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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Opera users can now easily share collections of bookmarks
The Opera browser now includes a bookmark-sharing feature, the Norwegian firm said on Wednesday. Instead of having to paste multiple URLs into…
Read MorePro-net neutrality Norway advises carriers to avoid zero-rating
The Norwegian telecoms regulator has recommended that carriers should avoid offering certain web services for free while charging for others, as this would violate voluntary (but observed) net neutrality guidelines.…
Read MoreNorway’s Thin Film gets $23M to fund printed electronics roadmap
The Norwegian printed electronics firm Thin Film – which we recently covered for its smart label partnership with Cisco-backed Evrythng – has…
Read MoreOpera’s doing well on Android, with more than 100M users
Opera for Android has increased its user numbers 73 percent year-on-year, even though its share of the Android market actually appears to be falling.…
Read MoreApple accused of breaking Norwegian law with iCloud terms and conditions
Norway’s Consumer Council has taken issue with Apple(s aapl)’s terms and conditions for iCloud storage. Following a review of various providers’ terms…
Read MoreChromecast sees strong sales in the U.K., Norway
U.K. electronics retailer Currys sold a Chromecast every 4.5 seconds on launch day, leading to comparisons with the launch of the iPad.…
Read MoreNSA news roundup: Malware attacks and a Treasure Map
The Dutch publication NRC has published claims, based on Edward Snowden’s leaks, that more than 50,000 computing networks around the world have…
Read MoreInside the World’s Largest Carbon-Capture Test Facility
http://spectrum.ieee.org/energy/fossil-fuels/inside-the-worlds-largest-carboncapture-test-facility The largest test site in the world for trialing technologies that capture, recycle and store carbon emissions is the $1 billion,…
Read MoreMeet the slimy, gelatinous sea creature that could someday produce biofuel
Researchers think the humble tunicate could be grown in huge colonies off the coast of Norway.…
Read MoreWhy Opera’s lightweight Mini browser is more popular than ever
Six years after Norway's Opera put out its compression-happy Mini browser for internet-capable phones, growth continues to accelerate. This should serve as a barometer for those designing services aimed at emerging markets.…
Read MoreFacebook forced to kill photo-tagging suggestions for EU users – for now
The social network has bowed to the demands of privacy regulators across the EU and axed its facial recognition features for European users. However, it plans to bring the functionality back once it's figured out how to give its users real privacy choice.…
Read MoreNetflix chasing down Amazon’s Lovefilm to Scandinavia
Buoyed by better results than expected from its first European foray, Netflix will head north this winter - a move which means it now competes with Lovefilm in a majority of the Amazon brand's markets.…
Read MoreiZettle says it’s ‘confused’ by Visa blockade
Europe's equivalent of Square has been going gangbusters in recent months, but after falling foul of Visa Europe, the company can no longer accept Visa cards in Denmark, Norway and Finland. What nobody is prepared to say is precisely why it's happening now.…
Read MoreiZettle banks $31m to become the global Square
Since coming out of beta last year, Swedish payments service iZettle has been very careful about how it has grown. The company…
Read MoreFirst Spotify app gets funded: Soundrop raises $3M
Soundrop became the first app on Spotify's app platform to secure major funding this week, and its investor is none other than Northzone - a company that also led the music service's early funding round. But Soundrop has big ambitions that reach well beyond Spotify.…
Read MoreSpotify rival WiMP has global ambitions, too – now it needs cash
Spotify's closest Scandinavian competitor says it must seek new investment to join its digital music peers in international expansion this year.…
Read MoreThe Norwegian newspaper turning video upside down
With all eyes on Norway as mass killer Anders Breivik goes on trial for slaying 77 people last summer, local newspaper Dagbladet has taken a lean, innovative approach to providing real-time video coverage for its readers on the web.…
Read MoreScandinavia’s hottest digital startups: payments firms
Payments are big up north. A Square competitor and an online payments facilitator are named the Nordic region's most promising digital outfits.…
Read MoreiZettle launches across Nordics — next stop U.K.
Despite being known as Europe's answer to Square, the payments service iZettle has only officially been available in Sweden since launching last year. Now that's changing, with news of a rollout across Norway, Denmark and Finland, and the first step toward a British service too.…
Read MoreNokia Buys Norway's Smarterphone To Spruce Up Its Feature Phone OS
Just as Nokia (NYSE: NOK) is gearing up for a splash at CES to kick off the U.S. launch of its new line of Microsoft-powered smartphones, it……
Read MoreMecom Sells Norwegian News Unit But Retains Digital Interest
Pan-European newspaper publisher Mecom is selling its Norwegian business Edda Media to rival A-Pressen for €221.8 ($299.67/£190.79) milli……
Read MoreTwo Tracks For Digital Music: Aspiro White Label Deal; 7digital Tablet App
According to figures from IE Market Research, there are currently 832 million paid users of digital music worldwide, with that number expect……
Read MoreMicrosoft Shifts Strategies To Expand Xbox Live TV, Go Global
After years of effort and speculation, Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) has pieced together nearly 40 broadcast services from around the world to boos……
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