World’s 10 Fastest Supercomputers [Interactive Infographic]

The speed at which our technology grows and expands is incredible, but sometimes as an average consumer it is hard to always keep current. New computers come out seemingly every day with slightly more processing power and versatility than the models right before them, and before long they’ll be outpaced too. Imagine that problem on a massive scale, though: working at a research institute, and trying to keep up with constantly growing power of the behemoths known as supercomputers.

Lovoo will have you looking for love!!!!

German mobile flirting app LOVOO has quickly risen to the top of the dating app download charts in Germany and has more than 2 million registered users.  The free app for Android and iOS uses your phone’s location data to find nearby matches for you to flirt with by sending virtual kisses and gifts along with interactive games.  Now that LOVOO has dominated the mobile dating scene in Germany, the company has its sights on the much larger American market.

Tadaa is the next level of photo's with your phone!!!!

In the months since Instagram launched, we’ve seen mobile photo sharing explode via countless apps hoping to grab users with their own take on easy taking and sharing of photographs. One of the latest contenders to emerge is Tadaa.

Hailing from Hamburg, Germany, the team behind Tadaa have built an app that on the surface offers similar functionality to Instagram (take a photo, add a filter, post it to other social networks and see what other users are posting), but adds its own tweaks which make it well worth a look if you’re a serious photo sharer.

Abusix GmbH is here to handle your internet security!!!!

Abusix GmbH is a company from Germany that deals in Internet security, network abuse handling, antispam and fraud specialists. Their mission is to help ISPs and Internet companies solving the rapidly growing problem of outgoing spam and all kind of other network abuse or security issues in a solid, accurate and reliable way. They are providing network abuse reporting, customized spamfeeds, consulting and tools against network abuse for ISPs, ESPs and technology providers. Tobias Knecht is the CEO of abusix.

The Free-To-Play vs. Paid App Debate!!!!!!

The Free-To-Play vs. Paid App Debate (via http://www.bluecloudsolutions.com)

Is it Better to Make Apps People Driven or Revenue Driven?  The Experts Debate. Mobile usage is widely available in the entire world. Research shows that there were 6.8 billion mobile subscribers in the world as of December 2012. That is a huge figure…

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Hardware startup Senic is big on the tech scene!!!!

New hardware startup and Y Combinator Summer 2013 cohort member Senic is launching pre-orders for its first product today, a laser rangefinder like the ones sold in hardware stores around the world and used every day by contractors and DIY enthusiasts. The difference is that Senic’s device uses Bluetooth Low Energy to communicate with iOS and Android devices, recording measurements instantly and syncing them to the cloud.

The use of a cloud-based platform for collecting and storing measurement data, as well as Senic’s plans to expand their hardware catalog to include a number of different hardware devices, including micrometers, gauges, and other tools that builders and engineers use regularly in their work. Senic co-founder Toby Eichenwald explained that he got the idea working for his father’s company in Korea, and learned from its customers that the measurement industry was essentially “stuck in the 80s.”

Zertisa is a hot German startup!!!

Zertisa has found the answer to most of the challenges with its software management platform and can build, customize, roll-out and update Android images in an easy, fast and cost-efficient way. Zertisa is offering state of the art technology for the mobile device industry. Their Android-based software management platform allows you to simplify the image building, roll-out, customizing and updating processes. Martin Koerner is Founder and CEO of Zertisa.

My Success. Our Visions. Part 5!!!!!

On Wednesday, August 7, 2013 at 6:00pm the German Silicon Valley Accelerator held My Success. Our Vision. featuring individuals who have made it in Silicon Valley and asks to share his/her learning and path to success. Further, the series welcomes the new batch of companies participating in the German Accelerator and introduces them to the Valley.

For the upcoming event we proudly present Holger Assenmache (Managing Director, Ternius GmbH) and Ken Singer (Director of the Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology CET) as speakers. Ken and Holger were both co-founders of AppCentral, a San Francisco based startup backed by BlueRun Ventures, which got acquired by Good Technology in 2012.

The first step to fighting patent trolls is to limit software patents to five years!!!!!

The first step to fighting patent trolls is to limit software patents to five years (via Pando Daily)

By pandodailyguest On August 13, 2013 There’s a lot wrong with America’s patent system — it often serves to undercut innovation, limits competition, and rewards trolls. But there’s a relatively easy short-term fix: Cap software patents at five…

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Top 5 European Startup Hubs!!!!!!!