3D Printing: Is the Next Industrial Revolution Upon Us?
This year’s Wired 2011 conference left me truly inspired. The impressive line-up of leaders who spoke showcased innovative and remarkable projects, developments and achievements from all over the world. One concept in particular, however, stuck in my mind for weeks after the conference. At one point during the conference, a violinist took to the stage and performed a beautiful piece of classical music. It was not, however, the music that struck the audience most in the end. It was the revelation that […]
Viadeo Dev Challenge: Meet the winners!
Developers from around the world submitted their applications to the Viadeo Dev Challenge, a 5-week long competition, which ended on Sunday, October 16th. After evaluating the apps individually first, jury members met for the final deliberation at Viadeo’s San Francisco office on Friday the 21st. Robert Scoble, Myles Weissleder, Richard Ling, Hermione Way, Kin Lane (who couldn’t be there on Friday), Arturo Garrido and Christophe Thibault decided on the three winners below: First prize winner: AvriGeo is a 3D visualization […]
Viadeo Recruiter: Support in Finding True Talent for Your Business
In today’s competitive recruitment climate, it can be an overwhelming process wading through the overflowing pool of candidates to find genuine talent. As fewer jobs are available and more candidates join the pool, how do you go about finding the best people for you? Professional social networks like Viadeo are a great place to start. Brimming with talent, professional social networks allow you to get an idea of candidates through more than just their CV. Candidates with detailed, up-to-date profiles […]
Finding Inspiration in the Unexpected: Pixar Paris Style
Have you ever thought about the amount of light above the Eiffel Tower in the Disney’s Pixar movie Cars 2? Imagine how much thought and inspiration goes into something as subtle yet vital as the lighting in an animated film. This post is about unexpected inspiration combined with innovation, Paris – California style: a story that starts with Paris, continues with light and ends with Haute Couture. Now, I don’t think that this is “the most burning question of the […]
What Inspired Us Most at Wired 2011
The Viadeo team was lucky enough to attend one of the most anticipated tech conferences of the year, the Wired Magazine Conference 2011 last Thursday and Friday. Featuring an impressive line up of speakers, fascinating topics, stimulating discussions and mind-blowing tech demonstrations, it was a thought-provoking and deeply inspiring few days. Check out Wired’s video highlights of Thursday to get you in the mindset for our 5 key takeaways! Our takeaways from Thursday’s Wired 2011 Conference: 1. Technology doesn’t hold us back. Lack of […]
Moving to augmented Humanity within augmented Reality
Since internet is no more virtual, but digital, our way of interacting with our surroundings changed. Such an augmented reality doesn’t let us with our simple human condition, it transfigures us into augmented humans…
The Viadeo London Hackday Video: Programming, Pizza and Prizes
If you didn’t get a chance to join us at our first official London Hackday on the 30th September, not to worry! Along with our reporter Anastasia, we’ve collected some of the many highlights from a great 24-hour event of hacking, learning, networking and fun in a Hackday video! Thanks again to everyone who came along, we hope you enjoyed it. If you missed out, keep your eyes open for our next Hackday event! To read more about our London […]
Social Media Monitoring: Measuring the Metrics that Matter
Your online identity is more important than you think. But in the continuously expanding world of social media, it’s difficult to know where to start when it comes to monitoring. First, establish whether your online presence is strong enough. If you or your brand is still finding your footing on social media, take your time to build and strengthen your digital influence and then start measuring and monitoring activity. Once you are an engaged and informed user, it’s clear that […]
Digital Identity & Anonymity
We fear the confusion between public and private spheres, which is understandable. Nevertheless, we tend to react inappropriately to certain analogies: be it one’s presence on search engines or the publication of private content, this is a situation of crisis, of deep change concerning online confidentiality…
How to Effectively Blend Online and Offline Networking.
As all professionals already know, networking is an essential aspect of strengthening a business or an individual career. Building professional relationships with new contacts and companies will expand your business and improve your professional reputation. For start-ups, networking online can give your brand or product the little boost it may need. If done well, creating an online web of other businesses and individuals will build you a strong market presence and improve awareness about your brand. Businesses did fine before […]
