The “Unconference” is e27’s flagship event and the 2009 version will be the 7th time we have held it since 2006. Styled after DEMO or more Techcrunch50, we want to showcase Asia-based web startups and provide the growing community a chance to mingle, cross-pollinate ideas and learn from each other’s market experience. Past startup demos and attendees include Wego (funded by NewsCorp AU in 2008), FirstMeta the virtual-world only bank, Tencube a mobile security service, Nuffnang the #1 blog-focused ad network in Southeast Asia and featured in Businessweek’s Top 25 Young Asian Entrepreneurs of 2008.
Rick and I have gone to great lengths to discuss local search engines such as Xalo.vn. I guess it’s time we shared what we think about SEs. Before it’s too late.
Linguistics
It’s easy to realize that in order to fight the big boys like Yahoo and Google in Vietnam, you have to speak the local language. [...]
Helping you understand what’s going on in the social computing space of Vietnam has always been at the core of F20’s mission. On Duc Ban, a veteran web developer and entreprenuer, question: “Who is our leader in Vietnam’s online services“, I’d like to take this opportunity to present you with a list of online services [...]