Why the Yahoo! back to the office edict is more complex than it looks

By Adam Tinworth

Much as internet commentators would like to reduce issues to simple sound-bites, the reality of home working is complex

Hands on: NEXT13 Workshop Programme

By Ina Feistritzer

Gain practical experiences and helpful new insights for your business in our bigger-than-ever workshop programme at NEXT Berlin.

How social networking erodes your personal network

By Adam Tinworth

American students are pre-selecting their college friends to be just like them, thanks to social networks. Are online communities actually reducing diversity?

Like a shark, disruption comes from below…

By Adam Tinworth

Why does disruption not get taken seriously until it's too late? Because it's cheap…

Are retail shops an endangered species?

By Adam Tinworth

Marc Andreessen has predicted the death of traditional retail. That looks ludicrous in 2013, but how will the world look in 2025?

What’s next? The NEXT13 Dome Stage sessions!

By Xenia Stubbe

What does the future of human-machine interfaces look like? Is the Maker Movement a business-relevant trend with high impact on the digital industry? The 'Here be Dragons’ sessions will shed light on future trends like the Post-PC era, the Maker Movement, 3D manufacturing and many more!

Promising Start-up ideas need your vote!

By Xenia Stubbe

NEXT Berlin and Telekom’s incubator hub:raum are looking for the most promising seed start-ups founded within the last year. The applications process is already running - the community voting starts now!

The danger of forsaking the web for apps

By Adam Tinworth

Apps are the future, right? You can abandon the web and just focus on a great app experience? Wrong. Here be dragons…

When is a hack not a hack? Jeff Jarvis and the BBC’s technopanic

By Adam Tinworth

Jeff Jarvis had a run-in with the BBC over the recent Facebook hacking - is it an issue worthy of discussion?

Bruce Sterling, Anab Jain and Uli Hegge to join NEXT13

By Juliane Hennig

Further digital experts to speak at the trendsetting conference.

We proudly present: Our media partners for NEXT13

By Xenia Stubbe

We are excited to announce our media partners for NEXT13! Twelve popular magazines, journals and blogs teamed up to support our conference in April.

Secrets and lies in online love

By Adam Tinworth

Was your Valentine's Day great - or are you on the lookout for new love? Online dating might be your saviour - or is it destroying commitment?

Start-up Pitch: Application starts now!

By Xenia Stubbe

Telekom’s incubator hub:raum and NEXT Berlin are looking for the best Start-ups in Europe! From now on Start-ups have the opportunity to apply for a slot in the NEXT13 Start-up Pitch live at the conference. Become a part of it and receive a lot of international attention for your innovative business idea!

Start-up Pitch 2013. Application about to open.

By Juliane Hennig

After the great success of last years' NEXT Start-up Pitches, we're again looking for the hottest start-up of 2013. The application phase will start next week. Stay tuned!

The seductive, dangerous illusions of Big Data

By Adam Tinworth

Big Data is a powerful tool. But if we lose sight of the human beings that underlie it, we run the risk of making inhuman decisions.

Web observatories: they’re watching – but who benefits?

By Adam Tinworth

Could Big Data be used to manipulate online discussion and shape society? Perhaps…

NEXT13: International keynote speakers to come!

By Ina Feistritzer

THE NEXT13 line up gets better and better! More international keynote speakers sign up as this agenda-setting conference for the digital economy draws nearer

Digital people to watch in 2013!

By Juliane Hennig

NEXT Berlin is looking for the NEXT 100, the one hundred most influential people in Europe’s digital industry. Nominate your favorite digital agenda-setters and vote for them. And meet the jury members, who will have the final say on the NEXT 100.

How fragile is our web?

By Adam Tinworth

The web is slowly being eroded by link rot - or, at least, sits history is. Is enough being done to preserve the internet's past?

NEXT 100 – Nominate and vote for your top digital trendsetters!

By Marina Lenz

Who's leading the way in 2013? Who are top influencers of the European digital industry? Nominate your favorite innovators and vote for them!

Harper Reed, Neelie Kroes and Bryce Roberts to speak at NEXT13

By Marina Lenz

Today we'd like to reveal the first top speakers to be at NEXT13: Harper Reed, Neelie Kroes and Bryce Roberts!

Do you own data about yourself?

By Adam Tinworth

What's the point in quantifying yourself if you can't get hold of the data you produce? Data ownership: here be dragons…

NEXT13: Here be Dragons

By Martin Recke

NEXT has always been about what’s next, about trends the digital industry should closely watch in the near future, within a timeframe of 12 to 36 months. For the 2013 event, we have spotted the four key areas to cover. All of them have one thing in common: they are largely uncharted territory. Here be Dragons.