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

Apr28
by on April 28, 2014 at 10:01 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, Roundups

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Staying in touch with the fast moving world of technology can be a little harder than usual at weekends, but thankfully you have friends like us. So, if you were out having fun (or painting the spare room) rather than glued to your screen, here’s a handy little list of some of the things you missed from the last two days. Make a coffee, leave your inbox unattended for just a few minutes longer and play catch up on everything you missed now. News from The Next Web over the weekend Facebook Suffering ‘No Content in This Feed’ Error Twitter…

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Cyber Europe 2014 kicks off today to test EU’s readiness for cyber threats

Apr28
by on April 28, 2014 at 9:17 am
Posted In: Around the Web, cyber security, Insider

The European Union Agency for Network and Information Security (ENISA) will today be running a series of simulations to test European nations’ preparedness for cyber attacks and threats to critical national infrastructure. In total more than 200 different organizations and 400 cyber-security professionals will take part in the Cyber Europe 2014 simulation involving 29 different countries. As in previous years, the simulation today calls upon participants to attempt to mitigate and resolve highly technical cyber-security attacks, including “scenarios which could impact the confidentiality, integrity or availability of sensitive information or critical infrastructures”. While this is the third such test (the…

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‘Disruption has become disrupted’: Forrester’s James McQuivey at TNW Europe Conference

Apr27
by on April 27, 2014 at 4:00 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, Profiles and Interviews

James McQuivey, Vice President and Principal Analyst at Forrester Research, works with companies from a wide range of industries to help them understand the modern digital world. At The Next Web Europe Conference this week he gave a talk on how to prepare for a world where your entire business can be disrupted overnight. After his talk, I caught up with McQuivey to find out more about the ‘disruption of disruption’. If the word ‘disruption’ really grinds your gears through its overuse, don’t worry – he addresses that too. You can listen to the interview below. Don’t miss the rest of…

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