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London-based Tech Veteran Adds New Twist To Knowledge Networks

Tech industry veteran Daniel Marovitz knows a thing or two about digital transactions: Until July he was head of product management for Deustche Bank’s global transaction banking business and a member of the board of the $5 billion a year commercial bank. He also has experience with online communities, thanks to a stint as the vice president of commerce at iVillage, the online women’s network.Read more

MIT Professor David Clark On The Challenges Ahead For the Internet

 David D. Clark, a senior researcher at MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, has played a key role in the development of the Internet's architecture since the 1970s.  While in Paris on May 18 Clark talked to Informilo about the challenges ahead, including the inevitability of usage caps in the age of video, how to best address security concerns and what the Net will look like 15 years from now. Click "read more" to see the video.Read more

Combining the Web and Paper to Create Modern-Day Travel Guides

Internet entrepreneur Dave Sifry, founder of Technorati, talked with Informilo recently about his latest venture, Offbeat Guides, which creates personalized, up-to-date paper travel guides using a combination of search technology and curation by both amateur and professional travel experts. Offbeat Guides scours the Web to find the most up-to-date information about a destination, then allows travelers to personalize it based on  travel dates and preferences. Click on "read more" to see the video.Read more

ICANN Chief Tackles Controversial Changes to the Internet

ICANN, the nonprofit that oversees Net addresses, approved the introduction in 2009 of an unlimited number of new suffixes, a move that is now being questioned by the U.S. government and some trademark holders. ICANN President Paul Twomey talked with Informilo at the World Economic Forum in Davos  about the proposed sweeping changes to the Internet's addressing system and ICANN's efforts to reassure governments and businesses. Click "read more" to see the story and the video.Read more

Esther Dyson: To Infinity and Beyond

Internet doyenne Esther Dyson was awarded the Aenne Burda Creative Leadership award at the Digital, Live, Design or DLD conference in Munich on January 25.  Dyson,  who is currently training to be a cosmonaut, talked to Informilo about why this is a great time to start a business, her investments in Russia, personalized medicine and space technology.Read more

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