Google Sets Up Base At 'Silicon Roundabout'

Google has announced it is setting up a base at East London's 'Silicon Roundabout' to help British web entrepreneurs. 

The technology company has signed a lease on a large building in the Old Street area - said to be the UK's answer to Google's spiritual home in Silicon Valley, California.

Google says it will turn the premises, located in the area billed as Tech City, into a "launchpad for new London-based start-ups and developers".

It plans to host 'hackathons', where boffins meet to race against the clock on joint programming projects, and Google employees will be on hand to run training workshops and product demonstrations for fledgling technology companies.

The space will also be open to other organisations that support digital entrepreneurs.   Read More

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