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David Meyer Mar 3, 2015 (Jun 11, 2020) -- Member states watering down

Alarms sound over changes to EU roaming, net neutrality and privacy rules

The European Parliament’s liberal-centrist bloc has warned over changes being made by EU countries to incoming telecoms legislation, saying they will severely…

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Europe, Mobile, Technology, Work & Collaboration
David Meyer Feb 5, 2015 (Jun 11, 2020) -- National giants get close

BT agrees to $19B takeover of EE, paving way for close DT relationship

The negotiations are over: pending regulatory approval, BT will get back into the U.K.’s mobile scene in a big way by buying…

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Europe, Mobile, Technology
David Meyer Feb 4, 2015 (Jun 11, 2020) -- Avengers assembling

Facebook faces fight in Europe over new privacy policy

Last week Facebook rolled out a new privacy policy that allows the sharing of data between its various services, such as Instagram…

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Europe, Technology, Work & Collaboration
David Meyer Feb 3, 2015 (Jun 11, 2020) -- And look where he did it

Web inventor warns against zero-rating net neutrality threat

Zero-rating – where carriers charge nothing or very little for the data used by specific apps and web services – is a…

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Europe, Technology, Work & Collaboration
David Meyer Jan 30, 2015 (Jun 11, 2020) -- Telling users what's collected

Google to give all users clearer information about data use

Google has vowed to revise its privacy policy and account settings, in order to make it clearer to people what it does with…

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Europe, Technology, Work & Collaboration
David Meyer Jan 27, 2015 (Jun 11, 2020) -- Zero-rating targeted

Dutch and Slovenian regulators nail carriers over net neutrality

While the European Union dithers over EU-wide net neutrality, some European countries are marching on regardless. On Friday Slovenia’s regulators nailed carriers…

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Europe, Technology, Work & Collaboration
David Meyer Jan 19, 2015 (Jun 11, 2020) -- 50,000 of what exactly?

The problem with Uber’s European job promises

The newly humble Uber has made its pitch to city officials around Europe by promising the creation of “50,000 jobs” during 2015…

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Europe, Technology, Work & Collaboration
David Meyer Jan 16, 2015 (Jun 11, 2020) -- Was it a special deal?

EU publishes details of Amazon Luxembourg “state aid” tax probe

Last year the European Commission opened an in-depth investigation into Amazon’s Luxembourg tax arrangements, which may be illegal. Amazon funnels its European…

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Europe, Technology
David Meyer Jan 15, 2015 (Jun 11, 2020) -- Something doesn't fit

The curious case of Angela Merkel and her EU data retention ideas

In the wake of last week’s terrorist attacks in Paris, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has called on the European Commission to deliver…

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Europe, Technology, Work & Collaboration
David Meyer Jan 13, 2015 (Jun 11, 2020) -- Precious airwaves

EU seeks opinions on using 700MHz spectrum for mobile broadband

When it comes to freeing up the valuable 700MHz airwaves for mobile broadband, Europe’s wheels are slowly turning. Last September, former trade…

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Europe, Mobile, Technology
David Meyer Jan 11, 2015 (Jun 11, 2020) -- Well that makes sense

EU response to free speech killings? More internet censorship

In the wake of this week’s terrorist attacks in Paris, which began with the killing of 12 people at the offices of…

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Europe, Technology, Work & Collaboration
David Meyer Jan 9, 2015 (Jun 11, 2020) -- National laws in trouble

EU legal advisers cast doubt on data retention legality

The European Parliament’s legal advisors have issued a report into the repercussions of last year’s ruling by the Court of Justice of…

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Europe, Technology, Work & Collaboration
Kif Leswing Dec 29, 2014 (Jun 11, 2020) -- no takebacks

Europeans have two weeks to return iTunes purchases for a refund

Apple has quietly introduced a 14-day return policy for iTunes, App Store, and iBooks purchases in several countries in Europe, according to 9to5Mac.…

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Apple, Europe, Mobile, Technology
David Meyer Dec 18, 2014 (Jun 11, 2020) -- Won't extend what doesn't work

EU digital economy chief downplays “Google tax” reports

Ever since Germany’s Günther Oettinger became the new EU commissioner for the digital economy, with copyright reform as part of his brief,…

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Europe, Technology, Work & Collaboration
David Meyer Dec 16, 2014 (Jun 11, 2020) -- More meaningful sums

Google could face €15M privacy fine in the Netherlands

Google has been threatened with yet another fine in Europe over its cavalier approach to EU privacy laws. However, while previous fines…

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Europe, Technology, Work & Collaboration
David Meyer Dec 16, 2014 (Jun 11, 2020) -- Your guide to the VAT bomb

EU tax change is about to hammer small digital service providers

Starting in January, new EU tax rules will force many businesses offering online services across the Union to take on a load of…

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Europe, Technology, Work & Collaboration
David Meyer Dec 15, 2014 (Jun 11, 2020) -- Consolidation a-go-go

BT in talks to buy EE for $20 billion

BT, the company once known as British Telecom, said on Monday that it is now exclusively negotiating a possible £12.5 billion ($19.6…

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Europe, Mobile, Technology
David Meyer Dec 8, 2014 (Jun 11, 2020) -- Get a move on

EU digital chief tries to maintain single digital market momentum

European member states may be keen to water down current net neutrality proposals and push back against the centralization of radio spectrum…

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Europe, Technology, Work & Collaboration
David Meyer Nov 28, 2014 (Jun 11, 2020) -- Blog Post

How Europe could cut Google down to size without splitting it up

Google's EU search antitrust case is a complex beast that is being overloaded by vested interests. Competition commission Margrethe Vestager would be best advised to keep her solutions simple, and here are some suggestions for what those solutions might entail.…

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Europe, Technology, Work & Collaboration
David Meyer Nov 27, 2014 (Jun 11, 2020) -- Blog Post

Looks like the EU net neutrality debate will run into 2015

The Council of the EU, representing the 28 member states, is currently debating how to finalize the strict net neutrality rules that…

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Europe, Technology, Work & Collaboration
David Meyer Nov 14, 2014 (Jun 11, 2020) -- Blog Post

EU net neutrality law, almost a done deal, may face restart

With a new European Commission having taken the place of the one that proposed the Telecom Package, and with that bundle of laws not having achieved final approval yet, hard-won battles may need to be fought again.…

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Technology, Work & Collaboration
David Meyer Nov 12, 2014 (Jun 11, 2020) -- Blog Post

Google antitrust case: New EU competition chief wants fresh talks with complainants

Europe’s last antitrust chief, Joaquin Almunia, couldn’t settle his department’s four-year case against Google, keen though he was to do so. Now…

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Europe, Technology, Work & Collaboration
David Meyer Oct 31, 2014 (Jun 11, 2020) -- Blog Post

Salesforce opens first European data center in UK

Salesforce.com has taken the wraps off its first EU-sited data center in Slough, England, little more than a week after Amazon opened…

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Cloud & Infrastructure, Europe, Technology
David Meyer Oct 30, 2014 (Jun 11, 2020) -- Blog Post

What’s wrong with automatically scanning Twitter for suicidal tweets?

The Samaritans Radar Twitter app, launched this week by the U.K.'s main suicide prevention charity, has good intentions. However, it's an ethical and legal minefield.…

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Europe, Technology, Work & Collaboration

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