Robin Wauters

I am the European Editor of The Next Web. I'm a hopeless cyberflâneur, and a lover of startups, my family and Belgian beer. If you'd like to know more about me, head on over to robinwauters.com or follow me on Twitter.

Stories by Robin Wauters

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Facebook To Buy Opera? Maybe. Here's What We Hear.

Juicy rumor coming from Pocket-lint this morning: Facebook is reportedly eyeing a takeover of desktop, tablet and smartphone browser maker Opera Software. Citing an unnamed source, Pocket-lint says the social…

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Former Yahoo EMEA Exec Launches Milk.ly

Does you car need a decent scrubbing? Need someone to go pick up your groceries at the store because you’re on a tight deadline at work? Could you use someone…

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SecureKey Raises $30 Million From Intel, Visa, Mastercard And Others

SecureKey, a Toronto, Canada-based security solutions company, has secured $30 million in a financing round led by Intel Capital. New strategic investors who participated in the funding round were Visa,…

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What is Facebook Studio Edge?

The world-class domain name sleuthers over at Fusible have uncovered that Facebook (almost certainly) privately registered a number of domains with ‘studio edge’ in them, including the .com, .net and…

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Team Europe Opens Office In Asia

Berlin-based Internet startup incubator Team Europe is expanding to Asia with the establishment of a “market-watch” office in Seoul, South Korea. It will be headed by German-Korean Ludolf Ebner-Chung, a…

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Collaboration Software Maker Huddle Raises $24 Million

Cloud-based collaboration and task management software company Huddle has raised $24 million in Series C financing on the heels of setting up an office in New York, and plans to…

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Mobile Deals Startup Scoutmob Scores $3.25M, First Data Deal

Scoutmob, an app development startup that delivers digital, location-based coupons and curated content straight to users’ phones, has scored both $3.25 million in funding and a partnership with payments company…

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Activist Shareholder Starboard Completely Trashes AOL In 96 Slides

We were aware that activist fund Starboard Value wasn’t exactly a fan of the way AOL CEO Tim Armstrong and co run the aging Internet giant, but this ‘investor presentation’…

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Millennial: Tablets Now Account For 20% Of Mobile Ad Impressions

Mobile advertising firm Millennial Media this morning released its ‘Mobile Mix’ report covering its findings for the first quarter of this year. The report looks at trends in ad impressions…

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Klarna Brings Two Finance Industry Heavyweights On Board

After raising a whopping $155 million in funding from DST, General Atlantic and Sequoia Capital at the end of last year, Swedish online payments company Klarna has brought two heavyweights…

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New iPad Overtakes 'Old' iPad In The US: Report

A new report from app analytics company Localytics claims Apple’s latest iPad model is now more widely used in the United States than the first-generation iPad, a mere two months…

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AppSense Backs Unlaunched Collaaj

AppSense Labs, the research arm of virtualization software company AppSense, has made its first seed investment. This morning, it announced that it has pumped an undisclosed amount of capital into…

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Amazon Inks Deal With Paramount For More Prime Instant Video Content

Amazon has struck a deal with Paramount Pictures that will see hundreds of flicks being added to its Prime Instant Video subscription service. The licensing agreement will bring movies like…

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Kony Solutions Raises $15M For Mobile App Development Platform

Kony Solutions (perhaps not the best company name in the world) has secured $15 million in a Series C financing round led by Insight Venture Partners. The company provides a…

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Shareholders Sue Facebook, Zuckerberg and Banks Over Botched IPO

In case you’re also following the kerfuffle in the aftermath of Facebook’s big IPO, here’s the latest update from Reuters: In a lawsuit seeking class action status, filed in the…