“News is what a chap who doesn’t care much about anything wants to read,” said Evelyn Waugh in his 1938 polemic about journalism, Scoop. He wouldn’t be much use in a modern…
BT’s hunt for acquisition of mobile network praised by analysts
U.K. telecoms group BT has announced it is in talks over the purchase of one of two British mobile network operators – O2 and EE. The telecommunications giant, with funds of £2.6…
Free:Formers’ Emma Cerrone on London, plugging the skills gap and women in technology
Emma Cerrone is Managing Director and Co-Founder of Free:Formers, a London-based group which trains corporates such as Barclays, Asos and Tesco in ‘challenges posed by the digital revolution’. For every businessperson Free:Formers…
Admin defends webcam streaming site as authorities condemn privacy invasion
A Russian-run website, which purports to show content from unsecure webcams around the world, has been drawing derision from Britain to Australia. But while officials talk of shutting down the site, its…
Berlin pits itself against Uber’s inevitable ascent
Berlin’s tussle with ride sharing service Uber continues, but can the capital city of Germany halt the company’s rise?
Europe’s big data project can flourish, experts say
A European Commission (E.C.) project to promote big data on the continent has been met with positive reviews. But some warn it could chafe against Europe’s efforts to protect privacy. The E.C.…
Finnish PM’s Apple comments misunderstood but tech crisis remains
Alexander Stubb, the Finnish prime minister, caused quite a stir this week, when he appeared to blame Apple for his country’s economic meltdown. Speaking on CNBC, the 46-year-old premier complained that the…
London tech investment smashes records
London technology firms have attracted a record $1 billion of venture capital in the first nine months of 2014, outstripping last year’s entire total, $719.3 million, by over 30%. The figure represents…
Leipzig, Germany’s boomtown, sees digital startup sector blossom
Leipzig is Germany’s boomtown. The population is up by 12,000 a year, big industry is returning en masse and an exciting creative scene has granted it, in some quarters, the moniker of…
Germany’s most active VCs
Despite some high profile tech setbacks, such as those suffered by Uber and Google, the German technology sector is thriving. Despite slow national growth overall, small and medium companies comprise 99.7% of…