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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The Guardian's n0tice launches an Open Journalism Toolkit

The Guardian‘s n0tice project launched last year as an experimental new way of sharing local news and community events. Now the platform behind it is being opened up as a…

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Tech News in 5 Minutes - The Daily Dose

Microsoft gets So.cl with students, Chrome appears to have overtaken IE in the browser wars, and over one million people ‘like’ Mark Zuckerberg’s wedding. It’s all in today’s Daily Dose….

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Tears, Tantrums & Tech: Reality Sets In

In part five of our video series following three startups taking part in the Springboard accelerator in London, it’s time to take a look at how the teams are getting…

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Tech News in 5 Minutes - The Daily Dose

Shutterstock files for an IPO, Facebook’s own IPO date looms large, and Steve Wozniak praises Mark Zuckerberg. It’s all in today’s Daily Dose. You can catch The Daily Dose every…

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Spoof App Highlights Oil Pollution in Africa

It looks like oil giant Royal Dutch Shell has come up with a novel solution to the pollution it is widely blamed for in the Niger Delta, Africa. The Live…

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TOSSOS Aims to Make Sense of Terms of Service

Let’s be honest, most of us don’t bother to read the terms of service for most online services that we sign up to. We just want to get to the…

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Tears, Tantrums & Tech 4: Lion Kings [Video]

In part four of our video series following three startups taking part in the Springboard accelerator in London, we’re looking at Birdback, a startup that wants to help you get more out…

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EU Mobile Data Roaming Price Caps Roll Out in July

Staying connected as you travel around Europe is about to get a lot cheaper for millions of EU citizens as new European Union price caps on mobile data roaming come…

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Angry Birds games have been downloaded a total of 1 billion times, Flipboard for Android leaks out, and Samsung’s Galaxy S III prepares to be used by cashless Olympic athletes….

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The Dutch Adopt Net Neutrality Laws, Let's All Follow Suit

Yesterday, the Netherlands became the first country in Europe to adopt laws that protect net neutrality. The rest of Europe, and indeed most the world, needs to follow suit before…

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Tech News in 5 Minutes - The Daily Dose

Apple updates iOS, Twitter refreshes its mobile website to target emerging markets, and Microsoft goes green. It’s all in today’s Daily Dose You can catch The Daily Dose every Monday…

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Nokia Launches Beta City Lens AR App for Lumia Devices

Nokia has today announced the beta launch of its City Lens augmented reality browser app for its Lumia range of Windows Phone devices. The app, already available for the company’s…

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Evernote Acquires Handwriting App Penultimate

Fresh from its $70m funding round last week, note-taking service Evernote is looking to expand its handwriting recognition capabilities with the announcement today that it has acquired San Francisco-based startup…

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Why Design Isn't Just the Responsibility of Designers

At the recent The Next Web Conference in Amsterdam, Dave Wiskus, designer and Creative Officer at application developer and design house Black Pixel, took to the stage to discuss the crucial importance…

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ShareMyPlaylists for iOS: Curated Spotify Music on the Go

While Spotify now has a rich seam of third-party apps built for its platform, ShareMyPlaylists has been around almost as long as the music streaming service itself, helping users curate…