9 posts and columns on Amsterdam

Openmargin Hopes to Be More Than Social E-Reading (Video)

in Media on November 18, 2011 at 12:30 pm PT

Notes in the margins of e-books could be the next platform for social interaction. At least that’s what Amsterdam-based start-up Openmargin is hoping.
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Exclusive: Myspace to Be Sold to Specific Media for $35 Million

in News on June 29, 2011 at 10:51 am PT

Closing another chapter on one of the Internet’s most iconic properties, Myspace has been sold to to Specific Media, an advertising network, for $35 million. Sources close to the situation said the deal is being completed today, although it has not been officially signed. Myspace’s owner, News Corp., will hold on to a very small [...]
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Liveblogging Google's SF Mobile Event: Voices Actions, Chrome to Phone, No Video-Calling, But Will There Be Donuts?

in News on August 12, 2010 at 10:05 am PT

BoomTown was sitting front row center–better to scare Google Mobile Product Manager Hugo Barra–at the Silicon Valley search giant’s press event in San Francisco this morning. Google called together a group of reporters to discuss some “cool new features” for its Android operating system. While many have been expectantly waiting for Google to announce a video-calling offering, to match Apple FaceTime service, that was not to be here. Instead, it was a low-key rollout of a few whiz-bang features we can all ooh and ahh at.

Viral Video: Anne Frank Film Finally Online

in News on October 5, 2009 at 1:06 am PT

Last week, the only known filmed images of doomed teenage diarist Anne Frank were posted online. The short film, from 1941, is part of a whole channel the Anne Frank Museum in Amsterdam launched on YouTube last week. The clip of the inspiring Frank has had close to 1.7 million views so far and is well worth a look.
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BoomTown Visits the Digital Dutch, Part 2

in News on September 29, 2008 at 12:38 pm PT

Here’s the second of two videos I did while in Amsterdam for the PICNIC conference last week. More biking along the lovely canals of this Dutch city, along with even more odd digital stuff at the conference, as well as appearances by Liberty Global’s Mike Fries, Nike TechLab’s Michael Tchao and former Microsoftie Linda Stone.

BoomTown Visits the Digital Dutch

in News on September 26, 2008 at 12:05 pm PT

Here’s the first of two videos I have done while in Amsterdam for the PICNIC conference, which has been taking place here for the past few days. I found out quickly that the digital Dutch are very different than the geeks in Silicon Valley–with birds, unusual art installations and more, which they mix extravagantly and very creatively with Web technologies.

Kara Visits PICNIC in Amsterdam (and Hopes Head Does Not Explode)

in News on September 23, 2008 at 8:08 pm PT

BoomTown is now right next to a canal–no falling cows in sight!–in Amsterdam, here for an unusual digital conference called PICNIC, which starts Wednesday and runs through Friday. With sessions like “We Think: The Power of Mass Creativity,” “The Emerging Real-Time Social Web” and “The Future of Business Creation,” it seems to be a place for big, messy Web ideas. But I am a little worried about keeping my head intact.

Kara Visits London (to See the Queen Again)

in News on September 22, 2008 at 12:42 am PT

Actually, although BoomTown is staying right around the corner from Buckingham Palace in Mayfair, I am in London on my way to the PICNIC conference in Amsterdam later this week, where I will be interviewing some digital leaders onstage. We’re still working on rolling out a version of our D: All Things Digital conference in Europe next fall, so it’s important to get a sense of what is going on here in the digital sector and, of course, what is not.