business & innovation

London's Tech Start-ups have banded together to better compete against big banks and huge recruiting budgets.

Job opportunities for computer science graduates and experienced software developers looking for their next career move, should not be limited to corporate banks or consultancies anymore, London's tech start-up community say.

The Silicon Milkroundabout event will try to stop the brain-drain of skilled software developers to big corporations by highlighting the opportunities and benefits of working for innovative, entrepreneurial businesses.

Social Media Week London generated so much coverage that it’s taken us a little while to pull together all the information. This review brings together the video, tweets and speaker presentations from Game On! Games & Brands sponsored by Nokia and JWT.

Traditionally two separate industries, games and social media have meshing together in a variety of ways, providing opportunities for brands.

Traditional games companies are embracing social media, social gaming market is set to hit over $1bn this year and brands are combining game mechanics and social media to drive campaigns.

Opportunities exist, all are benefiting from targeting a wider demographic, increasing engagement and create rewards and status to drive behaviour both off and online.

Taking place on the 16th June 2011, the Augmented Reality Summit will explore augmented reality and virtual technology, creating the perfect platform for brands, media agencies, publishers, and developers looking to uncover Augmented Reality in full and recognise the potential AR brings any brand or company.

We're delighted that the organisers have offered two lucky Chinwaggers the chance to win a free conference ticket worth £345.

The 3rd Annual Cloud Computing World Forum (21st - 22nd June) promises to be Europe's largest Cloud and SaaS based event.

The two day conference, taking place at Olympia, London, includes a conference and free-to-attend exhibition, providing a full perspective of cloud computing and SaaS from business value through integration and implementation, to the future of business computing.

We're delighted the organisers have offered 10 lucky Chinwaggers the chance to win a free conference ticket worth £695.00.

Our friends at The Glasshouse have an opportunity for London companies to take part in the World to NYC programme, run by the NYC Economic Development Corporation.

A delegation of Singapore start-ups will be visiting New York as part of the World to NYC programme May 9-13 May 2011, and they're inviting a London delegation to join them. As with their previous trips, this exciting five day programme will provide valuable contacts to: investors, clients, press and investor peers in the NYC business environment.

‘London to NYC’, is part of New York City Economic Development Corporation’s ‘World to NYC’ programme, which promotes trade and investment between New York City and London who have also supported the Digital Mission to New York.

We caught David Rowan, Editor of Wired UK for a quick chat after the Game On! Games and Brands panel, sponsored by Nokia and JWT, on Weds 9th February as part of Social Media Week London.

We managed to grab Miguel Andres-Clavera, Head of Innovation at JWT, for a chat after the Game On! Games and Brands panel, sponsored by Nokia and JWT, on Weds 9th February as part of Social Media Week London.