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Hot themes emerging from Wired Money 2013

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By , 5 July 2013 at 14:00

5 July 2013: How disruptive a sector is money, banking and finance? Who are the innovators transforming finance in the digital age? We hosted a round table discussion on disruption and innovation in finance at the Wired Money conference earlier this week....Continue reading »

Ideas trump age, say 300 top Silicon Valley influencers debating the Millennial Survey

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By , 24 June 2013 at 15:38

24 June 2013: Hot on the heels of Telefónica’s release of the largest ever global study into the attitudes of the Millennial Generation, 300 of Silicon Valley’s best and brightest gathered at Mobile Monday recently to hear – and debate...Continue reading »

[Guest Post] So this is what’s keeping Millennials up at night

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By , 6 June 2013 at 12:58

By Andrew Grill (@AndrewGrill), Head of Social Business, IBM; former CEO of Kred and author of social business blog LondonCalling.co Earlier this week in London I was fortunate to be invited to attend the FT – Telefonica Millennials Summit. The event was...Continue reading »

There’s a next-gen of leaders kickstarting global change

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By , 29 May 2013 at 15:58

By Simon Lloyd (@SMLloyd), European Head of External Communications, Telefonica We’re delighted to announce that Julius Genachowski (@JGenachowski) and David Miliband (@DMiliband) have agreed to be Keynote Speakers at the Telefónica-Financial Times Millennial Generation Summit which launches on Tuesday, 4 June 2013...Continue reading »

Three personal qualities I look for in entrepreneurs before I invest

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By , 24 April 2013 at 10:50

By Simon Devonshire (@tallmanbusiness), Director – New Business Ventures, Wayra Europe. Read Simon’s Tall Man Business blog here 24 April 2013: There has been a long running debate about whether entrepreneurs are the result of nature or nuture. Whether they are just born...Continue reading »

[Wayra Startup Story] Big Data goes fashion with Chuisy

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By , 22 April 2013 at 10:48

By Johannes Müller and Martin Kleinschrodt, founders of Chuisy (@Chuisy) Fashion always has been an enormous industry. However, rapid growing online retailers and mobile technologies are changing the way we experience and buy fashion. Digital platforms offer new social shopping experiences...Continue reading »

Wayra and Instant Servers: A match made in heaven for Startups

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By pjames, 19 April 2013 at 16:53

19 April 2013: Sometimes two brilliant things are even better when they’re brought together. Particularly when you can enjoy 12,000 Euros worth for free. We’re talking of course about the Wayra offer of Wayra and Instant Servers. Instant Servers is Telefónica Digital’s...Continue reading »

One more reason to apply to Wayra – 12,000 Euros worth Instant Servers hosting

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By , 19 April 2013 at 11:39

19 April 2013: Wayra and Instant Servers are like peanut butter and chocolate for Startups and the Cloud. Sometimes two things that taste great separately taste even better together. Particularly when you can get 12,000 Euros worth for free. We’re talking about Wayra and Instant Servers....Continue reading »

Making the Web the ‘Third Ecosystem’

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By , 12 April 2013 at 11:18

By:Eduardo Fullea Carrera, Telefónica I+D 12 April 2013: Different market players have lately been engaged in a quest to become the third meaningful smartphone ecosystem (getting a significant share of the cake now captured mainly by iOS and Android) – from...Continue reading »

BBC documentary demonstrates how Big Data is great for society

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By , 5 April 2013 at 17:49

Last night, the BBC aired a compelling documentary around Big Data and its myriad applications. There are some other very interesting illustrative examples here. For instance… – The usage of mobile location data for an e-health monitoring programme that tracks movement pattern alterations to prevent seizures...Continue reading »

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Hot themes emerging from Wired Money 2013

Ideas trump age, say 300 top Silicon Valley influencers debating the Millennial Survey

[Guest Post] So this is what’s keeping Millennials up at night

There’s a next-gen of leaders kickstarting global change

Three personal qualities I look for in entrepreneurs before I invest

[Wayra Startup Story] Big Data goes fashion with Chuisy

Wayra and Instant Servers: A match made in heaven for Startups

One more reason to apply to Wayra – 12,000 Euros worth Instant Servers hosting

Making the Web the ‘Third Ecosystem’

BBC documentary demonstrates how Big Data is great for society