The Next Web Sessionsreturns with a look at the top headlines from the past week. We’ll also tell you about what apps or sites we’ve found that we can’t live without. We spend some time this week digging into Twitter’s acquisition of TweetDeck. What will it mean to you? Alex, Brad and Michael delve into the finer points. Then we’ll talk about Google’s new Wallet and Offers products. Is your privacy more important than your convenience?...
While we don’t do politics here at TNW, that doesn’t stop us from looking for interesting perspectives on the technology community from those outside of it. When Republican Presidential hopefulFred Kargerrecently bounced into the US political scene, I dug into his platform as I do with every major US politician, but found little in Fred’s materials that outlined his views on technology. Somewhat surprised, I probed deeper, but never managed to uncover much....
As the US presidential election cycle continues to heat up, the field of Republican candidates vying for their party’s nomination has begun to solidify. Following our interview with contender Fred Karger, we decided to reach out and interviewGary Johnson, the ex-Governor of the state of New Mexico and current presidential hopeful. During the course of the conversation we covered his technology platform, touching on net neutrality, Internet taxation, and free speech....
If you didn’t have the opportunity to catch up on your daily fix of technology bits and bites over the weekend, the TNW Weekend Roundup will bring you quickly up to speed with what happened on Saturday and Sunday, linking you to the most popular and discussed stories here on The Next Web and elsewhere. Skype Fires Executives, Avoiding Payouts After Microsoft Buyout Bloombergreported that Skype is firing senior executives before the Microsoft deal closes, a move that reduces the value of their payout, according to three people familiar with the matter....
If you didn’t have the opportunity to catch up on your daily fix of technology bits and bites over the weekend, the TNW Weekend Roundup will bring you quickly up to speed with what happened on Saturday and Sunday, linking you to the most popular and discussed stories here on The Next Web and elsewhere. Google Health has six months to live, so now who’s going to disrupt healthcare? Google is closing its open platformHealthservice due to failure to gain enough traction to be sustainable in the longterm....
