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Startup of the Week: Hyperoptic

Original post by WIRED.co.uk Hyperoptic is the first residential broadband provider to offer a 1GB symmetric (i.e. upload and download speed) service, starting with coverage in London. It was founded by Boris Ivanovic and Dana Tobak, who co-founded internet service provider Be in 2005. Wired.co.uk caught up with Ivanovic. Founders: Dana Tobak and Boris Ivanovic Launched: End […]

Start-up digital successes breed success

Original post by NICK CHURCHOUSE via stuff.co.nz If you pitched the analogy of Johnny Appleseed vs Gordon Gecko to a roomful of Kiwi investors, you’d get a split vote and more probably a rabid aversion to being likened to either of them. The sowing of seeds is the right analogy to put next to seed funding, the […]

Site builder behemoth Wix premieres new app marketplace for 3rd party developers

Original post by HARRISON WEBER via TNW Wix, the site builder behemoth that recently threw its weight behind HTML 5, is now reaching platform status as it opens up its 25 million+ users to developers through a new app marketplace. Premiering with just 25 apps today, the Wix App Market has the potential to contort Wix into a competitor of services […]

Facebook R&D Goes Global: Opens Engineering Office In London, Its First Outside The U.S.

Facebook R&D Goes Global: Opens Engineering Office In London, Its First Outside The U.S.

Original post by INGRID LUNDEN via TC With the majority of Facebook’s 1 billion users, and subscriber growth, now coming from outside the U.S., the company is taking ever more steps to building out its global footprint to reach that audience. To that end, today Facebook opened up an engineering center in London, its first outside of the U.S. […]

Injaz UAE Company Program Competition 2012 showcases outstanding entrepreneurial skills of university students

Injaz UAE Company Program Competition 2012 showcases outstanding entrepreneurial skills of university students

Original post by AMEinfo With much anticipation and enthusiasm, Injaz UAE hosted the first ‘Company Program Competition 2012’ dedicated for university students, where 9 student-led teams from Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Al Ain competed for the winning title in Abu-Dhabi. ‘Mark The Date’ team from Zayed University clinched the top award of ‘Best Student Company […]