Behavioural Targeting - the saviour of internet publishing or the death of privacy? Our panel debates the benefits, drawbacks, options and threats created by this new path for advertisers.
moreDespite stories of economic woe, Barclays Bank still predicts 380,000 business start-ups this year and 350,000 in 2009. New Media Knowledge spoke to one self-starter who aims to build what he says will be the premier social network for entrepreneurs in the UK.
moreRespected Silicon Valley investor Paul Graham delivered one of the more controversial speeches at the Future of Web Apps event. The essence of his position was that internet start-ups ought to move to Silicon Valley to prosper.
moreTed Rheingold, the founder of the Dogster and Catster social sites for pet owners, advised delegates at the Future of Web Apps on the teething pains that attend turning a simple gimmick or tool on the web into a full-time job.
moreKeynote speaker Nic Brisbourne addressed the topic ‘Web Business Models that Work’, introducing a number of ideas for monetising internet sites and services.
moreThe second panel of the day concerned new internet start-ups, the prospects for their longevity and the difficulties faced by them.
moreThe first keynote of the conference, Jason Calacanis, proclaimed that there is an environmental crisis on the Internet, and that SEO is responsible for it.
moreThe inaugural night of the series on 9th February 2006 chaired by Tom Coates of Yahoo! saw entrepreneurs and innovators from Skype and Last.fm talk about their first-hand experiences of the UK, US and European technology start-up scenes...
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