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UX People - the non-profit, one-day user experience conference in the heart of London

Zebra People is proud to host its second event on 26 November. Speakers from AKQA, Lab49, Nokia, Web Technology Group, and the only UK-accredited Axure trainer will be sharing their expertise. This non-profit event is an unmissable date on the calendar so book your tickets before 22 October for limited Early Bird prices.

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Date: 26 November 2010
Location: Kings Place, UK

All of a Flutter as Twitter Passes MySpace

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Twitter has been hitting the marketing trail over the last couple of weeks as the work to entrance the media buying world was kicked off with stints as ad:tech London and the IAB MIXX in New York and the news that promoted tweets are well on the way.

And it looks like there's plenty to crow about as newcomer(ish) Twitter.com has overtaken MySpace.com. According to comScore (and reported by the WSJ), Twitter had nearly 96 million users last month (August), up 76% from last year, whilst MySpace.com dropped 17% to a mere 95 million uniques.

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TWTRCON 2010

Real-time tools are transforming business, government and non-profits. At TWTRCON SF 10 you’ll see case studies and learn best practices from leading organizations that are using the real-time web to deliver bottom-line results.

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Date: 18 November 2010
Location: Hotel Nikko San Francisco, US

Business of APIs Conference London 2010

Business of APIs Conference London 2010: The only conference dedicated to bringing together leading minds on APIs, apps powered by APIs and API centric business models, the 5th Annual Business of APIs Conference is coming soon to a coast near you!

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Date: 8 October 2010
Location: The Guardian and Observer, Kings Place, UK

Mobile Web and Apps World Forum

The growth of Mobile Apps has created a new, viable ecosystem which BusinessWeek calls ‘The App economy". The Mobile Web and Apps World Forum at CTIA San Francisco will explore the commercial impact of the apps strategy on the wider ecosystem.

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Date: 5 October 2010
Location: Moscone Center West, US

Facebook Developer Garage London - FOWA Edition

Join the Facebook team and European developers to learn more about our European initiatives and Facebook technologies including the Graph, Places, and Insights APIs.

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Date: 3 October 2010
Location: The Brewery, UK

Discover the future that Twitter holds for PR & Marketing

Join your fellow communications professionals at a dedicated Twitter conference for the PR industry. The will address the opportunities and challenges presented by the fast rise of this powerful new medium.

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Date: 30 September 2010
Location: BSG House, UK

OMM#12 Music Discovery Smack Down - Humans vs Hackers

Despite talk of falling revenues across the music industry more music is written, created and produced than ever before. We're truly living in music lover paradise and the possibilities to discover music, new and old, are overwhelming endless. But discover how exactly?

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Date: 29 September 2010
Location: The Book Club, UK

Three Reasons to Apply for Digital Mission to New York 2010

Digital Mission to New York

Over the last five Digital Mission trips, it's been a privilege to work with some of the UK's leading digital companies. Getting the chance to spend a week away with people who are taking the scary, but exciting, journey of expanding their business into the US is a great way to really understand what makes entrepreneurs tick.

So, it was rather humbling last week, when we announced the third Digital Mission to New York (deadline's Fri, by the way), to see these tweets from Digital Mission alumni @kierondonoghue, @mr_mcd and @stuartbruce...

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GameHorizon 2011

The GameHorizon conference is Europe's leading event for international game executives. A two-day conference featuring the most creative, entertaining and inspirational speakers from the games and entertainment industry.

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Date: 28 June 2011
Location: The Sage Gateshead, UK

GameHorizon 2010 Speaker Videos Published with Peter Molyneux, Michael Acton Smith, Charles Cecil

GameHorizon Conference 2010 by Codeworks Connect

GameHorizon, one of the UK's leading conferences tackling the business of games has just published the videos from this year's conference. 

Speakers included Peter Molyneux on Monetising Innovation, Michael Acton Smith from Mind Candy explaining how Moshi Monsters reached 20 million users and Charles Cecil from Revolution looking at "The Games Industry v William Hogarth".

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Judge Nixes Staff Anti-Poaching Deal Between Apple, Google, Adobe, Intel

Lego People by Joe Shlabotnik

It's not just Soylent Green that's made of people, it's the digital industry, too. Six of the world's leady tech heavyweights, Adobe, Apple, Google, Intel, Intuit and Pixar have just agreed settlement of a complaint by the US Department of Justice into "anticompetitive employment practices" between the firms.

The genial relations between personnel teams is in stark contrast to frosty relations on the product front. The massive pressure to attract and retain the best talent will certainly have played its part.

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Multimodal Interface Design: Case Studies

The Second Wednesday event on Multi-Modal Interfaces will explore ways that different interfaces are integrated into gaming for education and health.

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Date: 13 October 2010
Location: Coventry University, UK

Music 4.5 - The Power of Audiences

The annual Music 4.5 conference is returning to London in November 2010. The focus will be on The Power of Audiences looking at both reaching audiences and building audiences from a music tech and artist perspective.

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Date: 10 November 2010
Location: Cafe de Paris, UK

MiniBar: Drupal 101 workshops

Our popular Drupal workshops are returning for a triumphant second round in October. The course is aimed at: people who want to become Drupal developers, graphic designers who want to start building websites, and developers who use frameworks such WordPress.

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Date: 5 October 2010
Location: Young Foundation, UK