Technology research specialists Canalys believe that if HP reintroduced its TouchPad tablet, the value of its PC division could be doubled – if not tripled – the company said in a recently published research note. HP’s decision to axe production of its webOS smartphone and tablet devices in August immediately followed an announcement that...
Daily Archives: September 15, 2011
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De laatste tijd was het erg stil op het Nederlandse gedeelte van The Next Web, aangezien Patrick het te druk heeft omdat hij internationaal aan het rocken is. Aangezien er super veel gebeurt in Nederland wil ik The Next Web NL weer oppakken en de internet technologie, de talenten en de interessante concepten omarmen....
‘What I Wore Today’ fashion blog relaunches as a social network
We first covered Poppy Dinsey and her fashion blog back in July. To give you a quick recap, Poppy set up What I Wore Today (WIWT) in January 2010, and it’s where Poppy has been uploading and sharing one photo each day of her in a different outfit. But Poppy is pivoting and today...
Groupon IPO Back On! Roadshow Should Start In October
Image: AP See Also: GROUPON CANCELS IPO ROADSHOW, SEC Wants Answers On Leaked Memo “ALL GOOD THINGS MUST COME TO AN END”: Groupon Employees Sue Over Working Conditions Groupon Posts Record Revenue In August Groupon’s IPO is back on, Evelyn Rusli at DealBook reports. After a slight delay due to market conditions, and potential...
This really might be the greatest speech ever made
I’m a cynic, it helps in my line of work, but despite my resistance, this speech and video truly had an impact. I hope it will for you too. It’s old and many of who will have seen it various forms over the years, this version may be the best of them all. The...
Music wars heat up — but is free really the future?
If you thought the music streaming market was competitive already, you ain’t seen nothing yet. Things have been bubbling up in recent months — particularly with the American launch of Spotify — but now things are about to boil over. Faced with the prospect of Facebook a music platform next week, both Mog and...
The Surge Accelerator: An incubator for energy & IT
A new Y-Combinator-style incubator that will focus solely on the intersection of energy and information technology is launching in Houston, the founder of the group Kirk Brand Coburn told me in an exclusive interview. The accelerator program, called Surge, will start accepting applications for its program starting in November, says Coburn, and will select...
Server workaround brings official Twitter access to Chinese users
A Chinese Twitter user has discovered an alternate server that provides access to the mobile Web version of the website and can be accessed from within China, where the website is officially blocked by the government, reports Penn-Olson. Twitter has been blocked in China since June 2009 and the micro-blogging market in the country...
Barry Diller Skewers AOL For Firing Michael Arrington From TechCrunch
J. Michael Arrington (born March 13, 1970 in Huntington Beach, California) is a serial entrepreneur and the founder of TechCrunch, a blog covering startups and technology news. Arrington attended Claremont McKenna College (BA Economics, 1992) and Stanford Law School (JD, 1995), and practiced as a corporate and securities lawyer at two law firms: O’Melveny...
Using 20 Billion Data Points, Goodreads Will Recommend Your Next Book
Goodreads, a social network that lets readers rate and review books, has launched a recommendation engine designed to help users choose what to read next. The new feature comes six months after the startup acquired Discovereads, a book recommendation engine which is something CEO Otis Chandler cited as a sought-after feature among Goodreads users....