DLD2012

E-Commerce 3.0: Europe's Fab Future

Submitted by Jennifer L. Schenker on January 23, 2012

European start-ups know only too well that being first does not necessarily mean winning. Several pioneered e-commerce models such as flash sales and selling eyeglasses on-line but did not become global giants, while U.S. copycats  raised gobs of money and gained considerable  traction, thanks to the deep pockets of Silicon Valley venture funds and the luxury of a large and lucrative homogenous market.

The tables may be turning.Read more

Europe's New Data Protection Rules

Submitted by Jennifer L. Schenker on January 23, 2012

Viviane Reding, the Vice-President of the European Commission, is spearheading reform of Europe’s data protection laws. Reding, a scheduled speaker at the DLD conference in Munich January 22-24, negotiated a major overhaul of the Continent’s telecommunications sector as the member of the Commission responsible for Information Society and Media from 2004-2010.Read more

Berlin Is Buzzing

Submitted by Valerie Thompson on January 23, 2012

SoundCloud, a Berlin start-up that aims to be the YouTube of sound and music, is one of Europe’s hottest young tech companies. The company, which allows users to record audio such as podcasts, crunch it, and then share it with friends, attracted funding from Hollywood movie star Ashton Kutcher's A-Grade Fund and has just raised a reported $50 million C round led by venerable Silicon Valley firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers.Read more

Tel Aviv: The Start-Up Nation's Hub

Submitted by Jennifer L. Schenker on January 23, 2012

 

A refurbished 1904 building on Rothschild Boulevard, in the heart of Tel Aviv, is the site of eBay’s new global center for social shopping, a sign that the Israeli capital is making inroads in its bid to become a global tech hub.

It is also a symbol of the evolution of Israel’s high-tech sector. For years Israeli companies believed that the best route to success was to move their headquarters to the U.S. and leave research and development in Israel.Read more

Mobile Wallets Go Mainstream

Submitted by Jennifer L. Schenker on January 23, 2012

 

 Banks and mobile operators have been vying to dominate the mobile payments space but Silicon Valley companies could end up reaping the richest rewards.Read more

All In The Family

Submitted by Jennifer L. Schenker on January 23, 2012

It is not particularly unusual for a world-renowned scientist, an Internet thought leader and a respected historian to share the stage at DLD, a European digital conference known for bringing together an eclectic mix of people. But this year will mark a first.  Three people scheduled to be on such a panel at DLD2012 belong to the same family: Freeman, Esther and George Dyson are all expected to speak.Read more

The End of Illness?

Submitted by Jennifer L. Schenker on January 23, 2012

David Agus, a distinguished oncologist and pioneering biomedical researcher, planned to title his new book "What is Health?" But one of his most famous patients -Apple's Steve Jobs - instead insistered the book be named "The End of Illness".  Wishful thinking? Agus argues that it is not. Apple's cofounder could not be saved because advanced cancers are mostly untreatable.Read more

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