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VIDEO: Deutsche Telekom’s hub:raum – the people, the pitches, the programme
Marking the end of hub:raum accelerator’s eight-week program, 15 entrepreneurs pitched their product to a crowd at Berlin’s betahaus last week. Part of an investment from Deutsche Telekom, the accelerator was a trial-run for hub:raum
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Recruiting unicorns: How we hired top talent from Facebook, Google, and Apple
If you are the CEO of an early stage startup, or are thinking about starting a company in the near future, you’re probably thinking about how to build your team. Victor Ho, CEO and
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Yandex confirms Wonder app blocked by Facebook in new statement
Russian search engine Yandex has confirmed in a statement that its just-released Wonder app has been blocked by Facebook. The social recommendation tool that draws information from users of Facebook, Instagram, Foursquare and Twitter in
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Do this now, before Facebook’s Graph Search embarrasses you
Well, crap. Facebook launched search and now you have to figure out what is going to show up in searches around the globe. We feel your pain, so we’ve outlined just how privacy works
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Berlin photo sharing app EyeEm wins in Instagram scandal
The outrage over Instagram’s changes in the wording of its terms of service has seen rival photo editing and sharing app EyeEm receive a boost in downloads. The founder of the Berlin-based startup, Florian
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Rocket Internet’s rumoured IPO – would it be madness or genius?
The internet is abuzz with rumours, stemming from Brazilian-based blogger Thomas Baldwin, that Rocket Internet is preparing for an IPO. Baldwin, writing in his blog Tropical Considerations, claims sources at management level have confirmed the Samwer brothers’
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The 5 biggest Facebook Timeline mistakes
The Facebook Timeline for brands launched in 2012, but some Brand Pages still need to learn from their mistakes. Here, social media analytics platform Socialbakers explain what to avoid if you don’t want your customers reaching
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Technology 2012 – the winners and the losers
2012 has been an amazing year in technology. We’ve seen the clash of titans in mobile as Apple, Google, and Microsoft have released new phones, tablets, and mobile operating systems. We’ve seen a single network connect over
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The Top 10 social media stories that shaped 2012
Social media was inescapable in 2012. Facebook ballooned to 1 billion users, Instagram surpassed critical mass, Twitter took over the presidential election, and Pinterest gave us something new to root for. But we also
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VentureVillage’s Top 10 video reports of 2012
From meeting footballing robots to exploring the latest tech trends and cultural issues, it’s been a bumper year for our Berlin video crew. We’ve recorded and compiled a breadth of stories and events in
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