All stories by Ernst-Jan
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We crowdfunded $1.7 million for a new online news publication. This is our story so far.
De Correspondent is a Dutch-language, online journalism platform that offers background, analysis, investigative reporting, ...
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Final Countdown After 12 Months of Geeky Rock 'n' Roll
This is my last day at The Next Web office, so I guess it's time for a goodbye post. You know what, after co-editor Boris ...
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Mobile flirting crosses the ocean: Flirtomatic aims for Americans
Flirtomatic is a ridiculously popular mobile social network from the UK. That makes sense, as it's all about sex. Seduce ...
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CoveritLive receives $1.2 million investment to boost liveblogging
As a startup in a problematic economy, we have been often asked, "Are you guys going to be around in 12 months?" It's a ...
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Dutch social bookmarking service Bemba closes shop
Eleven months after Aaron Peters and Arne Dibbits pushed Bemba in the open beta phase, the social bookmarking service heads ...
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iPhoto's Faces also knows how to handle the cats
One the long awaited features of the new iLife is Faces. iPhoto uses face detection to identify faces of people in your photos ...
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The long and winding road of a web article
You can describe the long and winding road in a song and ask Phil Spector to produce it. Or you just make an infographic. ...
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Stephen Fry on the joys of that microblogging service which saved him from bats
Did you, just like Hunter S. Thompson, end up in bat country somehow? Refer to Twitter for some life-saving help, just like ...
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24 Hour Business Camp: Do you rather listen to blogs or Veronica Maggio?
I've warned you two weeks ago. An avalanche of new Swedish start-ups made it to the web. Last weekend, 90 Swedish Internet ...
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#myfirstjob: the last time Twitter felt like a community
Twitter is getting more mainstream, that's a fact. With hundreds of celebrities, politicians and tv hosts promoting the service, ...
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Austrian travel service Tripwolf raises $2.5 Million
Yeah yeah, the credit crunch. I'm sure the travel industry suffers from it as well, but you wouldn't say if you keep an eye ...
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Tinysong is Tinyurl for music
Yesterday I admired Oasis on the stage of the Amsterdam Heineken Music Hall. They surprised me with some new songs, like ...