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The long lost formula for start-up success. No, really

TechCrunch UK  Aug 30 09

This is a guest post by Nigel Eccles, co-founder and CEO of Hubdub Ltd, the company behind Hubdub, the news prediction game, and Fanduel, the daily draft fantasy sports game. Over his last three start-ups he admits he has made every mistake outlined below. Throughout the summer TechCrunch Europe is running guest posts written by [...] Full story...

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European startups need to work as hard as Valley ones – or forget it

TechCrunch UK  8 hours ago

This is our third guest post written by a London-based VC. To allow them to speak plainly without jeopardising their fund or their career in the small village that is the London VC scene, I'm allowing them to post anonymously.

Elevator Pitch – Spectives from Amsterdam

TechCrunch UK  9 hours ago

[Holland] This week we've got Rutger van Waveren, Founder of Spectives.com, doing an elevator pitch. Spectives.

Live from NESTA @stephenfry and @Biz on social media

TechCrunch UK  less than a day ago

I thought I’d try an iPadio phonecast live from a NESTA debate on social media: Mike Butcher mikebutcher LIVE

Texas Instruments targets 3D gaming with Softkinetic-Optrima gesture recognition SDK

TechCrunch UK  less than a day ago

[Belgium] Earlier this week, 3D gesture recognition software developer Softkinetic and VUB university spin-off company Optrima, inventor of patented 3D sensing technology announced a joint venture offering what they say is the most complete 3D depth-sensing imaging and gesture recognition interface solution on the market.

Who would you most like to follow on Twitter? Brits choose Churchill over Jesus

TechCrunch UK  2 days ago

A fairly pointless but fun survey asks: If the British could follow any figure from history on Twitter, who would it be? The top answer, apparently, is ex-war time prime minister Sir Winston Churchill, a man who was renown for making speeches that far exceeded 140 characters.

Upcoming events of interest

TechCrunch UK  2 days ago

Here are some random upcoming events • CloudStorm event in Paris, December 1 CloudStorm provides a showcase of cloud computing solutions covering a wide range of areas including application development and deployment, infrastructure, storage, video management and SAAS from leading European technology vendors.

Mendeley, the-Last.fm-of-research, could be world’s largest online research paper database by early 2010

TechCrunch UK  2 days ago

[UK] London-based Mendeley, which calls itself "the Last.fm of research", has announced that its reached somewhat of a milestone today - claiming 100,000 users and 8 million research papers uploaded to the site in less than a year since its launch.

Why @Dinner_Guest is probably a fake

TechCrunch UK  3 days ago

This is why I love this medium. You put something out there. Sometimes you have all the holes pluggged.

Burda buys 25% stake in XING

TechCrunch UK  3 days ago

BREAKING: German media giant Burda has used its digital arm to purchase a 25.1% share in XING, the business social network that is biggest in Germany and competes with LinkedIn.

Is @Dinner_Guest a sick joke or a real murderer on Twitter?

TechCrunch UK  3 days ago

[UK] Today in London a couple of hundred delegates turned up to Jeff Pulver's 140 Conference to jaw-jaw over the nature and impact of business and society of, well, Twitter.



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