Bureau chief Adam Reuters will interview Swedish Internet entrepreneur Niklas Zennstrom on Friday from the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Zennstrom has changed two industries with the launch of the peer-to-peer file-sharing program Kazaa and p2p telephony service Skype, and he is trying for a third with the recent launch of the p2p Internet video company Joost.
Bureau chief Adam Reuters interviewed Newsweek International editor Fareed Zakaria on Friday from the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Zakaria is the host of a new weekly PBS show, "Foreign Exchange" which focuses on international affairs, and is the author of the recent book "The Future of Freedom."
Bureau chief Adam Pasick interviewed Publicis CEO Maurice Lévy from the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Publicis is the fourth-largest advertising and marketing company, home to agencies such as Leo Burnett and Saatchi & Saatchi.
Bureau chief Adam Reuters interviewed WPP Chief Executive Martin Sorrell from the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. WPP is the world's second-largest advetising and marketing company, home to agencies such as Young & Rubicam, JWT and Ogilvy & Mather.
During an interview on Friday at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Linden Lab Chairman Mitch Kapor had some stark advice about how to deal with the inevitable Second Life backlash:“Don’t drink your own Kool-Aid.”(view the Second Life video here)Nine time zones away at the SF Beta event, Linden Lab was sending a different message. [...]
Blogging from the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Fortune writer David Kirkpatrick hypothesizes that Second Life is a better enabler of human communication on the Web than email, instant messaging, chat rooms and even online games.
Bureau chief Adam Reuters will interview Fortune Magazine's David Kirkpatrick on Friday as part of a series of interviews from the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Kirkpatrick is Fortune magazine's senior editor for Internet and technology, and has written extensively about Second Life in recent months.
Bureau chief Adam Reuters will interview Linden Lab chairman Mitch Kapor on Friday as part of a series of interviews from the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Kapor founded Lotus Development Corp and created the groundbreaking Lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheet. He was also a co-founder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and was an early investor in Linden Lab.
Bureau chief Adam Reuters will interview San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom on Friday as part of a series of interviews from the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Newsom was elected mayor in a tight 2003 election with the support of A-list politicians like Bill Clinton. He made national headlines in 2004 when he issued a directive to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
Bureau chief Adam Reuters interviewed biotech pioneer Jarne Elleholm on Friday as part of a series of interviews from the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Elleholm's company, Aresa, has created a bio-engineered plant that changes color in the presence of land mines.
