Original post by Courtney Boyd Myers via Qualcomm Spark As the world’s most connected cities—from Singapore to Sao Paolo to New York—make great efforts to keep pace with California’s Silicon Valley, the United Kingdom isn’t one to be left behind. With nearly 8 million people and a diversity of industries ripe for disruption, many eager eyes are looking […]
Original post by ILM Some people call it Silicon Roundabout. Others refer to it as Tech City. However you describe it, East London’s technology start-up scene is booming. Matt McAllister finds out how this hub has managed to defy the downturn There have been few industries left unscathed by the recession. All across the UK, […]
If you’re spending these rare sunny summer days thinking about how you can ramp up your team – then start planning towards 11 September when TechStartupJobs will be hosting our bi-annual Jobs Fair! Following on from our Jobs Fair in January where 300 attendees came to see the innovative projects that London’s startups are working […]
London Silicon Roundabout Weekly Newsletter 27 July 2012
We have just finished our exciting Hackathon weekend, and we are already preparing next big event! As its summer with the holiday season and the Olympics are upon us we’re planning to have a big party to celebrate all the hard work done so far this year by all our members This will be an […]
Original post by Charlie Osborne via CNET The Web retail giant has chosen London as a new base for developing and expanding its on-demand television and film services. Online retail giant Amazon is to open an international design and development center in London. Amazon has rented an eight-story, 47,000-square-foot office situated near Barbican station. The new […]
We’ve just finished our HTML5 & CloudHackathon which took place last weekend, 20-22 July in London and, wow, what a weekend it was! The three days were filled with inspirational ideas, lots of learning, plus plenty of nerves and emotions as teams raced to finish their HTML5 app prototypes by 4pm on Sunday. This time the […]
London Silicon Roundabout Weekly Newsletter 20 July 2012
Original post by RYAN LAWLER via TC Today in Mountain View, Calif., Dave McClure’s 500 Startups unveiled the latest class of companies to participate in its Accelerator program. This batch had startups addressing an incredibly wide variety of spaces — from kid’s computer games to necktie shopping, and beyond. Founding partner Dave McClure said during today’s program that with […]
Original post by John Boudreau via Siliconvalley The London Summer Olympics have yet to start, but the windfall from the global economic sports behemoth has already been felt more than 5,000 miles away at La Pastaia restaurant in downtown San Jose, where tables filled up with hungry customers attending the recent U.S. Olympic Gymnastics Trials at […]
Original post by geographics Earlier this month Demos published a fascinating report on the hot topic of London’s “Tech City” cluster, which has been promoted by the government as a key growth pole for the UK. The report authors Max Nathan, Emma Vandore and Rob Whitehead, put the Inner East London cluster in the context of similar phenomena in New York and […]
Let us introduce you to our great new Partner! Springboard Mobile is helping us with our next big event: Techmeetups Hackathon: HTML5 & Cloud. With our HTML5 & Cloud Hackathon taking place next weekend, we’re delighted to announce our Partnership with Springboard Mobile, the first 3 month mobile accelerator bootcamp in Europe. All TechMeetups Hackathon […]
