The 2013 Web Summit in Dublin will be great!!!!

On October 30th & 31st in Dublin, Ireland the 2013 Web Summit will be held. The Summit is a global gathering of the world's leading thinkers and doers in technology. It's not just a gathering of the planet's leading startups and technology companies, but of businesses, large and small, who are being impacted by new technologies. This year over 10,000 attendees will make the trip from all corners of the globe to hear from over 300 speakers across dozens of stages, workshops and roundtables catered to every sector.

A rare defense of venture capital classic!!!!

A rare defense of venture capital classic (via Pando Daily)

By Sarah Lacy On August 30, 2013 One of our most popular stories this week was about the future of venture capital. It traced the asset class’s history from its boutique roots to the age of mega-brands to the rage around international expansion and…

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Sexism and the single hacker: Where are the women at Defcon?!!!!

Sexism and the single hacker: Where are the women at Defcon? (via Pando Daily)

By Elinor Mills On August 31, 2013 At the latest Defcon, the annual hacker conference held in Las Vegas, there were presentations on hacking automotive network and control systems, remotely gaining control of consumer devices, and NSA snooping. But perhaps…

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Windows Phones Outselling iPhones in Several Countries!!!!!!!

Windows Phones Outselling iPhones in Several Countries (via http://www.bluecloudsolutions.com)

Windows is Now the 3rd Largest Mobile OS in the World The iPhone has always been regarded as one of the smartphones that changed the communications industry in the 2000s. Over the years, it has been one of the top-selling mobile phones in various…

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Webrazzi brings the finest tech and business to Turkey!!!

On the 25th September, 2013 in İstanbul, Turkey the 2013 Webrazzi Summit will be held. Webrazzi Summit last year was held on October 4, 2012 brought together 1183 people in 501 different companies.

Webrazzi Summit will cover a range of topics including Digital Marketing, Social Media, E-commerce, Venture Capital, Angel Investment, Online Gaming, Mobile Applications and more, where you will be at the heart of Internet industry, with keynote and parallel sessions during the day.

Game Industry fun in Tallinn!!!!

The weekend will start on Thursday afternoon with a (free) mini-conference by IGDA Estonia. A strong lineup of industry professionals will share their insights on the business of the game. The evening will continue with a Pocket Gamer Mobile Mixer with some solid speakers as well as some drinks and networking. From Friday to Sunday we welcome a bunch of game developers to develop games, hear short seminars on aspects of building a game and compete for top prizes. Join in as a developer or mentor!

Sears BrandCamp Rocked!!!!

BrandGarage hosted a hackathon for Sears brands because Sears is dead serious about working with developers and startups alike. On Friday August 23rd thru Sunday August 25th at SPUR in San Francisco. While the prizes are great, we find Sears' desire to collaborate and the resulting opportunities for developers and startups to be pretty interesting. Sears is deeply committed to working with the community and will be bringing over $40K in product and prizes as well as their CIO to evaluate ideas generated during the weekend.

News sites are looking more like tablet apps every day, and that’s a good thing!!!!!

News sites are looking more like tablet apps every day, and that’s a good thing (via Pando Daily)

By Hamish McKenzie On August 30, 2013 Two weeks ago, NPR unveiled the redesign of its homepage, which is now a spare, white-space-heavy reading environment that places more emphasis on each story and less emphasis on cramming lots of headlines into a…

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Global Games: Culturalize, Not Localize!!!!!!

Global Games: Culturalize, Not Localize (via Dice News in Tech)

While a lot of attention is paid to localization in game creation, many American developers don’t consider another important – some would say critical – aspect of design: culturalization. If you’re seeking to rapidly distribute titles in an…

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TiVo Adds Opera Software to Roamio!!!!!!

TiVo Adds Opera Software to Roamio (via MarketWired)

SOURCE: TiVo, Inc. August 29, 2013 07:00 ET Newly Launched TiVo Roamio™ Platform Includes Opera TV Solution to Enable HTML5 Apps Including Business, Entertainment, Fashion, Sports and Gaming News, Content and More; Opera SDK on TiVo Provides Playground…

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Geeks On A Beach is a hot new Tech Conference!!!!

Geeks On A Beach is a brand new conference for everyone who is passionate about startups, technology, design, and making the world a better place.

Featuring presentations from hand-picked experts from all across the world. GOAB is the perfect place to come and share learnings and stories with new friends in a three day get-together by the shores of splendid Boracay island in the Philippines.

Executive Briefing: San Francisco-Manila Sister City Business Mission!!!!!

The Philippines is a growing financial power. Learn how you and your business will benefit from joining the Business Mission that is being organized with the Philippine Department of Trade and Industry this November and explore excellent trade, business and investment opportunities in one of the world’s leading emerging markets of today.

Discussed where business opportunities in:

Construction and Infrastructure Development

Education and Training

Project Management and Consultancy

Information Technology  and Business Support

Creatives and Design

Green Technologies and Renewable Energy

Banking and Finance

Internationally Funded Development Projects across Asia

Merchandise Trade: Exports and Imports

Volumental is the world’s first cloud-based 3D scanning service!!!!

Volumental is the world’s first cloud-based 3D scanning service. Volumental’s online service lets anyone create 3D models of people, objects and rooms. With only a few clicks you record a short film that we convert into a 3D model within minutes. The models can easily be shared online, downloaded, edited and printed in 3D or used in virtual environments. Volumental offers tailored solutions to solve companies’ specific needs for simple and robust 3D scanning.

Twitter Adds Chronological Conversations to Its Apps!!!!!!

Twitter Adds Chronological Conversations to Its Apps (via NewsLook)

Video News by NewsLook Twitter's new conversation feature connects all the tweets in a conversation with a line, and presents the discussion in chronological order.

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Hugo Barra’s departure from Google is huge news for Xiaomi. It’s bigger news for Chinese tech!!!!!

Hugo Barra’s departure from Google is huge news for Xiaomi. It’s bigger news for Chinese tech (via Pando Daily)

By Hamish McKenzie On August 29, 2013 It is significant that Android’s Hugo Barra is leaving Google to join Xiaomi, a three-year-old smartphone maker that is already valued at $10 billion. And it’s just as significant that he is taking on a role…

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VKB Technolgies makes Minority Report a reality!!!!!

VKB Technologies (Virtual KeyBoard, the Virtual Mouse or the Virtual Gesture Recognizer) is a further development of a technology that once made the Senseboard an interesting technology. The technology makes it possible to measure both the fingers position in each hand and the position of the hand relative to other objects such as a table or your legs (in case you use your legs as the base for your Virtual Keyboard). With the VKB you have a portable input device that can be used anywhere.

Robot Colleague builds better industrial robots!!!!!

This project intends to create environments centered on one or several collaborative industrial robots. By adapting this approach we also point the direction of where industrial robotics and automation might be in 10 years from now. Environments created in this initiative will be tested and demonstrated throughout the project, thus we intend to create a synergy through the interaction between the research and the feedback from the presumptive users.

Dr. Maombi may revolutionize healthcare in Tanzania!!!!!

Dr. Maombi is a mobile app that enables health workers in rural Tanzania to seek input from doctors in city hospitals about the patients in their village. Due to limited infrastructure, it is often too expensive or time-consuming for patients to make the trek from their village to a city hospital. Instead, they visit their local health worker. These health workers are not trained doctors and serious medical conditions may not be identified or managed adequately.

BuzzFeed has a Medium problem!!!!!!!

BuzzFeed has a Medium problem (via Pando Daily)

By Hamish McKenzie On August 28, 2013 BuzzFeed ought to thank anti-abortion group Personhood USA, which has exposed a serious flaw in the upstart publication’s system. With a BuzzFeedalicious listicle detailing why Planned Parenthood is the work of…

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The future is nigh: FST21 launches new, somewhat dystopic identification software!!!!!!

The future is nigh: FST21 launches new, somewhat dystopic identification software (via Pando Daily)

By Cale Guthrie Weissman On August 28, 2013 Dystopic films like “Minority Report” — where the protagonist walks into a building to save the day, and video cameras sense his face to register that an intruder has entered – are by now a part of…

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Attack of the Kling-ons!!!!!!

Attack of the Kling-ons (via slashdot)

Who would be so deeply misled that they actually believe in the fawning ideology of the tech blogs and Wired magazine, that “geek” is the new cool? No one I know, for sure. The disconnect is even more acute when you examine it by gender: despite…

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Blicko is a cool new music service!!!!

Blicko is a democratic music service that lets the actual listeners influence the playback. We like to compare it to a modern day digital jukebox solution, that fits perfectly for public venues and establishments, such as: cafés, restaurants, bars and hotels etc. The service is to be offered as a monthly subscription for businesses, and is best described as a: legal, engaging, complete and flexible solution for public playback.

Comparific can save you money on your phone bill!!!!

A new way to compare mobile price plans. Comparific is a unique mobile app that recommends the best mobile subscription, based on your real phone usage. By choosing a price plan that suits their needs, our users can cut their costs by an average of $300 each year. Since Comparific bases the analysis on every single call and message sent by the user and the actual data traffic consumed, the recommendations from Comparific are much more accurate than traditional web based comparison services.

Kiwied a mobile learning platform created by teachers and students!!!!

Kiwied develops a mobile learning platform for teachers and students created by teachers and students. Because of time saving for teachers, and increased learning pace for students the two schools introduced to the initial concept is now on board to test it. Since we target mobile devices from the start, assigning and grading tasks is in our prototype done by less than three clicks. Kiwied will not only save precious time for teachers, it will also enable the student to learn more.

Kickstarter will soon launch in Australia and New Zealand!!!!!!!!

Kickstarter will soon launch in Australia and New Zealand (via Pando Daily)

On August 27, 2013 Kickstarter has announced via a teaser page on its website that it will soon offer its crowdfunding services in both Australia and New Zealand. The only other non-US countries Kickstarter is available in are Canada and the UK. [Source…

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Best Travel Apps for Smartphone-Savvy Tourists!!!!!!

Best Travel Apps for Smartphone-Savvy Tourists (via Where.ca)

By BRITTANY HENDRY The list of apps catering to everything and anything you could imagine grows each day. With more options comes the time-consuming process of wading through the good, the bad and the ugly. To help you save some time, we have compiled…

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Digitalundivided wants to start dialogue about more black people in tech!!!!!!

Digitalundivided wants to start dialogue about more black people in tech (via Pando Daily)

By Hamish McKenzie On August 27, 2013 Kathryn Finney’s dad was a high-school dropout living in inner-city Milwaukee and working for a brewery, unloading boxes from a truck. His life path seemed pretty much set. But then, at 36 years old, he took a…

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The tech industry’s dirty secrets (à la Reddit)!!!!!!!!!!

The tech industry’s dirty secrets (à la Reddit) (via Pando Daily)

By Cale Guthrie Weissman On August 26, 2013 About a week ago a thread on Reddit appeared aiming to set the world straight about the ways of the world. The thread was entitled, “What is a ‘dirty little (or big) secret’ about an industry that you…

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Centive Solutions has revolutionary 3D technology!!!

Centive Solutions has developed the first affordable and usable technology allowing users to step inside all computer 3D models. Being inside a 3D model as in reality helps the user understand and get a feel for the model beyond what is possible on a normal screen. Our solution has helped our first client in architecture finding errors in their 3D model for a large building project saving them 50,000 dollars with a couple of hours work. Using our solution, all involved parties will know what to expect from the finished product already at the modeling stage saving both time and money.

Swedish Startups Pitching for Investors!!!!!!!

On Thursday, August 22nd, 2013 at 6pm at Runway in San Francisco, Silicon Vikings organized an event for the Swedish Innovation office InterAct. A group of young Swedish companies pitched to a distinguished panel of Silicon Valley investors Allan Young - Runway, Ullas Naik - Streamlined Ventures, John McIntyre - Citrix Startup Accelerator, Marlon C. Nichols - Intel Capital and Sarah Cone - Illuminate Ventures, moderated by Max Shapiro - People Connect and Keiretsu Forum.

MathSpace is cloud-based learning software that teaches math to kids!!!!!!

Based in Sydney Australia, MathSpace is a cloud-based maths learning software. Now in its trial phase for 15 schools in New South Wales and Victoria, MathSpace has a very high conversion rate among clients, and is currently a revenue generating company. MathSpace also emerged as the most promising startup at Echelon Ignite Australia.

Laid to paid: how Tinder set fire to online dating!!!!!!

Laid to paid: how Tinder set fire to online dating (via Pando Daily)

By Ryan Hoover On August 26, 2013 Tinder, a hot new entrant in the world of online dating, is capturing the attention of millions of single hopefuls. The premise is simple. After launching the mobile app and logging in with Facebook, users browse profiles…

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Job recruiting in Silicon Valley is broken, and these guys are trying to fix it!!!!!!

Job recruiting in Silicon Valley is broken, and these guys are trying to fix it (via Pando Daily)

By Carmel DeAmicis On August 26, 2013 When Riviera Partners recruiting firm asked serial entrepreneur and Y Combinator grad Michael Ellison to join the company, he gave them a list of demands a mile long. They would need to fund a non-profit in the education…

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Tech Startups Power Local Employment!!!!

Tech Startups Power Local Employment (via Dice News in Tech)

Tech startups are more likely than other new businesses to create jobs, according to a new report from the Kauffman Foundation. In 2011, the most recent year with data available, high-tech companies between one and five years old created a net 16,700…

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Publons rates academic research!!!!!

Publons, a platform for open-access, crowdsourced peer reviews of academic papers. Co-founder Andrew Preston says the startup’s current goal is to build its platform so it can continue to assist peer reviewers, with a focus on helping editors at traditional academic journals.

Expander insures you get the real thing!!!

Expander, which helps ensure product authenticity with verification technology that protects against counterfeiting. The startup’s tech also allows consumers to track items to their source, an especially valuable tool for food companies that want to reassure buyers in export markets of their products’ safety.