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What Should You Make of the Web Summit Controversy? A View Behind the Scenes

Both Sides of the Table

Like many of you I read the Is Web Summit a Scam article making the rounds this week. I have attended Web Summits three times – it is not a scam. I even wrote about my experiences attending Web Summit , something I rarely ever write about. That’s why so many people come to DreamForce and so many come to Web Summit.

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Sony Online Entertainment: Customer Data Stolen

socalTECH

San Diego-based Sony Online Entertainment , the developer of massively multiplayer online games, has provided details of the intrusion on the firm's systems, saying that hackers may have stolen its customer information. The revelation follows last week's hacking of Sony's PlayStation Network and other services.

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Can Blip.TV Change The Indie Production Market On The Web?

Tech Zulu Event

If you’re a big supporter of indie films or web series you’re probably checking out your favorites on a variety of different sites on the web. Embedded in the page are standard social media buttons like Facebook, Twitter, Disqus and good old fashion email as methods to recommend programming that you like.

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Fifty years of the internet

TechCrunch LA

Along the way, we found ourselves constantly surprised by unanticipated applications that suddenly appeared and gained huge adoption across the Internet; this was the case with email, the World Wide Web, peer-to-peer file sharing, user generated content, Napster, YouTube, Instagram, social networking, etc.

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Use video whenever possible.

Berkonomics

Yes, most of that is from NetFlix and YouTube and others delivering entertainment content. But an increasing amount is now coming from web sites and YouTube videos created by companies looking for an edge in their marketing efforts. Ninety percent of all traffic on the Internet is in video form.

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Mail.com Buys BGR.com

socalTECH

Los Angeles-based Mail.com Media Corporation (MMC), which operates the Mail.com email service and portal, as well as its own network of content-focused web sites, said today that it has acquired BGR.com , a mobile/gadget review and news site. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed.

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Reinvent your business with bits not atoms.

Berkonomics

Email readers, continue here.] There are many ways businesses can reinvent themselves, even if a product must be manufactured and put into the hands of the user in physical form. Product marketing materials, user manuals, service manuals, sales guides, and catalogs all must migrate to the web to cut the use of paper and make them.

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