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Stories, Talks

“Who knows what a nontrepreneur is?” (My visit to the Conservative Party Fringe)

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Andrew Orlowski

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6 October 2011

To Manchester, where I had been invited to liven up a Conservative Conference Fringe discussion on digital policy……

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Why power follows platforms

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Andrew Orlowski

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27 September 2011

This is a story with huge implications for the future of the web. Even if you don’t use Facebook or Spotify – I don’t – and couldn’t care less, you can nevertheless start to see how business relationships will develop. Last week’s alliance between Facebook and Spotify turns out to be a much better deal…

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Web requires Brunel-scale thinking

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Andrew Orlowski

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23 September 2011

Three years ago I caught a glimpse of a new social network built around music. You could follow people, chat with them, and enjoy the same music stream in real time. There were many other clever things about it, such as a very slick integration of music news. But the killer feature, one that made…

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Tech City UK quango rearranges Shoreditch

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Andrew Orlowski

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23 September 2011

Something odd is happening in East London. Last November David Cameron launched “Tech City UK”, a bid to extend the nontrepreneurial hub of Silicon Roundabout into the éléphant blanc of the Olympic zone at Stratford. See Nathan Barleys to fill Olympic chasm. But newcomers to the area might find themselves disoriented.…