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Tech5 Netherlands: Fairphone named the Netherlands’ fastest-growing tech startup

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by on March 31, 2015 at 12:38 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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Congratulations to social enterprise Fairphone on being named the fastest-growing startup in the Netherlands. Speaking about the company’s win, its founder Bas van Abel said: As a social enterprise, winning this award proves that purpose and profit can go hand in hand. It is also a great consumer statement, who have voted with their wallets and show that there is a market for ethical electronic products. TNW and Adyen hosted the Dutch awards event last week in Amsterdam’s EYE Film Institute. The five finalists were Bynder, Sendcloud, imgZine, The Cloakroom and of course, Fairphone. Each of the five finalists presented on…

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Is the Apple Watch hype media-driven or are consumers actually interested?

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by on March 31, 2015 at 12:20 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, Market Intelligence

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Less than a month has passed since the Apple Watch launch event, and we’re still almost a month from anyone actually being able to buy it. Still, it’s a brand new Apple product, so it must be a Web traffic goldmine, right? We turned to data from SimilarWeb to assess who is benefiting from Apple Watch hype, and to see if the general public really are all that interested in Apple’s first major new product line since the iPad. How is the buzz faring on the Web, and can it last? There are already sites that are getting good amounts…

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Last chance to get the KeySmart 2.0 and extender for just $17

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by on March 31, 2015 at 11:56 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Offers, TNWDeals

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Keys are an age-old form of security that, for the most part, still haven’t gone digital. We all walk around with this collection of oddly shaped metal objects kept together by the classic key ring, enemy to fingernails everywhere, so we can lock and unlock doors at our homes, in our cars, and out and about. While it’s not easy to instantly make your keys disappear in favor of a digital solution, you can make them a lot more organized and convenient with one easy tool: the KeySmart 2.0. Get it now for just $17 with extender at TNW Deals,…

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Facebook tracks logged-out users in ‘violation’ of EU law, Belgian Privacy Commission says

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by on March 31, 2015 at 11:20 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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A study commissioned by the Belgian Privacy Commission has found that Facebook is tracking all users of its social networking site, even if they’ve opted out of tracking. The research also found that logged out users, and people who don’t have an account at all, were having their Web movements tracked by Facebook through its use of social plugins, primarily the ‘Like’ button. Under EU law, any website must get the user’s permission before placing any cookies on their computer. Among other practices, it’s the automatic placement of tracking cookies that interact with its social plugins found on millions of different websites,…

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Xiaomi launches special edition Mi Note and Redmi 2 Android phones and a new Bluetooth weighing scale

Mar31
by on March 31, 2015 at 10:44 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Asia, Gadgets, Mobile, Product Launches

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Ahead of its fifth anniversary on April 6, Chinese smartphone manufacturer Xiaomi has announced five new products in the country today. There’s a special edition of the company’s latest flagship Android phone, the Mi Note, in pink. The limited run of this 5.7-inch dual 4G device includes 16GB of onboard storage, and will ship with a 5,000mAh power bank for 2,499 Yuan ($403) — a bit more than the standard price of 2,299 Yuan (about $370). Xiaomi is also launching the Redmi 2A, a China Mobile variant of the company’s new budget smartphone. This version packs a Cortex A7 4+1-core…

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