The Next Web Sessions

Tons of news this week. Tons of perspectives on all of the topics. Our favorite part, though, was Ralf morphing into a Terminator! On this week's show: See The Chinese Firewall In Action – Put On Chinese-Internet Tinted Glasses http://thenextweb.com/2010/01/13/chinese-firewall-action-put-chineseinternet-tinted-glasses/ Is Search Engine Bing Losing Its Luster? It Took A Whacking In December http://thenextweb.com/2010/01/13/search-engine-bing-losing-luster-whacking-december/ Sources: Apple Tablet is “the iPhone on Steroids” http://thenextweb.com/applicious/2010/01/13/sources-apple-tablet-iphone-steroids/ Android updates have to pass Google’s review teams? That sounds App Store-ish! http://thenextweb.com/2010/01/13/android-updates-pass-googles-review-teams-sounds-app-storeish/ Coke Replacing Campaign Sites With Social Media http://thenextweb.com/2010/01/13/coke-replacing-campaign-sites-social-media/ Cardboard Computer enters production (Yes, it fully works) http://thenextweb.com/2010/01/12/cardboard-computer-enters-production-works/ Facebook Officially Launches “Reply By Email”. http://thenextweb.com/appetite/2010/01/12/facebook-officially-launches-reply-email/ Local News ArabNet 2010: A Middle East Tech Event for Middle East Techies http://thenextweb.com/me/2010/01/12/arabnet-2010-middle-east-tech-event-middle-east-techies/ Jordan will begin censoring blogs, tweets, SMS’s…in fact all forms of electronic media. http://thenextweb.com/me/2010/01/15/jordan-censoring-blogs-tweets-smss-fact-forms-electronic-media/ AOL closes offices in Germany forever http://thenextweb.com/de/2010/01/12/adie-aol/ Germans should not use IE until Microsoft fixes security issues http://thenextweb.com/de/2010/01/15/finger-weg-vom-internet-explorer/. Facebook Blake Chandlee in Warsaw http://thenextweb.com/pl/2010/01/13/facebooku-mamy-1-665-240-uytkownikw When lightning strikes the tallest building in the world http://thenextweb.com/shareables/2010/01/11/lightning-strikes-tallest-building-world/  As always, more at http://thenextweb.com/podcast

While we're still in the holiday mood, we have a fiber-optics specialist on the show and we cannot agree on the next best mobile platform! On today's show: Fawzi Rahal(Dubai), Aleksander Grynis (Warsaw), Khaled AlSaleh (Dubai), Kristin Marshall (Seattle), Martin Bryant (Manchester), and Ralf Rottmann (Dortmund). Our guest for tonight is Mazen Sahli, fiber optics specialist, from Corning. Announcing The Next Web Conference 2010 (fifth edition) http://thenextweb.com/2010/01/06/announcing-the-next-web-conference-2010/ Google's Nexus One launch: everything you need to know in one list http://thenextweb.com/2010/01/05/googles-nexus-one-launch-everything-need-know/ iSlate Specs, "Leaked" http://thenextweb.com/applicious/2010/01/04/islate-specs-leaked/ 6 reasons why I'm dumping my iPhone for a Nokia N900 http://thenextweb.com/2010/01/03/nokia-n900-takes-6-stabs-iphone/ Believe it or not: Avatar takes 1 petabyte of storage space, equivalent to a 32 YEAR long MP3. http://thenextweb.com/2010/01/01/avatar-takes-1-petabyte-storage-space-equivalent-32-year-long-mp3/ Apple Introduces Streaming Music Previews Without iTunes http://thenextweb.com/applicious/2010/01/07/apple-introduces-streaming-music-previews-itunes/ Project Natal Is Coming This Holiday‚ Will Work With Your Current Xbox http://thenextweb.com/2010/01/07/project-natal-coming-holiday-work-xbox/ The HP 'Slate' PC Is Coming Later This Year ‚Looks Like I Need One, No Sign of Courier, Sadly http://thenextweb.com/2010/01/07/hp-slate-pc-coming-year/ Local News Dubai-based video game faces ban http://thenextweb.com/me/2010/01/08/dubaibased-video-game-faces-ban/ At the top of the tallest building in the world http://thenextweb.com/shareables/2010/01/07/top-tallest-building-world/ London Kickstarts an Open Data revolution http://thenextweb.com/uk/2010/01/07/london-kickstarts-open-data-revolution/

Ti's the season for less news and more dying cloud services. The web seems to be coming down with a nasty cold. Skype was also acting up.. Ralf, Mike and I blame Alex who's the only PC. He doesn't think so. Listen in and let us know what you think. On today's show: Fawzi Rahal (Dubai), Alex Wilhelm (Chicago), Mike Bracco (San Francisco), Kristin Marshall (Seattle) and Ralf Rottmann (Dortmund). In today's episode: When Will Twitter Get It Together?
Rackspace Seems To Be Back Up – Internet Returns To Normal
Word and Office Banned From Sale In Weeks As Microsoft Loses Patent Lawsuit [update]
Is location sharing just a game?
Apple to Demo 10″ Tablet in January…running iPhone Apps. [Rumor] In the local news
Blogger Arrested in Morocco
The US Gets A Chief Of Cybersecurity – You Read That Right Also... The Virtual Christmas Guide From The Next Web
The Next Web’s favorite gadgets and software of 2009!
NES Emulator For iPhone – Is Terrible, Expensive, But You Still Might Buy It More at http://thenextweb.com/podcast

This week we finally have a jingle and we're quite concerned that The Next Web Podcast gang will be losing all of their cloud-based accounts. Conspiracy? On today's show: Fawzi Rahal (Dubai), Alex Wilhelm (Chicago), Martin Bryant (Manchester), Kristin Marshall (Seattle) and Ralf Rottmann (Dortmund). In today's episode: DST Drops $180 Million On Zynga, Makers Of FarmVille http://thenextweb.com/2009/12/16/dst-drops-180-million-zynga-makers-farmville/ Australian Internet Censorship Given the Go Ahead – But What’s the Alternative? http://thenextweb.com/au/2009/12/16/australian-internet-censorship-whats-alternative/ The Microsoft Response To The Plurk Debacle – Sorry! http://thenextweb.com/2009/12/15/microsoft-response-plurk-debacle/ Is There No Google Phone? http://thenextweb.com/2009/12/14/google-phone/ Also, read the scary quote about Google and don't send Ralf any hate mail! Why Google doesn’t want your money http://thenextweb.com/2009/12/15/google-money/ The Pervasiveness of Google http://thenextweb.com/2009/12/14/pervasiveness-google/ In the local news Middle East bloggers bloom http://thenextweb.com/me/2009/12/12/big-bang-blogosphere/ Germany to charge for Google doing Street View http://thenextweb.com/de/2009/12/16/ratingen-kassiert-fuer-street-view-gebuehren Kindle for the iPhone available in Germany http://thenextweb.com/de/2009/12/15/kindle-iphone/ Twitter in German http://thenextweb.com/de/2009/12/17/twitter-deutsch where Kristin shares some insights about the Twitter translation project. Some of the screenshots are on the show notes

And.. We're back with more news from LeWeb, Google stuff.. and tons of rants and uncut mishaps! On today's show: Aleksander Grynis (Warsaw), Alex Willhelm (Chicago), Fawzi Rahal (Dubai), Martin Bryant (Manchester), Kristin Marshall (Seattle) and Ralf Rottman (Dortmund). In today's episode: Real Time Search Comes to Google! http://thenextweb.com/appetite/2009/12/07/real-time-search-google/ Will Google kick-start QR Codes in the West? http://thenextweb.com/2009/12/07/google-kickstart-qr-codes-west/ Google Owns Nearly 3/4ths Of The US Search Market – Bing Seen Shaking Fist http://thenextweb.com/2009/12/10/google-owns-34ths-search-market-bing-shaking-fist/ VoiceChat turns Google Wave into a smart phonecall http://thenextweb.com/appetite/2009/12/09/voicechat-turns-google-wave-phonecall/ AT&T: Tightening the Data Belt http://thenextweb.com/2009/12/10/att-tightening-data-belt/ Facebook Is Rolling Out Granular Privacy Controls Now http://thenextweb.com/appetite/2009/12/09/hide-weekend-mom-facebook-rolling-granular-privacy-controls/ Yahoo shares what it knows about you on new Privacy site http://thenextweb.com/2009/12/07/yahoo/ YouTube Is Launching Its Music Video Portal VEVO Tonight http://thenextweb.com/appetite/2009/12/09/youtube-launching-music-video-portal-vevo-tonight-details/ Apple To Buy Lala? [Confirmed, It Happened!] http://thenextweb.com/2009/12/04/apple-buy-lala/ So is Facebook’s FarmVille Really More Popular Than Twitter? http://thenextweb.com/uk/2009/12/08/farmville-popular-twitter/ Windows Live Messenger 2010 Screenshots – Oh God My Eyes, They Burn (It’s Ugly) http://thenextweb.com/appetite/2009/12/10/windows-live-messenger-2010-screenshots-god-eyes-burn-ugly/ The Twitter #Snore Campaign – A Mission http://thenextweb.com/2009/12/09/twitter-snore-campaign-mission/ Local News Queen Rania puts social media to the test with the “1 Goal” Campaign at Le Web. http://thenextweb.com/2009/12/10/queen-rania-pushes-technologists-join-1-goal-campaign-le-web-join1goal/ Russian panel at LeWeb http://thenextweb.com/pl/2009/12/10/russia-panel-na-leweb/ Dubai Metro gets WiMAX http://thenextweb.com/me/2009/12/07/dubai-metro-wimax/

This week’s hosts: Alex Willhelm (Chicago), Fawzi Rahal (Dubai), Martin Bryant (Manchester), Matthew Ellis (Manchester), Mike Bracco (Los Angeles) and Kristin Marshall (Seattle) In the news: Officially The End of the Psystar Hackintosh http://thenextweb.com/applicious/2009/12/02/officially-psystar-hackintosh/ Microsoft: Like Hell Those Black Screens Are Our Fault http://thenextweb.com/2009/12/02/microsoft-hell-black-screens-fault/ Windows 7 + Family Guy = Horror. Here’s the proof http://thenextweb.com/2009/11/28/windows-7-family-guy-horror-proof/ Has Newscorp already begun to remove itself from Google? http://thenextweb.com/2009/12/01/breaking-newscorp-begun-remove-google-graph/ Do Adverts Have a Place on Twitter? http://thenextweb.com/2009/12/02/adverts-place-twitter/ Tomorrow, 25 Million Chinese Mobile Phones Will Die in India http://thenextweb.com/in/2009/11/30/25-million-chinese-mobile-phones-face-death-india/ SeeTheStats.com: Make your Google Analytics Public http://thenextweb.com/appetite/2009/11/28/seethestatscom-google-analytics-public/ First Programmable Quantum Computer Mixes 0 And 1 – Is Awesome, Not For Sale http://thenextweb.com/2009/11/27/programmable-quantum-computer-mixes-0-1-awesome-sale/ In the local news 2.9% of the Internet are Arabs http://thenextweb.com/me/2009/12/02/29-arabs-online/ First Arabic domain name registration to begin shortly http://thenextweb.com/me/2009/11/15/arabic-domain-registration-shortly/ Virgin Media becomes the first UK ISP to test a filesharing monitoring system http://thenextweb.com/uk/2009/11/27/virgin-media-uk-isp-test-filesharing-monitoring-system/ Google, Facebook and eBay Confront the UK Government Digital Bill http://thenextweb.com/uk/2009/12/02/google-facebook-ebay-confront-uk-government-digital-bill/