Zee

CEO of The Next Web. A fan of startups, entrepreneurship, getting things done faster, penning the occasional blog post, taking photos, designing, listening to good music and making lurrrve.

Stories by Zee

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Anonymous Take Down Greece Government Sites

Online activist group Anonymous has reportedly taken down a number of Greece government run websites in response to the people powered uprising in Athens. This latest attack comes just over…

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Inside Apple: A Video Interview with Author Adam Lashinsky

Adam Lashinsky, author of  Inside Apple (included in our TNW Book Club selection), is the latest book to give fans and business moguls alike an insight into Apple, sat down at…

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The Next Web is Hiring an Australia Editor

We’re looking for a full-time (maybe PT if necessary) Australia based tech writer. You need to be incredibly passionate about technology, startups, entrepreneurship and Internet culture. You’ll be keen to…

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UFC website gets hacked due to its support for SOPA

The website of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), the world’s most popular martial arts organisation, has been hacked and visitors redirected to the hacker group’s site at Ugnazi.com. The motives behind…

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The Next Web is Hiring a Lead Designer

The Next Web is on the look out for a Web & UI/UX designer with a passion for design and usability, a natural attention to detail, an appreciation for digital…

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The iPoo Toilet: For the True Apple Fan.

For a Sunday, this was irresistible to post. Designed by Milos Paripovic, the iPoo concept is a mockery with a finger pointed directly at you… Yes you… You Apple ifan…

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TNW for iPad is Available for Download!

If we’re honest, this has been a long time coming, but finally TNW for iPad is available for download. Whilst we’ve been trying to keep things hush hush until the…

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Two Ads. One for Apple, one for Samsung. Same Actress.

Considering Apple and Samsung’s recent battles, this is rather amusing. Two ads, both featuring the same little girl with seemingly equal passions for both the iPhone 4S and Samsung’s Galaxy…

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What a 5MB Hard Drive Looked Like in 1956

‘In September 1956 IBM launched the 305 RAMAC, the first ‘SUPER’ computer with a hard disk drive (HDD). The HDD weighed over a ton and stored 5 MB of data.’ …

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You're Expected to Be Young to Work in Tech or New Media

It’s a funny thing that the Internet has managed to do. Prior to becoming a mainstay in any modern economy, to be considered for a senior company role in most…

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Googling on Google's Facebook Page

A bored Reddit user decided to take a peek at Google’s Facebook page. Amusingly, he came upon search queries where people had inadvertently (or possibly intentionally) posted to the fan…

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Jerry Seinfeld Explains Facebook's Success in 1992!

This small clip from Seinfeld does an incredible job of explaining why Facebook, and frankly all social media, is such an irresistible life-resource hog. Liked this? Watch Once in a lifetime? Ricky…

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The First of Many Upcoming Changes at The Next Web

This is the first in a series of upcoming announcements you’ll read here on TNW’s Voice Channel (where we announce things!) as we reveal some significant developments in the growth…

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Founders are film directors. We get judged not by one film but by our body of work

Marvellous quote from serial entrepreneur Jason Calacanis’ latest newsletter that I couldn’t resist sharing with you.

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Facebook's Zuckerberg answers the big question "Is Google+ a threat?"

The BBC aired a one hour profile of Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg on Sunday (if you’re in the UK, you can watch it here). All in all, most of you…