Martin Bryant

Martin Bryant is Managing Editor at The Next Web and is based in Manchester, UK. You can find him on Twitter, subscribe to him on Facebook, circle him on Google+ and visit his personal site.

Stories by Martin Bryant

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Typical Readers of Top Tech Blogs Revealed!

Ben Lang of Wibiya and Sivan Cohen of Conduit have come up with this graphic that neatly sums up the readerships of some of the world’s most popular tech blogs….

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You Can Download The Pirate Bay in a 90MB File

Back in August 2009, we reported on how the entire Pirate Bay could be downloaded in one 21.3GB file. At the time, we thought it was small – but now,…

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EyeEm Launches API to Help Break from the Photo-Sharing Pack

Berlin-based EyeEm is keen to make sure you know that it’s not another Instagram clone, and the launch today of its API should help get that message across. While EyeEm…

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Google is Planning Its First Ever Retail Store

Google is considering opening a retail store in Dublin, a planning application noted by Bloomberg reveals. The store, located on its campus in the Irish capital, would be open to…

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Tech News in 5 Minutes: The Daily Dose

Path uploads your address book to its servers without permission, Flickr shuts down an app that’s trying to poach its users, and Sky News imposes strict rules on tweeting journalists….

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Kooaba Shortcut Wants to Kill QR Codes in Print Ads

Swiss image recognition startup Kooaba has expanded and relaunched its flagship app. Whereas previously, Paperboy was a handy way to access online content from thousands of physical newspaper titles, it’s…

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Seatwave Partners with The Echo Nest

Fan-to-fan ticket marketplace Seatwave is the latest company to join The Echo Nest‘s Rosetta Stone project, meaning that developers will be able to integrate ticketing features into their apps seamlessly…

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The BBC is Experimenting with Perceptive Media

Remember when Intel turned your life into a museum exhibition using your Facebook data? Or when Google put your place of birth into Arcade Fire’s The Wilderness Downtown video? How…

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Google Gives Away Amazon Vouchers for Browsing Data

Updated at foot of post. A new Google project named Screenwise looks set to offer Amazon vouchers in return for information about your browsing habits. While it doesn’t appear to…

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Navegas: A Classy Music Player in Your Browser

There’s no shortage of ways to listen to music online these days, and Navegas is throwing its hat into the ring as a browser-based portal for accessing tunes from a…

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Pick a Winner for Twitter Prize Draws with Twitterdraw

Twitterdraw isn’t for everyone, but if it is for you, you’ll probably find yourself saying “A-ha! At last!” If you look after a business account on Twitter, there may be…

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Security Camera Flaw Exposes Private Video Feeds

A flaw in a range of security cameras made by US firm Trendnet means that anyone with the correct URL can view footage from affected devices without a password. As…

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Tech News in 5 Minutes: The Daily Dose

Netflix releases its first original content, the Super Bowl smashes a Twitter record and one Russian mobile operator has encouraged its customers to compete to be the ultimate 3G data…

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UK Startup Builds a Web App for the Queen

Young startups beginning their journey to success can struggle to get the attention and momentum they need. That doesn’t seem to be a problem for Capsool. This small team based…

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Swiss Startups Gain Superpowers in Gbanga

Location-based mobile gaming startup Gbanga has launched a new quest that sees fellow Swiss tech companies become integrated into the gameplay. Zurich-based Gbanga offers a ‘mixed-reality’ gaming platform where factors…