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Regional cybercrime hubs launched
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Three new regional police hubs for investigating cybercrime are launched across England....
Silicon Valley, London, NYC: Startup Genome Data Reveals How The World’s Top Tech Hubs Stack Up
techcrunch.com
Last year, we covered an ambitious and ongoing collaborative R&D project called “Startup Genome” created by two young entrepreneurs, Bjoern Herrmann and Max Marmer. The goal of the project was to take a comprehensive, data-driven dive into what makes tech startups successful — and not so successful. Out of this...
Super-Secret Google Builds Servers in the Dark
www.wired.com
Inside the massive data centers run by Equinix, the lights are on in some cages, but off in others. Photo: Peter McCollough/Wired.com Just how far will Google go to hide its custom-built data-center hardware from the rest of the world? In one Silicon Valley data center, the company is apparently...
Help Wanted: Songkick Founders Bring Back Silicon Milkroundabout Networking Event
techcrunch.com
Attention young engineers and budding product geniuses! If you’re thinking about moving jobs, or if you’d like to work for one of the UK’s hawt startups, mark out May 26/27 in your calendars for the third edition of the Silicon Milkroundabout. Nature abhors a vacuum and so it goes that...
A new Euro early-stage VC emerges: Connect Ventures raises €16m for €43m target fund
thenextweb.com
Entrepreneurs in Europe often lament the lack of venture capital flowing into early-stage businesses in these parts, and it’s true that access to smart seed money leaves much to be desired across the continent, overall. Today sees the formal launch of a new early-stage VC firm called Connect Ventures (not...
White House aims to make internet '90 percent cheaper' to build, teams up with Mozilla for $500k competition
www.engadget.com
The government's US Ignite partnership aims to push the growth of next-generation broadband networks, teaming up with over 100 start-ups, universities and existing tech companies like HP, Comcast and Verizon for the project. The President is set to sign an executive order today that aims to cut the cost...
White House aims to make internet '90 percent cheaper' to build, teams up with Mozilla for $500k competition
General Assembly Opening New Campus in Berlin
www.betabeat.com
(generalassemb.ly/) General Assembly, the New York-based startup school for technology and design that announced its expansion to Boston just last week, is planning to open a second international campus, this time in the burgeoning tech belly of Berlin. G.A. is teaming up with Deutsche Telekom, a German telecommunications company, to...
Social Media Week launches the ultimate photo sharing contest: Instagram Your City
thenextweb.com
For the love of all things social on the Internet, we admire everything about Social Media Week, a worldwide event exploring the social, cultural and economic impact of social media. Since its inception 4 years ago, Social Media Week has held conferences in more than 26 cities around the world. To celebrate its 6th global event...
Wikia Says It's the Biggest Site Nobody -- Including Its Millions of Readers -- Has Ever Heard Of (Video)
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The user-generated media site Wikia has been profitable for three years and grew traffic 42 percent last year to 47.6 million global unique visitors. Part of Wikia's extensive interactive map of the Skyrim gameWikia’s traffic in the gaming category is second only to IGN, with comprehensive and constantly updated databases...
Wikia Says It's the Biggest Site Nobody -- Including Its Millions of Readers -- Has Ever Heard Of (Video)
U.S. ISPs become ‘copyright cops’ starting July 12th
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Comcast, Cablevision, Verizon, Time Warner Cable and other Internet service providers in the United States will soon launch new programs to police their networks in an effort to catch digital pirates and stop illegal file-sharing. Major ISPs announced last summer that they had agreed to take new measures in...
DoctorsElite Wants To Build A Network To Better Link Up Patients, Specialists And Medical Records
techcrunch.com
As a culture, we are getting ever-more accustomed to using social networks as our primary hubs for all information, and that trend is leading to the rise of yet more services constructed like social networks to improve accessibility: one of the latest in that line is DoctorsElite, a new site...
Hello, Google Play: Google launches sweeping revamp of app, book, music, and video stores
www.theverge.com
Google is taking a big new step in bringing all of its content arms under one roof — and that new entity is called Google Play. Starting today, Google will begin a rebranding of the Android Market, Google Music, Google Books, and its video offerings. Until now, all of...
How Silicon Cape is fostering a supportive ecosystem for startups in South Africa
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The Silicon Cape Initiative has grown to become a champion for technology startups in South Africa since its launch on October 8, 2009 in Cape Town. Founded by two South African tech entrepreneurs, Justin Stanford and Vinny Lingham, Silicon Cape is an ecosystem for technology startups based in the Western Cape...
Apple plots wireless server hubs at Genius Bars for users to temporarily store, sync content for device replacements
9to5mac.com
According to retail sources, Apple is planning a major new addition to their Apple Store Genius Bars; an addition that will change the way the company handles Genius Bar support. When an iOS device user comes to the Genius Bar with advanced hardware issues that are deemed unrepairable via...
Apple plots wireless server hubs at Genius Bars for users to temporarily store, sync content for device replacements
Why Instagram is the New Camera
www.readwriteweb.com
It's the moment all Android users have been waiting for: Instagram is now available on Android. Instagram CEO Kevin Systrom has been hinting at the making of an Instagram Android app, calling it a "major priority" for the Instagram team. Up until today, Instagram has only been available on iOS....
Is Seattle the next Silicon Valley? (Infographic)
venturebeat.com
This week the eyes of the tech world were firmly fixed on Austin, Tex. for South by Southwest Interactive. Partly because of that event, Austin is often mentioned with Silicon Valley and New York City as one of America’s great tech hubs. Let’s not forget about Seattle. Cost of...
Top 5 News: A simple news app which aggregates the Web’s top stories
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There’s no shortage of news curation and aggregation apps out there – from 100% human-powered Web apps, to automated social media mining tools that promise to bring you the news you really want to read. Then there’s the likes of MustKnow News, an iOS app gives you the top 10...
Surge in tech hubs give African startups a place to grow
arstechnica.com
When Startup Garage Nairobi opened its doors last month in the Kenyan capital, it became the latest such facility to launch in Africa. According to the crowdsourced BongoHive's "Hubs in Africa" map, there are 45 tech hubs, tech labs, business incubators and hacker spaces on the continent. Although the Innovation...
Startup World: Applications for South America are open now
thenextweb.com
Are you building the world’s best startup? The Next Web’s global startup competition Startup World is coming to a city near you. If you’re an entrepreneur living in Mexico City, Lima, Santiago, Buenos Aires, São Paulo or Rio de Janeiro you can apply, and if selected, you will have the opportunity...
Samsung Game Hub, Video Hub hands-on (video)
www.engadget.com
Sad that Samsung's rumored S-Cloud didn't appear on the scene? Well the arrival of the company's new Video, Game and Music hubs might heal the wounds. Rather than a unified service, the Galaxy S III will have access to three separate stores that will offer an alternative to Google...
Britain is right to take the lead on cybersecurity | Nick Hopkins
www.guardian.co.uk
Cyber-conflict is just beginning and its effects are insidious. The UK must push the regulation of cyberspace up the global agendaIn this age of defence cuts and against a backdrop of procurement mishaps, it might be hard to imagine that the UK is taking a lead on an issue like...
Apple to add iOS sync hubs to Genius Bars for iDevice replacements
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Your local Apple Store Genius Bar is about to get a much needed upgrade -- a wireless data hub that will allow you to temporarily sync your data should you need an iDevice replacement. [Read more]...
Want to code a Windows 8 app? These tools will get you started
thenextweb.com
Now that you have watched the event, downloaded the Windows 8 Consumer Preview, and read our overview of what to expect in the software, if you are a developer, you might want to code up a Metro Style app for the newly opened Windows Store. Allow us to help. As a quick...
Venture capital as we know it is history
venturebeat.com
New York venture capitalist Fred Wilson recently pointed out that the VC industry is at risk of being marginalized by the emerging crowdfunding industry. I agree that the provision of capital for entrepreneurs is about to change in a big way, but that the change is not going to hurt VCs....
London's Kensington and Chelsea reject 'ugly' BT fiber street cabinets, superfast broadband
www.theverge.com
The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea is set to miss out on BT's fiber optic broadband rollout because of a simple issue of aesthetics — the cabinets the telecoms operator needs to install on the borough's streets have been deemed too unsightly to be approved. Typically green in...
Windows Phone 8 Is Microsoft’s Last-Ditch Effort to Remain Relevant
pandodaily.com
Windows Phone isn’t the most glorious of mobile operating systems. With just 5.2 percent of the market and “only” 100,000 apps in its Marketplace, Microsoft’s other OS is a mere shadow of the company’s core Windows product. Windows Phone 8, which the company officially unveiled today, represents the company’s...
Roku players add Dish international TV channels, become that much more exotic
www.engadget.com
Roku has already been turning its players into TV hubs, but it's been focused on US programming -- not so hot if you're an immigrant hoping to catch up on affairs back in the homeland. Dish is aiming to remedy that by offering its Dishworld service as an avenue...
Tech Hub Envy, or why you should stop trying to be Silicon Valley
venturebeat.com
Is Silicon Valley still the one tech hub to rule them all? And will it remain so in the future? Techcrunch just posted some intruiging new research from the Startup Genome project on the world’s top tech hubs and their defining characteristics. A post of this kind is bound to...
The top 25 startup hubs in the world: Seattle ranks 13th
www.geekwire.com
The top startup ecosystems in the world. Seattle ranks 13th I have mixed reactions to the Startup Genome Project’s new report analyzing the top 25 startup ecosystems in the world. On the one hand, it is nice to see Seattle make it on the list, ranking at a respectable 13th,...
iPads on the menu as airport restaurateur goes hi-tech
www.appleinsider.com
Nationwide restaurant operator OTG is deploying more than 7,000 third-generation iPads at its eateries located in three international air hubs after recognizing a strong demand for entertainment in the normally staid airport environment....
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