Planning to attend CES - the world's largest consumer electronics show? If so, you are cordially invited to join us at an exclusive private party SAY Media is throwing at the brand new venue, 1Oak at The Mirage.
From the folks who brought you the Pivot Conference and Hasai Marketing comes an infographic that tells the story of 7 companies that, you guessed it, made significant pivots in strategy to successful ends. Included are gaming companies, social networking sites and group buying pioneers.
From instagram's departure from a check-in model (ala Foursquare), to YouTube's online video dating histories, this infographic should remind you that no matter what you are building, be ready to change directions if necessary.
Conferences are a strange part of the Web's future, where important stuff happens offline. The big sessions might be streamed live, but there's a reason the in-person parts tend to be closed affairs: the real action happens in the hallways. There are always high-profile speakers and exciting events, but everyone in attendance is there to talk about a big topic, and not all of it can be captured. That's where we come in.
Today marks the beginning of the annual Web 2.0 Summit at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco. This year's theme is The Data Frame. "We live in a world clothed in data," the introduction says, "and as we interact with it, we create more - data is not only the Web's core resource, it is at once both renewable and boundless." That's what Web 2.0 attendees will be talking about in the halls of the Palace Hotel. ReadWriteWeb is on the scene to loop you into this conversation. Here's what to expect:
OSCON, O'Reilly's annual convention devoted to everything open source, kicked off in Portland, Oregon this morning. The day will finish with OSCON Ignite. Ignite is the event series, born and bred by geeks, where speakers are limited to five minutes and 20, auto-advancing slides. Tonight's session tites include The Bad Touch, Barehanded Music Making and The Diabolical Developer. Full lists of sessions is below along with the video stream.
Jailbreaking, the act of hacking an Apple mobile device to allow for the installation of unapproved, third-party apps, is often seen as a niche activity undertaken by only a small subset of users. But the truth is, when you're dealing with Apple devices, even a small subset equates to a large number. According to Jay Freeman, who runs the largest jailbreak app store Cydia, around 10% of all iPhones are jailbroken. In total, he says there are approximately 10 million jailbroken devices in the wild, including iPhones, iPads and iPod Touch devices.
And now, this rapidly growing user base will have their very own conference: MyGreatFest, the world's first convention for the jailbreaking community.
When you are one of the biggest corporations in the world and it is your biggest day of the year, you are a lightning rod of attention, both good and bad.
The Web is buzzing about Apple's World Wide Developer Conference. Of the topics to be discussed at the keynote, Apple's newest product - iCloud - is drawing the most attention. In that vein, a German music-streaming startup called Simfy has filed a lawsuit against Apple for allegedly withholding approval of its iPad application because it is a potential competitor to the iCloud streaming service.
Whenever people ask what I'm excited about in technology these days, I sheepishly answer "mobile location". Somehow it feels like it isn't edgy enough or it doesn't have the multiple word power of something like "mobile social photo sharing," but it sure feels like the future to me.
Next week, I won't be alone as the Where 2.0 conference - in its 7th year - brings the best and brightest in location technologies to San Francisco. I got a chance to speak with Brady Forrest, co-chair for the conference, about what we could expect this year.
The web conference circuit is increasingly crowded and covers a wide range of topics. Unless you're Robert Scoble, you probably don't get to attend all of the events that you'd like. Even with the events you do attend, you likely won't see all of the sessions you'd planned to (cough, SXSW!). Fortunately, there are a number of web services and sites which give you access to much of the content of a conference, whether you attend or not.
I went to SXSW in Austin this month, but once again I struggled to attend as many panels and sessions as I'd wanted to. So I decided to use the Web to find out what I missed, content wise, at SXSW. Here's what I found.
We're always on the lookout for upcoming Web tech events from around world. Know of something taking place that should appear here? Want to get your event included in the calendar? Let us know in the comments below or email us.
We're always on the lookout for upcoming Web tech events from around world. Know of something taking place that should appear here? Want to get your event included in the calendar? Let us know in the comments below or email us.
