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London Silicon Roundabout Weekly Newsletter

ISSUE 14 September 2012 Dear LSR Member, We had a very busy night on Tuesday when the second #TechStartupJobs Fair took place with 20 employers, ranging from pretty established companies to those in stealth mode, announcing their projects and open opportunities. You can see who presented and all the positions they're seeking to fill via this blog post that weve put together. Our next event is CrowdCamp where well be looking into the benefits of crowdfunding, as well as going over the legal aspects. On the night well be hearing from Jeff Lynn, CEO of Seedrs (which is FSA authorised the worlds crowdfunding platform to receive regulatory approval) as well as Simon Halberstam & Andy Solomon from Kingsley Napley LLP who will present on the often overlooked legal concerns of crowdfunding. If youre thinking of this as a potential route of raising finance for your projects, then make sure you attend on the evening of 4 October. You canregister here. Have a nice weekend! Olga olga[at]techmeetups[dot]com

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Venue: Innovation Warehouse [ RSVP HERE ] 17 Sep: Hide&Seek Weekender Conference 17 Sep: London Code Dojo September 17 Sep: London JS: Security & AI 17 Sep: London Web Standards: From Print to Mobile 17 Sep: Martine Devos' Certified ScrumMaster and Estimation Class 17 Sep: Seedcamp Week 2012 17 Sep: The Mobile Show Europe 2012 17 Sep: World Low Cost Airlines Congress 2012 17 Sep: Adding Play Workshop 17 Sep: Introduction to Design Fundamentals for Non-Designers 17 Sep: Dreamworks Business Network - How to become a community entrepren... 17 Sep: Intermediate Google AdWords 18 Sep: The Green Data Centre Conference & Exhibition 18 Sep: Global Design Forum 18 Sep: European HR Directors Summit 18 Sep: Conference hound 18 Sep: LJC: The London Developer Sessions 18 Sep: LJC: The London Developer Sessions 18 Sep: NSCoder Night London September 2012 18 Sep: SemTech Social 18 Sep: Substance Misuse: Intervention, Prevention and Recovery

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18 Sep: First Principals of Building Budgets & Cashflows 19 Sep: Web Accessibility London 2012 (a11yLDN'12) 19 Sep: ad:tech London 2012 19 Sep: Big Data World Europe 2012 19 Sep: CiviCon 2012 London 19 Sep: Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in the UK: 19 Sep: Future Human: Body Hackers 19 Sep: MEX 19 Sep: SemTechBiz 2012 UK 19 Sep: The Late Late Breakfast Show Episode 20: 19 Sep: Music@Campus: Bo Saris 19 Sep: User-Centred Design in Social Business 20 Sep: Content Everywhere with Sara Wachter-Boettcher and Cleve Gibbon 20 Sep: DeNormalised NoSQL Conference London 20 Sep: Founder Camp 20 Sep: Geomob September 2012 20 Sep: Tech Business MiniMBA #3 20 Sep: The Annual London Web Boat Cruise 20 Sep: The B2B Marketing Leaders Forum 20 Sep: Founder Camp - Inspiration and support for entrepreneurs by entre... 20 Sep: Continuous Delivery in the Cloud 21 Sep: DLDcities

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21 Sep: Facebook London - Office Opening Hackathon 21 Sep: London Magento Hackathon 21 Sep: Advocate, Adapt, Align: Using Content Strategy 21 Sep: Professional Speaking for IFAs and Financial Planners - How to Mo... IN THE NEWS Great turnout for the #TechStartupJobs Fair The second #TechStartupJobs Fair was one busy event with 20 companies taking the stage to present opportunities to work for them. TechStartupJobs Fair London Autumn 2012 draws record crowds !! Every year TechMeetups organises the TechStartupJobs Fair to connect Tech Startups, with Job seekers and Universities across its tech communities. Tomorrow we open doors to the TechStartupJobs Fair London. Finally! YouTube Just Launched Its Own iPhone App YouTube announced Tuesday that its long-awaited iPhone app is now available as a free download in the App Store. Viber Adds Support For S40, Symbian And Bada After Hitting 100M Users Viber has essentially been a smash hit right from its conception. The company hit 50 million registered users in February of last year, extending that to 70 million by May. UKs First 4G LTE Service, EE, Will Feature New Nokia, Samsung, HTC, Huawei Devices. Orange, T-Mobile Brands To Gradually Fade Away Today Everything Everywhere, the JV between Orange and T-Mobile UK, unveiled some more details about its new 4G network the first commercial LTE service for the UK market. It is going to be branded EE The biggest winner is the future As the official network infrastructure supporter for The Games, Cisco is already helping London achieve a rewarding legacy. Londons first University Technical College opens in Hackney Londons very first University Technical College, which hopes to secure youngsters secure jobs with Tech City firms, opened its doors to its first cohort of students last Thursday. Talking Tech Heads At Silicon Roundabout

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