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January 25th, 2008

David Cameron and Jeff Jarvis at Davos

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David Cameron, leader of Britain’ s Conservative Party, talks to blogger Jeff Jarvis about his “webcameron” site and politics on the Internet. Jarvis filed this post and is contributing to the Reuters/Nokia mobile journalism project in Davos.

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January 24th, 2008

Religion and politics do mix in Davos

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Ariel Yarnitsky, CEO of SpeedBit, meets with Rabbi Eric H. Yoffie, is the president of the Union for Reform Judaism in the U.S. Yarnitsky filed this post and is contributing to the Reuters/Nokia mobile journalism project in Davos.

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January 24th, 2008

Pablos, enjoying Davos and the challenge of getting in

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Ariel Yarnitsky, CEO of SpeedBit, finds Pablos (AKA Paul Holman) enjoying Davos and suspecting it may be harder to sneak in next year. Yarnitsky filed this post and is contributing to the Reuters/Nokia mobile journalism project in Davos.

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January 24th, 2008

Davos: Softbank Capital Eric Hippeau on investing climate

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Eric Hippeau, managing parter for venture capital investor Softbank Capital , is ‘long-term optimistic’ on outlook for investments in a downturn — filed by John Rossant.

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January 24th, 2008

Davos: LinkedIn founder sees investments in tools that ‘make life more productive’

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LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman on what he sees coming in Internet investments. This footage was captured by Reuters CEO Tom Glocer, who is contributing to the Reuters/Nokia mobile journalism project in Davos.

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January 24th, 2008

UNAIDS at Davos: Businesses starting to tackle HIV/AIDS challenge

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Peter Piot, executive director of UNAIDS, says businesses are waking up to the need to get involved in tackling HIV/AIDS - a disease that threatens the most productive part of the workforce. But the response is still not enough and the world must avoid complacency,

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January 24th, 2008

Ihlas’ Ahmet Oren on Turkey’s media challenges

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Ahmet Oren, head of media company Ihlas, says Turkey’s delegation is the country’s biggest ever at Davos and explains the challenges its media is facing. This video was captured by Publicis’ John Rossant.

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January 24th, 2008

Robert Scoble, live vlogger

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What’s it like to live vlogg from a big conference like the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting? Robert Scoble tells us all about it.

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January 23rd, 2008

Davos innovations: Tongue sucker could save the day

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Not all innovation is in technology. Kigge Hvid, CEO of INDEX, demostrates life-saving equipment in the form of a tongue sucker. ‘Innovation’ is one of the theme’s at the annual WEF gathering in the Swiss ski resort. This footage was captured by journalism professor and blogger Jeff Jarvis, who is contributing to the Reuters/Nokia mobile journalism project in Davos.

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January 23rd, 2008

Davos view: Little correlation to real economy but shrimp quality much improved

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Ariel Yarnitsky, CEO of SpeedBit, catches up with Guy Rolnik, editor of Israeli newspaper, The Marker, on the Davos experience.  Yarnitsky filed this post and is contributing to the Reuters/Nokia mobile journalism project in Davos.

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