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Max came of age in a Willie Wonka-style sneaker laboratory, the son of one of Phil Knight’s early Nike product managers. Home was Manhattan Beach, ground zero for California’s brash surfing culture. The house next door was just the first…
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From where I sit in Paris, an American living and working in France and the US throughout most of my professional life, I’d like to share my take on the EU’s new data protection and privacy requirements. Sure, this is…
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Zoku Amsterdam is a new way to travel, work, and yes, live – from the glorious, expansive, roof garden café, a communal space that blends a bustling co-working tech hub and hip social club, to the perfectly designed details in…
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TNW’s sprawling sun-drenched Next Web tech conference in Amsterdam felt like a California music jam, a bustling festival-styled European tech smorgasbord, bringing stars like Wired Co-Founder Kevin Kelly, Station F Director Roxanne Varza, and dozens of startups, digital innovators and…
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