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Dublin played host to one of the world's largest startup gatherings

More than 42,000 people flocked to Ireland to one of the biggest tech conferences in the world, Dublin's web summit. Once described as "the best technology conference on the planet", the gathering is a seething mass of startups pitching ideas, investors looking for the next Google or Facebook, tech thinkers talking about the latest trends, and the odd celebrity giving their visions for the future. Here is what we learned at this year's meeting of techie minds.

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