies are not only competing to be named the fastest-growing tech company in Europe, but also hoping the best overall company by... This story continues at The Next Web This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
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