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This week’s edition focuses on bringing games to Google+, Facebook announcing its own game enhancements, the reality that most startups don’t succeed, and the British government saying it’s considering shutting down access to social networks in the wake of the riots.

 

 

What You Need to Read This Week

Google Wastes No Time Putting Games On Google+: Angry Birds, Bejeweled, Zynga On Board
By MG Siegler, TechCrunch

Google makes the first strike in the platform wars.

Facebook strikes back at Google with its own game enhancements
By Dean Takahashi, TechCrunch

Facebook comes back swinging!

What Kinds Of Silicon Valley Companies Are Dying Right Now?
By Matt Rosoff, Business Insider

Interesting opinion piece on the other side of the current social web boom.

Blaming the tools: Britain proposes a social-media ban
By Mathew Ingram, GigaOM

UK government takes extreme measures to quell riots.

 

StartupDigest Berlin is curated by:
Holger Dieterich - holger-dieterich.de

 

What’s Going on in the Berlin Startup Community

Webinale – the holistic web conference
When: May 30 – June 1
Where: Maritim proArte, Friedrichstr.151, 10117 Berlin
Cost: 39 – 899 Euro

This conference is about business, design and technology. Some keynotes are free if your register for “webinale open” and you can get a cheaper ticket if you just go to the startup day.

There’s a Ruby conference and a PHP conference taking place at the same time and same place
(tickets sold separately).

DMY – International Design Festival
When: June 1-5
Where: Flughafen Berlin Tempelhof, Platz der Luftbrücke 5, Entrance Paradestraße, Berlin
Cost: 6 – 55 Euro

DMY Berlin is an international design network for contemporary product design. At the yearly DMY International Design Festival Berlin both renowned and young, experimental designers launch new products, prototypes and foresighted projects. The event programme is long and many galleries
participate as well.

Echtzeit Berlin
When: June 1, 7:00 PM
Where: Zanox GAP Campus, Stralauer Allee 2, 10245 Berlin
Cost: free

This is an invite only networking event, targeted for founders and investors in the Berlin internet industry. If you’re looking for funding, you should be there. And bring your business cards.

newthinking netzwerk lounge @PLATOON
When: Friday, June 3, 5:00 PM
Where: Platoon, Alte Schönhauser Str. 3, 10119 Berlin
Cost: free

Newthinking invites family & friends over to the containers of Platoon for end-of-week networking.

Federated Social Web Conference
When: June 3-5
Where: Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, Schumannstr. 8, 10117 Berlin
Cost: 15 Euros

A 3-day open event on Social Web interoperability, standards and privacy.

Random Hacks of Kindness
When: June 3-5
Where: Betahaus, Prinzessinnenstraße 19-20, 10969 Berlin-Kreuzberg
Cost: free

Random Hacks of Kindness is a community of innovation using practical open technology to make the world a better place. It was founded in 2009 in partnership between Google, Microsoft, Yahoo!, NASA and the World Bank. Come and help by hacking, designing or defining problems.

 

Top Upcoming Events

June 6 – Mobile Monday
June 6-7 – Berlin Buzzwords
June 7 – Silicon Allee
June 7 – The first Berlin Hack and Tell
June 8 – How to do business in Silicon Valley (student discounts)
June 11-12 – UXcamp Europe
June 15 – Pitching for Social Entrepreneurs
June 17 – Exchange ideas over lunch
June 20 – Social Media Club
June 23 – Berlin Freelancers and Entrepreneurs meetup
June 29 – Kongress Junge IKT-Wirtschaft: Gründen – Wachsen – Investieren
June 30, July 1 – Open Knowledge Conference
July 5-6 – Future Internet Konferenz
August 26 – 28 – Startup Weekend Berlin