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Written on 17th April 2009
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Zee, Editor in Chief at The Next Web, Principal at WeDoCreative.
E aims to bridge your online and offline lives.
The startup enables you to collect your accounts – on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and every other network of your choice – in one spot, and share them in real life by using any mobile phone or a small handheld device called The Connector.
With E, you have a card ready for each context, every situation and any kind of person you meet in real life. No more stacks of cards on your desk. Instant connections, in the place where it matters most: the real world.
Written on 15th April 2009
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David Petherick, Contributing Editor, United Kingdom
Sun Microsystems’ Startup Essentials are Giga sponsors of The Next Web Conference, and their Startup Rally series kicks off tomorrow in Amsterdam.
‘Spotlight’ Video Elevator Pitches
However, they have not forgotten how many startups entered but did not make it to the final cut, nor how many talented startups are visiting The Next Web Conference, so they have arranged a ‘Spotlight’ facility at the Sun Startup Essentials Stand, where startups can film their own elevator pitch, which will then appear later the same day on http://blogs.sun.com/startups, along with a paragraph of information, allowing the startup to reach a global audience for free.
Startups can also sign up to the Sun Startup Essentials programme, which offers support, community, events, and even discounts on Sun hardware to help support their development.
Sticker Photo Competition
As if that were not enough, Sun also have two rather nice prizes on offer for the best photos of a Sun Startup Stickers stuck to “willing volunteers“!
What do you have to do ?
- Visit the Sun Startup Essentials stand and get your Essential sticker(s) *
- Find willing volunteer(s),** and take a photo of them with sticker(s) – remember the more creative the better! (See Hermione demonstrating below)
- Twitter your pictures, using the hashtags #sunstartup #tnw – upload by 3pm Friday 17th April
Hermione Way demonstrates how to stick your startup sticker
So how do you win?
To win EveryCity On-Demand Hosting —
- Twitter the most individual photos, of separate people, wearing the stickers or
To Win an iPod Touch —
- Take the most interesting/creative/imaginative photo, as judged by the panel of experts
Good luck!
Conditions: * Stickers are limited to x10 per person. Be creative when re-using them! ** Competition entrant must gain permission from persons being photographed * Stickers should be removed and discarded responsibly after photos have been taken.
Written on 2nd March 2009
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Ayelet Noff, Next Web WebTipr Israel
Last month at the DLD conference
I had the opportunity to speak to Constantin Bjerke, founder of TheCrane.tv. TheCrane.tv is a new online video magazine all about contemporary culture that is set to launch in March and plans to feature high caliber content on the topics of Culture, Art & Design, Fashion, Lifestyle, Travel, Ideas and “Green”/Ecology around the globe.
TheCrane.tv hopes to raise the bar for superior video content on the Web with what they are referring to as ”Talent Generated Content.” Constantin describes Talent Generated Content by saying that all of the site’s content ”is produced by people that actually know what they’re doing, both in terms of quality of the film and in terms of the content.” Creatives from around the world are invited to share their films, videos and animations on any of the forementioned topics. TheCrane.tv is a unique magazine because it is completely video based. You don’t have to read articles but can simply “sit back and enjoy the ride” as Constantin puts it. (more…)
Written on 20th February 2009
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David Petherick, Contributing Editor, United Kingdom
Our occasional Wicked Wednesday series kicked off with a topical photo caption competition – and we are delighted to now showcase the winning caption!
The winning caption from John Carson
Just in case you need were wondering about the context of the stories that inspired this caption, here are some stories we published recently regarding Facebook.
You can see all of the entries in the comments section of our original story announcing the competition.
Congratulations to the winner, John Carson – we’ll send you a full-sized image shortly John.
Written on 18th February 2009
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David Petherick, Contributing Editor, United Kingdom
Our occasional Wicked Wednesday series kicks off with a topical photo caption competition!
Enter and win with The Next Web!
Just add your suggested caption for this photograph by adding a comment below. The best entry will be selected and added to this image of Facebook Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, and will be headlined on Friday at The Next Web Blog, and the winner will received a full sized version of the image, with their caption added, to keep. You can choose where to post the image as long as you sign up to our Terms and Conditions.*
Good luck!
Just in case you need some inspiration, here are some stories we published recently regarding Facebook.
* Terms and Conditions. Enter before 12:00 Amsterdam time Friday 20th February 2009. If you win, you can do what you want with the image, just don’t change it. Use it to link to your stuff if you like. If your stuff is evil that’s not our fault and will blame you. We’ll use your name and where you are from in announcing that you won the competition. Our decision on a winner is final. Unless we see a funnier caption and change our minds. If Facebook’s lawyers get upset we’ll rapidly give them your IP address and email and insist it was all your idea. You can link to this story or retweet it if you like. We’d like an option on removing and selling your liver.
Written on 17th February 2009
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David Petherick, Contributing Editor, United Kingdom
Tactile CRM and The Next Web hosted a competition over the past month with the prize being a year’s Tactile CRM Business Account worth £420. The winner was selected by Tactile CRM earlier this week, and we can announce that Hayley Marsden from Cardiff, in South Wales, United Kingdom, was the winner.
Hayley had this to say when she spoke to The Next Web: —
“This is awesome! As a work at home mum trying to juggle my daughter and starting up a new family’s magazine for my local area, a CRM is pretty vital to keep me on top of things. I’ve considered loads of options but Tactile CRM stood out as being a great bunch of people to work with, they’ve been really responsive when I’ve asked n00b questions and not laughed at me once. Plus I like the fact they’re based in the UK.
Being a start-up, winning this account will be one less thing to worry about paying for, but I do feel a little bit guilty since after using the free account, I was planning to upgrade to a paid plan!”
Jake Stride, Managing Director at Senokian, creators of Tactile CRM, had this to add: —
“Tactile CRM has been proving hugely popular over the last few months and we’re really pleased Hayley found the prize useful. We’ve already upgraded her account and are looking forward to her feedback and suggestions as to how we can make Tactile CRM even better!”
Written on 9th February 2009
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David Petherick, Contributing Editor, United Kingdom
Senokian Solutions, the UK-based startup, which earlier this month, in a Next Web Exclusive, announced integration of its ‘freemium’ Tactile CRM product with Freshbooks, will tonight close its exclusive offer to Next Web Readers – you have five hours left to enter and win a pretty useful prize.
Win a year’s Tactile CRM Business Account worth £420!
Sign up for free use of Tactile CRM, using the promotional code ‘TNW’ before Midnight CET today Monday, February 9th, and you will automatically be entered into a draw to win 12 months’ Business Level use, worth £420.
Enter by Midnight to win…
To enter, just create a free Tactile CRM account by Midnight tonight and use the Sign up Code “TNW“.
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Written on 9th February 2009
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Ayelet Noff, Next Web WebTipr Israel
With so much information on the internet today and the content continuously growing, it can be very difficult to discover an online media site where your voice can be heard. Uncovering a place where you can make a difference and have an influence is even more difficult. A new Israeli start-up, BloggersBase.com hopes to fill that void. This unique blogging platform is an online citizen journalism magazine that is powered by its readers. Here, readers and bloggers alike can discover top quality content while simultaneously influencing the magazine.
BloggersBase.com is a competition-based content discovery platform where bloggers submit content on a variety of topics, and based on readers’ ratings, the highest quality content is discovered and featured on the site. The magazine consists of multi-authored blogs, each on a different subject. There are four main topics categories: Entertainment, Technology, Lifestyle and World Affairs, containing together ten different blogs. Based on reader ratings and responses, the highest quality content is discovered and featured on the site. The rating system is not the standard vote “up or down/yes or no” as seen on other social networks such as Digg or Mixx, but rather is on a scale of 1-10 and is based on a variety of criteria from professionalism and relevance to writing style and creativity. The more accurately you rate, the higher your influence becomes in deciding which content makes it to the main blog. This reader influence is one of the things that make BloggersBase such a unique platform.
The rating system applies to more than just the actual posts, but to the users as well. When you first register for BloggersBase, you are given a title as a reader and as a blogger. As a blogger, you begin as a Newbie and work your way up the scale to Scribe, Penman, Composer, Essayist, Columnist, Author, Wordsmith and eventually Scholar. Your rank is determined by the number of posts you have submitted, their scores, and the responses generated from these posts. As a reader, you start off as a Subscriber. In the beginning you aim to match the crowd’s opinion and as your ratings become more accurate, you gain influence and begin to move up the reader scale to Appraiser, Commentator, Reviewer, Critic, Analyst, Trend-Setter, Sage and Oracle.
Another distinctive quality about BloggersBase.com is the ongoing competition across all categories. This competition enables bloggers to take advantage of reaching their target audience while also earning the chance to receive money and maximum exposure for their blog. To be eligible for the competition, bloggers submit posts a.k.a. “Nuggets” into the “Goldmine”. At the end of each competition time slot, the top bloggers in each topic earn the opportunity to co-author the main blog for their category, resulting in added exposure and respect. In addition, the top two bloggers in each topic receive special monetary prizes and have the privilege to co-author the main blog for the following week and continue competing.
Although BloggersBase is a new platform, it seems to have great potential for becoming a reliable source for quality content which it’s bringing to the web in an exciting and different way, giving power and influence to its readers as well as exposure and prizes to its bloggers. To read some of the highest rated and most viewed posts on BloggersBase visit the links below:
Woman, Are you still touching yourself for Cancer?
Why You Should Turn to Social Media During this Economic Crisis
The Four Stages of Twitter
Inauguration: Left behind, but still Thrilled
Written on 7th February 2009
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David Petherick, Contributing Editor, United Kingdom
Senokian Solutions, the UK-based startup, which earlier this month, in a Next Web Exclusive, announced integration of its ‘freemium’ Tactile CRM product with Freshbooks, is about to close its exclusive offer to Next Web Readers – you have two days left to enter and win a pretty useful prize.
Win a year’s Tactile CRM Business Account worth £420!
Sign up for free use of Tactile CRM, using the promotional code ‘TNW’ before Monday, February 9th, and you will automatically be entered into a draw to win 12 months’ Business Level use, worth £420.
Enter by Monday to win…
To enter, just create a free Tactile CRM account by Monday 9th February and use the Sign up Code “TNW“.
Tactile CRM’s Managing Director Jake Stride said: -
“Tactile CRM is a great way to manage your sales process and keep your team on top of client data, and with the integration of Freshbooks, we’re making it even easier for budget-conscious growing startups to make sure they are on top of their customer and financial data – both critical areas in these cash-strapped times. And you can try it free, of course. I’m also delighted to be holding this free to enter competition for Next Web readers.”
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Written on 3rd February 2009
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David Petherick, Contributing Editor, United Kingdom
Senokian Solutions, the UK-based startup, which earlier this month, in a Next Web Exclusive, announced integration of its ‘freemium’ Tactile CRM product with Freshbooks, has extended its exclusive offer to Next Web Readers. Hey, that’s you guys.
Win a year’s Tactile CRM Business Account worth £420!
Sign up for free use of Tactile CRM, using the promotional code ‘TNW’ before February 9th, and you will automatically be entered into a draw to win 12 months’ Business Level use, worth £420.
Enter by Monday February 9th to win…
Click for a free Tactile CRM account today and use the Sign up Code “TNW“.
Tactile CRM’s Managing Director Jake Stride said: -
“Tactile CRM is a great way to manage your sales process and keep your team on top of client data, and with the integration of Freshbooks, we’re making it even easier for budget-conscious growing startups to make sure they are on top of their customer and financial data – both critical areas in these cash-strapped times. And you can try it free, of course. I’m also delighted to extend our free to enter competition for Next Web readers.”
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The Next Web Blog is closely associated with The Next Web Conference which is held annually in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. At this event speakers from all over the world come together to talk about, and show off, the future of the Web. (More info 
