2015 was a big year for technology law in Europe, with Safe Harbor slashed and the Single Digital Market high on Brussels’ agenda. But what do the continent’s lawyers make of the…
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,…
Huawei’s VP External Affairs Bill Plummer on the company’s consumer future, and virtualization
Huawei’s VP External Affairs Bill Plummer talks about the company’s future in the U.S. and its forays into the consumer market.
U.K. lags behind U.S. in social recruitment – report
by Anam Alpenia British recruiters are less likely to include a social media element in their hiring process than their American counterparts, according to a new report. The U.K. Social Recruitment Survey, by…
Q&A: MetricStream’s Piyush Pant talks Indian infrastructure
Piyush Pant is vice president of strategic markets at MetricStream, a Palo Alto-headquartered governance, risk and compliance (GRC) firm which was listed as a Deloitte Technology Fast 50 company last year. In…
Apple’s China app store attacked, AA flights grounded and ad-blocking apps boom
This week’s featured cyber attack victim is Apple. The company’s iPhone and iPad users in China have been hit by a malicious program targeting the App Store.
Five of the technology industry’s biggest political controversies
Uber recently became embroiled in a political row, after listing the territory of Western Sahara as a separate country, enraging users and officials in Morocco, which claims the state as its own.…
Czech tech is rising – just don’t thank the government
by Anam Alpenia Armed with two billion-dollar companies and a host of machine-learning prowess, the Czech Republic is capitalizing on its historic place straddling Europe’s east and west. But entrepreneurs are still dealing…
Reddit revolts, Samsung under fire over bloatware and Snapchat updated
Parts of the popular social media news site Reddit became inaccessible last week due to a protest over the firing of Victoria Taylor, a paid moderator for the site.