Leve de vierde industriële (internet)revolutie!

We staan aan de vooravond van een nieuwe Industriële Revolutie. De één noemt het de derde, voor anderen is het al de vierde en misschien zijn het er wel vier tegelijk. Duidelijk is dat er een hoop staat te veranderen voor organisaties en burgers: machtsverhoudingen verschuiven, nieuwe producten en diensten maken hun opwachting. De belofte […]

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7 redenen voor organisaties om de P2P economy te omarmen

Met de snelle opkomst van P2P-diensten als Airbnb en Uber worden bestaande markten wakker geschud. Deze nieuwe ontwikkeling hoeft echter geen bedreiging te zijn voor bestaande spelers. Ook voor hen biedt de collaborative economy kansen. De eerste grote corporates zijn zich aan het voorbereiden op de revolutie die op dit moment gaande is in de […]

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“Collaborative Consumption”, 3 Start-ups Changing the Way we use Social Media

Social media is changing, or at least social media start-ups are changing. A few years ago there was MySpace, Bebo, Hi5 and countless other social networks. MySpace held the majority for a while but it never held a monopoly. These days Facebook holds a monopoly. And while back in the MySpace days, there were plenty […]

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Skype Reaches A 45M Concurrent User Peak, And What Looks Like A New Stage Of Momentum

skype_logo_onlineIn case you thought Skype may be slowing down while settling into being a part of Microsoft and recently celebrating its ninth birthday, here are some numbers that seem to indicate otherwise: Last week, Skype reached a new peak of 45,469,977 concurrent users online, part of a strong run for the peer-to-peer voice/video/chat service this year. Overall it has seen an increase of 70% so far in 2012, compared to growth of around 30% for the same period in 2011.

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Spotify Gets Hit With A Patent Suit From Nonend, A Dutch Peer-To-Peer IP Holder

spotifylogoThe neverending patent wars keep on raging, and Spotify is the latest to get targeted in the social media skirmishes. The music streaming company is getting sued by Nonend Inventions, a Dutch company, which claims Spotify is infringing on five of its U.S. patents covering streaming media, peer-to-peer search, and retrieval and playback techniques. Nonend says altogether it holds more than 40 issued patents and patent applications in the areas of peer-to-peer networking and streaming technology. This is the first suit it has filed in defense of these.

The complaint, which we have embedded below, was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware, against Spotify Limited and affiliated companies, today. Nonend is demanding a jury trial in the case.

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