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On the Road: LeWeb Paris 2013 Roundup [Video]

Global tech conference LeWeb Paris 2013 was over as soon as it started. Across the three-day event people were exposed to, and inspired by,…

Disruption and the mobile mind shift: welcome to the age of the customer [#LeWeb]

“Empowered customers are disrupting every industry, ushering in a 20-year business cycle Forrester calls ‘the age of the customer’,” Forrester CEO George Colony told…

The next 10 years: shots of the third day of #LeWeb 2013 [Gallery]

LeWeb 2013 is over, and with it ends a thrilling three days of talks covering ‘The Next 10 Years’ in technology. Day three covered…

Wearable tech: the future of the quantified self & smart bras [#LeWeb]

“I flew in from New York and I am about six hours behind and I tossed and turned all night. Now according to Fitbit…

Carmine Gallo’s 3 unbreakable laws of communication [#LeWeb]

Communication is potentially the most valuable trait you can develop in your career, argues communication coach Carmine Gallo. Speaking at the LeWeb 2013 tech…

The future of innovation is disruption says Brian Solis [#LeWeb]

New apps, technologies and trends — ‘ideas’ — are a dime a dozen these days, says Brian Solis, Principal, Altimeter Group. What this means,…

The Next 10 years: shots of the second day of #LeWeb 2013 [Gallery]

The Paris-based technology conference Le Web (Paris) celebrates its tenth anniversary this year. Founded by French entrepreneurs Loic and Geraldine Le Meur, the 2013…

Proper gov’t regulation will fix NSA spying & protect data [#LeWeb]

“We will remember June 2013 for a very long time”, Brad Garlinghouse, CEO of Hightail, told the LeWeb audience in Paris, France during a…

Uber’s Kalanick will likely rule the world while Kawasaki misses out [#LeWeb]

One day soon, the world will forget who Guy Kawasaki is and they will start obsessing about a guy named Travis Kalanick who started…

The Next 10 years: shots of the first day of #LeWeb 2013 [Gallery]

As the first day of Le Web draws to a close here are some shots that showcase the day’s events. Le Web is a…

Is your company ready for the next ten years? Asks Jeremiah Owyang #LeWeb

“The physical world is becoming democratised,” says Jeremiah Owyang, Chief Catalyst & Founder of the newly launched Crowd Companies. Addressing the audience at the…

25 tech trends changing our world from #LeWeb founder Loic Le Meur

What will the future look like? What are some of the trends that are shaping the web and technology today? Founder of Paris-based tech…

Evernote’s biggest source of revenue is its free users [#LeWeb]

“We want Evernote to be the most physical brand and we want to build trust for the next 100 years — and still no…

Exploring tech in the next 10 years with #LeWeb

Everyone in tech is obsessed with the next ten years. What will the web and technologies bring us? Are we finally going to have…

We are in the process of becoming data [LeWeb]

We’re making far more data than we can derive actual value from, says John Battelle, Chairman and CEO of Federated Media Publishing. Battelle reckons…

Jeremiah Owyang: Brands, startups have to ‘let go in order to gain more’ [LeWeb]

The idea of a business utilising its idle capacity is nothing new but it’s fast emerging as the poster boy for the sharing economy…

Community: why Etsy’s on track to earn $1bn with almost no marketing [LeWeb]

“Community is king” is a key theme coming out from LeWeb London today — we heard it from Airbnb and it is echoed by…

Airbnb is not competing with hotels says co-founder [LeWeb]

Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia had an easy ride from LeWeb Founder Loic Le Meur when the pair took to the LeWeb stage in London…

LeWeb London 2013: the social media stream

Two days of trends, startups, interesting discussions and a host wearing a pair of Google Glass – yep, it’s time for LeWeb London. The…

MyPermissions launches free developer certification programme [LeWeb]

Recently named one of Time Magazine’s Top 50 Tech Websites, MyPermissions, a tool that enables users to have a better handle on their data…

WordPress founder Mullenweg on openness and the mobile future [LeWeb]

Matt Mullenweg has never been an advocate for controlled systems. This is, after all, the man who founded the download-and-code-it-yourself giant WordPress, and wished…

Instagram co-founder Kevin Systrom on life with Facebook [Le Web]

More than 100-million users. The billion dollar acquisition. Over 1.5-million sign ups on Android on the first day its app launched. Instagram’s rise has…

Microsoft VP answers the hard questions about Windows 8 [LeWeb]

It’s no secret that Windows 8 is a huge bet for Microsoft. It’s a drastic change in the user interface a huge chunk of…

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