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Emerging Technologies Conference

Technology Review's EmTech Conference brings together world-renowned innovators and senior business leaders to discuss the emerging technologies that are poised to make a dramatic impact on our world.

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Video Coverage of EmTech08

One-on-one interviews captured at the conference.

By TR Editors

Technology Review's Editor in Chief, Jason Pontin, and Beet.TV caught up with experts and conference speakers for exclusive interviews:

Gina Bianchini: Ning To Launch iPhone App Tomorrow
Fiscal Crisis: "Everyone in Technology is Terrified," MIT's Jason Pontin
Newsweek's "Real" Dan Lyons Pans Robert Scoble's Social Networking Panel at MIT
Vinod Khosla: Clean-Tech Is About Reinventing Society

You can also watch Technology Review's Webcasts of conference events like Craig Mundie's keynote and a panel on green transportation here.

Tags: energy, social networks, EmTech, financial markets, Vinod Khosla, Gina Bianchini, videos, Dan Lynos

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Wednesday, September 24, 2008

CNET's Editor in Chief on Ning

Dan Farber analyzes Gina Bianchini's keynote speech at EmTech08.

By TR Editors

CNET News' editor in chief Dan Farber posts in his blog, "Outside the Lines", his analysis of a talk by Ning's co-founder and CEO, Gina Bianchini:

Ning closes in on 500,000 social networks
Ning co-founder and CEO Gina Bianchini started off her keynote speech at the MIT Emerging Technology Conference by describing Ning as the social network you've never heard of.
Unlike Facebook, which is more of a beehive with 100 million members buzzing around, Ning allows individuals and groups to create their own social networks...read more

Tags: social networks, Facebook, Ning, CNET, Dan Farber

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