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Last Chance for 67% off a NordVPN 2-year subscription: Ends tomorrow!

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by on January 26, 2015 at 2:30 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Offers, TNWDeals

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One of our most popular deals of the month is coming to a close, and we wanted to make sure you’re able to get it before it’s gone! Whether you want to shop, work or play on the Web, it’s important to stay safe and keep your transactions private — and NordVPN makes it easy to secure your online activity. NordVPN uses double encrypted private tunnels to channel your data, keeping you anonymous and out of reach of hackers. It also lets you access georestricted content from wherever you are, and doesn’t log your browsing activity. Ready for a completely…

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VideoBlocks opens its creative marketplace to third-party videographers

Jan26
by on January 26, 2015 at 2:00 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Design & Dev, Entrepreneur

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VideoBlocks, a Netflix-style subscription platform for purchasing royalty-free stock video, today launched a new contributor marketplace platform for third-party content creators.  The initiative is part of an ongoing effort to augment the service’s inventory of motion backgrounds, nature scenes, special effects, explosions, After Effects templates and HD and 4K video clips. It follows a two-month beta featuring just a handful of established videographers of the 1,000 who sought inclusion in the program. Now, the rest of those who applied will be able to submit material. In the past, VideoBlocks owned its entire library by creating its own content or buying the rights to existing material. This new arrangement now…

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We’ve just sold the 700th ticket to TNW Conference Europe, get yours now!

Jan26
by on January 26, 2015 at 1:22 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Events, tnweu, Voice

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The Next Web turns 10 this year and the team behind TNW Conference is preparing for an ambitious program. This year we’re expanding our offering for startups and bringing back some of the most successful speakers from the past 10 years. TNW Conference 2015 is expected to attract 3,500 people this year as international tech speakers descend on the Dutch capital. The first names to be announced are: Y Combinator Partner Justin Kan; Getting Things Done author David Allen; Vice President of Forrester, Julie Ask; and the infamous Tucker Max. For the 10th anniversary we’ve also asked power speakers and…

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Offline over the weekend? Read all the tech news you missed right here

Jan26
by on January 26, 2015 at 12:37 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, Roundups

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It’s Monday once again, and if you spent the weekend on a digital detox, out with friends, spending time with your family or doing the other million things that weekends are made for, that can only mean one thing: it’s time to catch up on all the tech news you missed over the last two days. All you need to do now is make yourself a coffee, dodge those emails and phone calls for the next 10 minutes and peruse everything you’ve missed. Don’t worry, we’ll wait for you to make that drink first. News from The Next Web Twitter…

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Super Bowl Analysis

Jan26
by on January 26, 2015 at 12:30 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, sports

Every so often my worlds collide like when a football game is so popular that non-football fans are aware of it. This week a bunch of nerds will use Excel to analyze the game and I don’t want to be left out. I’ve isolated what I believe to be the most important factor and data-analyzed the hell out of it.

I think we can all appreciate that the 3D effects really drive the point home. And did you notice the use of color? I know. I’m a genius.

My favorite talking head quote about Super XLIX:

For many people in my family, the advertising shown during the Super Bowl provides as much or more entertainment than the game itself.

You mean a bunch of people only care about the ads? What an insightful thought – had you had it in 1975.

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