According to Janus Friis, great successes like Kazaa and Skype were only “by-chance ideas”! When he started to work with Niklas Zennström, they wanted to “basically start something,” but they did not know exactly what. This was the very first step to the birth of Kazaa…
“Personalization 2.0.” That’s how Jonathan Medved, CEO of Vringo, an Israeli compagny, describes the personalization of a mobile phone. According to him, a mobile phone is “an extension of your personality.” It is all about “expressing who you are.” Ringtones are one way of expressing your difference. But Vringo goes further with applications like videos, animations, photos and also avatars that can be added on a mobile phone. “The content will be projected in networks that will be shared with friends,” he explained.
Below is an interview with Jonathan Medved.
(Photo Milica Sekulic/creative commons)
With social networks becoming more and more important every day, and users revealing more and more of their private life, there are bound to be problems - especially in terms of digital identity theft and protection of personal data. This was the subject of the opening session of LeWeb3. It was a good choice of topic, as the question has been in the news since Facebook tried to add social advertising to its services.
So a debate took place between Chris Alden from Six Apart, Dan Rose (the International Facebook vice-president), lawyer Michel Jaccard and Jaewoong Lee from Daum communication.
A debate between Andrew Keen, author of The Cult of the Amateur, and Emily Bell from the Guardian focused on the “trust” problem on the Web 2.0.
Hans Rosling’s presentation was billed as a 20-minute speech about “Why books and school lectures still exist.” Read more
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Goojet: Startup Competition winner
So … the winner of the Web3 Startup Competition has been announced! The prize goes to French startup GooJet (i.e. Good Gadjet). GooJet beat out around 120 other companies for the honour. GooJet has created different widgets for mobile phones, in order to give access to community services and tools.
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Party at La Scala : We were there
Fresh news after the night at la Scala. Great venue, great music, happy people : a success.
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“There is no war without monnaie” - Philippe Starck
French designer Philippe Starck has just finished speaking for more than 40 minutes… his topic? what social design is about. Here’s a sample of his metaphorical presentation of one of his collections of lamps dealing with war. His French accent and Jean-Claude-Van-Damme style make it all the more fascinating…
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