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For our conference we always try to find a good mix of early stage entrepreneurs and start-ups who are eager to change the world and older more seasoned entrepreneurs who can tell us where the world is heading too. To attract those starting entrepreneurs we try to make it affordable to come and once they do we actively connect them to journalists, investors or potential (exit-)partners. This year we are hosting the 6th edition of The Startup Rally....

Editor’s Note: In part one of a two-part guest post,David M Blumensteinof New York’sThe Hatcherydiscusses his experiences of how UK Internet startups differ from those in the US. His advice could well be useful to startups worldwide. Firstly, ditch the reserve and show some self-confidence. Much of my travels in the past 5 years have been to the United Kingdom, specifically London. Each journey, I throw myself into the mix, total immersion into the scene: parties, meetups/tweetups, cocktail receptions, and pitch presentations....

North Americans enjoy a plethora of startups-meet-VC’s type of events. Likewise, Western Europe enjoys its fair share of great startups and investors in the same room, but what about another blossoming hotbed of activity, mainly the Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) region? Until now, your options were rather limited, with long haul flights and mediocre hotel food on the menu. However, if organizers fromStartupWeekhave anything to say about it, the traditional East-meets-West city of Vienna, Austria will become the focal hub for CEE region entrepreneurs and Venture Capitalists alike....

Website analytics tracker StatCounter has releaseda new reportshowing that Google’s Android mobile operating system topped RIM’s BlackBerry globally for the first time, accounting for 15.2% of the worldwide market compared with RIM’s 14.5% share for its BlackBerry platform. Both still trail Nokia’s Symbian platform, which holds 30.7% of the global market, falling behind Apple’s iOS platform which accounts for a 24.6% share. The tracking service reports that users are rapidly turning to their mobile devices to access the Internet, instead of their desktop computers, doubling worldwide from 1....

Website analytics serviceStatCountersearch tracking has placed Microsoft’s Bing search engine ahead of Yahoo! for the first time worldwide in the month of January, indicating that the service further extended its lead in February. According to StatCounter’s Global Stats, Bing held a market share of 4.37% in February, nearly half a percent more than Yahoo! at 3.93%. However, both Bing and Yahoo lag way behind Google, which commands nearly 90% of the global search engine market....