Europe

Europe Urges Removal Of Network-Level Ad Blockers

European body cites net neutrality concerns with new guidance that networks cannot implement advert blockers

8 years ago

EC Slaps Apple With £11bn Irish Tax Bill

The EC wants Irish government to recover €13bn in "illegal tax benefits" after finding Apple paid almost nothing on EU…

8 years ago

Apple Faces Giant European Tax Penalty

European Commission readies billion euro tax penalty for Apple

8 years ago

Alipay Strengthens European Drive With Ingenico Alliance

Millions of Chinese tourists will now be able to use their Alipay app to pay for goods across European retailers

8 years ago

European Science Community Launches £4.5m Hybrid Cloud Tender

Ten top European research bodies, including the UK’s Science and Technology Facilities Council, support the tender

8 years ago

EC Slaps Google With More Antitrust “Objections”

European Commission expands its probe of Google's shopping and advertising services with additional "objections"

8 years ago

European Union Officially Adopts Privacy Shield Data Protection Framework

Safe Harbour 2.0 gets green light from member states, comes into force immediately

8 years ago

Google Buys 236MW Of Wind Energy From Sweden and Norway

Google wants more of its European operations to be powered by clean energy

8 years ago

EU Referendum: UK Tech’s Final Pleas Before Thursday’s Vote

"You’d have to be bonkers to want Brexit!" What tech bosses are saying ahead of referendum

8 years ago

Google Opens European Machine Learning Centre

Zurich is now home to Google's Machine Learning research group in Europe

8 years ago

EU Suggests New Price Cuts Ahead Of Roaming Abolition In 2017

The European Commission wants to slash prices yet again to prepare for next year's roaming charges scrap

8 years ago

Poll: Is UK Tech Better Off In The European Union?

EU referendum: UK tech firms want to stay in the EU but what do you think about a potential Brexit?

8 years ago

Google ‘Faces £2.3bn EC Fine’ For Alleged Search Dominance Abuse

The Commission is reportedly set to levy a record-breaking €3bn fine over Google's abuse of its search dominance

8 years ago

Lenovo Moves Data Centre Hardware Manufacturing To Hungary

Faster and cheaper deliveries for EMEA customers, says Lenovo, as Hungary shop starts production on storage and networking equipment

8 years ago

EU Roaming Gets Cheaper Again Before Charges Are Scrapped In 2017

Roaming in the EU is made even cheaper before it is eliminated entirely next year

8 years ago

EC Formally Charges Google With Abusing Android’s Dominance

Google abuses dominance of Android to stifle competition and preserve its lead in search, says EC

8 years ago

European Commission Will Build £5bn Cloud Platform For Scientists

European Open Science Cloud is part of Commission's Digital Single Market initiative

8 years ago

Conservative MP Tells Tech Firms To ‘Speak Up’ Against EU Brexit

Matt Warman says if technology firms are so in favour of staying in the EU, they should use their influence…

8 years ago

NetSuite’s Euro Invasion In Full Swing With Benelux Expansion

NetSuite opens headquarters in Amsterdam, gears up OneWorld for customers in The Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg

8 years ago

London Is ‘Most Desirable’ City In Europe For Tech Workers

Capital scores highly on work conditions and creativity, but New York and San Francisco take global top spots according to…

8 years ago

GDPR: Verdict Of Google, Microsoft & Adobe Privacy Leaders

Much work to be done, as confusion ensues over GDPR's 200 pages of uncertainty

8 years ago

Western Digital’s Acquisition Of SanDisk Approved

Flash meets flash in £13bn storage deal as European Commission rules that buyout won't harm competition

8 years ago

Lexmark Wants To Make Throwing Away Ink Cartridges Illegal

Printer and cartridge vendor Lexmark pushes EU to implement compulsory recycling schemes

8 years ago

Tableau Opens First European Data Centre In Ireland

Dublin data centre "underscores" Tableau's European commitment to cloud analytics, says firm

8 years ago

Safe Harbour 2.0 Contains “Suspension Clause”

New data sharing agreement with United States can be suspended over privacy concerns, warns EU official

8 years ago

Interoute Completes £402m Easynet Acquisition

CMA clears Interoute's acquisition as company doubles the size of its enterprise IT services business

8 years ago

Bitcoin Is Not Subject To VAT, Court Rules

European court rules that Bitcoin transactions are liable for same taxes as typical currency

9 years ago

SAP Launches Big Data SAP HANA Update

New cloud services and in-memory Vora platform on Hadoop revealed by SAP

9 years ago

General Election Stalls UK Tech Sector Growth

Worries over European market also affect growth, but UK tech sector still sees boost in profits

9 years ago

Notion Capital Launches £97m European Cloud SaaS Fund

$150m funding round from London VCs will focus on emerging and fast-moving cloud startups

9 years ago