Cisco (NSDQ: CSCO) says it wants to buy News Corp.’s TV set-top box software maker NDS Group for $5 billion to improve its own offering and… Read more at paidContent »
Piano Media, the online news payment system which first launched in Slovakia last year, says it made €26,000 ($33961.2/£21616.4) in its f… Read more at paidContent »
Is there any way to stand out among the glut of social, local, mobile services? Everplaces and Circleme, two new European startups just coming out of private beta, certainly hope so — and both are attempting to put their own twist on the combination of people and places. Read more »
Manchester United football club is demanding that Google (NSDQ: GOOG) bar all Android apps that contain its logo. Read more at paidContent »
Recruitment is a painful process that often deals nasty surprises to companies and applicants alike. Somewhere, a new service in early beta, wants to stop that happening with its About.me-style take on the hiring process. Read more »
Erotic e-books are getting a lot of attention lately, particularly following a seven-figure deal for the Twilight-inspired trilogy 50 Shades… Read more at paidContent »
What is the best way to quantify artists’ popularity, as more music consumption moves from downloads to streams? Read more at paidContent »
At a conference last week, an Encyclopaedia Brittanica executive rose from the floor to challenge keynoter Jimmy Wales of Wikipedia.
“I don… Read more at paidContent »
Just days after launching a revamped website, music subscription service Rdio is set to announce that it is launching in the lucrative British market — a move that will continue its rivalry with Spotify and others. Read more »
Spotify apparently didn’t want to wait any longer for its launch in Germany, which came two weeks before the service is having its final negotiations with rights holders group GEMA. The final deal with GEMA could determine how much music Germans will get for free. Read more »
The internet will attract 21 percent more ad spend each year on its way to gobbling 22.1 percent of the total market by 2014, according to l… Read more at paidContent »
The UK inquiry in to whether Sky Movies’ exclusive first-run subscription VOD deals with six major Hollywood major studios is anti-competiti… Read more at paidContent »
Orange and Publicis hit the headlines this week for underpinning a €300m venture fund targeting European startups. But in fact only a third of that money is actually fresh funding that will end up in the hands of continental businesses. Read more »
As editor of a site that was curating before curation was cool, I’ve helped set policy for attribution — link and credit unto others as you… Read more at paidContent »
The Telegraph and Sky News may each operate subscription iPad outlets – but, with latest revisions to their mobile offerings, the two news p… Read more at paidContent »
Media owners may be spooked by Pinterest’s controversial re-use of copyrighted content – but they could have plenty to gain from embracing,… Read more at paidContent »
It looks like the U.K. won’t be the last major European country to have LTE. U.K. regulator Ofcom has given Everything Everywhere permission to use its existing 2G spectrum to launch an LTE network this year, long before it holds the 4G auctions. Read more »
The new wave of global subscription music services going global has picked Germany, perhaps Europe’s most under-developed digital music mark… Read more at paidContent »
Berlin’s Tape.tv has teamed up with Spotify to help fill the void left by the old, music-oriented MTV. But underneath the hood, its approach could be another interesting example of how onerous music rights in Germany have sparked a different kind of music startup. Read more »
ARM, the semiconductor company whose chip technology powers most modern smartphones, has come up with a chip for the Internet of things. It is an energy-efficient chip technology that is optimized for use in everything from connected lighting to power controls to other home appliances. Read more »
Europe’s digital commissioner Neelie Kroes has a mixed record of helping the continent’s web entrepreneurs. But now she’s opening up to questions from the floor, with a new initiative aimed at finding ways to get Brussels to do a better job for startups. Read more »
Spotify is claiming that its long-delayed launch in Germany has been caused by internationalization issues — an attempt to distract from the difficulties of negotiating with the country’s notoriously hard music rights collector, GEMA. Read more »
The man helping Yahoo’s new CEO plot the company’s rejuvenation has told his staff he is leaving his role as SVP of the Europe, the Middle E… Read more at paidContent »
Western Europe may be behind when it comes to rolling out LTE, but Italian operators are doing their best to catch up. 3 Italia unveiled an aggressive LTE plan on Monday in which it would construct and commercially launch its 4G network this year. Read more »
As regulators on both sides of the Atlantic investigate publishers and Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) for allegedly colluding to fix the price of e-book… Read more at paidContent »
Bethnal Green Ventures thinks it can have an impact on the big issues with an accelerator program for support technology companies working on social and environmental problems. Can it work? Read more »
After threatening to sue each other for copyright infringement in December, the largest players in China’s fast-growing online video market… Read more at paidContent »
Europe’s biggest plastic-box video game retailer Game Group has warned its shares may become worthless, as it struggles to avoid the same fa… Read more at paidContent »
Last week, I lambasted Virgin Media for taking two years to launch its iPad TV guide for its TiVo (NSDQ: TIVO) set-top box.
I have since le… Read more at paidContent »
A prominent local VC has called for German venture capitalists to band together and create a seed platform, but others say the likes of Kickstarter and AngelList need to appear naturally and organically if they are to work Read more »
CNN might yet end up as the owner of Mashable but it’s not imminent despite a single-source report from Felix Salmon at Reuters. The rumored price tag of $200 million is raising eyebrows as well. Read more »
After threatening to sue each other for copyright infringement in December, the largest players in China’s fast-growing online video market have now emerged aiming to join forces to milk what could become a prosperous market sector. Read more »
Wrapp, the mobile app that lets you send gifts to your Facebook friends, is pressing ahead with its expansion by launching in the UK with partners including Asos and Pizza Express. Read more »
A couple of years ago, with Amazon steadily pushing down the prices of e-books, the fortunes of the big book publishers were sinking fast. T… Read more at paidContent »
She may not be convinced of the name, but “cloud” computing has risen close to top of European Commission vice-president Neelie Kroes’ 2012… Read more at paidContent »
Germany’s government wants search engines and news aggregators to pay news publishers for using pieces of their material. Read more at paidContent »
Veteran music access vendor Omnifone may not own a stake in Rara, the fledgling Spotify rival it span off last year – but CEO Jeff Hughes te… Read more at paidContent »
Earlier this week, the Project on Excellence in Journalism issued a detailed digital revenue study that left out even the most basic details… Read more at paidContent »
Florian Heinemann, long-time marketing chief for the infamous Samwer brothers, has joined other ex-Rocketeers at Project A Ventures — an incubator that has been explicitly set up as a move away from Rocket’s copycat model. Read more »
Sequoia’s $10m round of funding for concert database Songkick puts a lot of pressure on the London startup. But CEO Ian Hogarth says he’s ready to cope with everything that’s coming — and plans to make his site the hub for music on the web. Read more »
