British web users now have a way to search for U.K.-specific content in privacy. Oscobo, a London-based search engine, launched last week. Its founders, who both ditched long term corporate careers, told…
Germany Looks to Win the Smart Factory Game in 2016
by Anam Alpenia Nestled beside the Franco-German border, on the eastern banks of the Rhein, Karlsruhe is a natural location for big business. It is also one of the country’s premier technological…
Gap between St Petersburg and Moscow narrowing – but funding still miles away
When Pavel Durov was dismissed as CEO of VKontakte, the social media platform he had founded in 2006, last summer, Saint Petersburg’s tech community lamented the loss of its most enigmatic character,…
Stockholm: Proving that cool can go big
Twenty years ago, Sweden’s politicians faced a dilemma: how could a small country of under ten million in the Europe’s northern become the continent’s leading digital player? The country’s leadership decided they’d…
Estonia celebrates first e-Residency anniversary
Estonia has celebrated the first anniversary of its groundbreaking e-Residency scheme at an event in capital city Tallinn. And plans to scale the program far faster in its second year. Journalists and…
Hoxton Ventures takes aim at Europe’s Unicorns
Nine years ago, when Rob Kniaz moved to London from Silicon Valley, the U.K. – and Europe – were very different places for entrepreneurs. Kniaz had spent years at Google, Intel and…
Op-ed: Paris and Beirut terror attacks threaten the values of the technology sector
The aftermath of Friday evening’s attacks in Paris calls for indignation over the continued cowardice displayed by ISIS and other radical terrorist movements. France, for the second time since January, faces mayhem…
From turnips to tanks – the changing face of Russian video games
Repka, an arcade machine tucked in the corner of Moscow’s Museum of Soviet Arcades, might be one of the USSR’s oddest games. In it, would-be worker peasants must test their pulling strength…
London mayor Johnson calls for closer tech ties with Israel
By Anam Alpenia London mayor Boris Johnson has urged closer tech ties between the U.K. capital and Tel Aviv, on a trade visit to the Middle Eastern state. Johnson, who has drawn…
In ‘Russia’s Silicon Valley’, 3D-printed casts come to life
Fedor Aptakarev never set out to be 3D printing’s Tony Stark. When he started out, ten years ago, it was music – not medicine – that enjoyed the fruits of his high-tech…