It’s going to be a mobile Internet world and we’ll just live in it. That’s the conclusion of IDC, which is forecasting that mobile Internet users will grow by an annual compound rate of 16.6 percent through 2015, when they will pass PC and other wireline Internet users. That’s not entirely surprising if you’ve been following...
If you had any doubt about what was happening with Flipboard, these numbers are likely to change your mind. When we first played with Flipboard, we saw it as a complete game-changer, and that has obviously rung true. Speaking from the stage at TechCrunch’s Disrupt conference in San Francisco, Flipboard CEO Mike McCue has...
Flipboard CEO Mike McCue is on stage at Techcrunch Disrupt conference right now and he is saying some interesting things about the future of the web and the iPad. “The web will feel a lot different in 5 years. It will feel a lot like print and be monetized differently than it is currently.”...
The fact that writing of all kinds has been freed from the confines of the printed world isn’t really new. But while the Amazon Kindle has led to an explosion of e-book publishing, some people feel storytelling hasn’t really taken advantage of the social revolution that comes with going digital. Union Square Ventures partner...
You’ll likely remember a few months ago when we wrote about a service called Mombo that sourced your Twitter friends to find movie recommendations for you. Essentially it would find out the movies that were talked about by your friends, find the sentiment surrounding them, then provide you with recommendations based on that data....
Volgende week maandag is Kings of Code, daar gaat het over… je raadt het al… Code. Naast keynotes en workshops over de laatste trends op webdevelopment gebied is er ook een uitgelezen mogelijkheid voor startups om te laten zien wat er zo gaaf is aan hun platform, aan hun code. Er worden max 5...
Start to finish party planning site Punchbowl is moving beyond just offering online invitations to the digital greeting card business. The company’s digital greeting cards allow you to send a thank you note, birthday card and more to contacts while still providing the look and feel of a traditional paper greeting card. Punchbowl’s Digital...
Do you remember the days when it took about 10 floppy disks to install Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego on your PC? Now that floppy disks are entirely a thing of the past, with CDs quickly going the same way, people are constantly coming up with creative and innovative uses for all...
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Before you jump to conclusions that I’m using my media credentials to sort out my love life, let me explain; Just like other tech bloggers I get hundreds of emails every week from startups wanting me to check out their startup, set up an interview and get featured on The Next Web’s video channel....