Netflix is looking to launch in Spain later this year, according to local media reports that were relayed by Variety this weekend. According…
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Meet Sens’it, a gadget that lets you play with Sigfox’s IoT network
Consumer gadget enthusiasts might have fawned over the new Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge and the Huawei Watch at Mobile World Congress, but…
Read MoreExternal traffic to Spanish news sites plummets after Google move
Traffic-measurement firm Chartbeat says that external traffic to Spanish news sites is down by double digits in the wake of their removal from the Google News index…
Read MoreSpanish newspapers beg for help as Google News closure looms
Having lobbied hard for a Spanish law that forces Google to pay royalties for using snippets of articles in its News service,…
Read MoreGoogle axes News in Spain in response to royalty law
Google has decided to shut down Google News in Spain. The decision follows the passage of a law in July that obliges…
Read MoreUber banned in Spain & Thailand, sued in Portland, hassled in Rio
On Tuesday, both Thailand and Spain banned Uber. You know the drill by now: The company’s drivers don’t have taxi permits and/or…
Read MoreEurope probes Orange-Jazztel merger over competition concerns
The European Commission has launched an investigation into Orange’s proposed takeover of Spain’s Jazztel. France’s Orange already has a Spanish subsidiary, whose…
Read MoreBT could buy O2 or EE to get back into the mobile carrier game
The company said on Monday that it was in preliminary acquisition talks with two carriers, one of which it confirmed as being O2. The other is reportedly EE.…
Read MoreOrange makes $4.4B takeover bid for Spain’s Jazztel
The buy, which requires regulatory approval both in Spain and the U.K., would give Orange a better shot against its bigger rivals in Spain, Telefonica and Vodafone.…
Read MoreAirbnb fined $41K over renting of unregistered Barcelona apartments
Airbnb has been fined €30,000 ($41,000) by the Catalonian authorities in Spain, who say the short-term rental marketplace has been illegally making…
Read MorePublic Wi-Fi provider Gowex implodes as CEO takes responsibility for false accounting
The Spanish firm filed for bankruptcy protection after due diligence-focused investment outfit Gotham City Research exposed phoney revenues and inflated hotspot claims.…
Read MoreGoogle’s lost its “right to be forgotten” case in Europe, and that may not be a good thing
It's nice to see privacy rights upheld and Google's attempts to evade European law firmly squashed, but even well-meaning rulings could turn sour when long-term enforcement remains impractical.…
Read MoreGeeksphone’s versatile Revolution gets CyanogenMod 11 and another price cut
The plucky Spanish outfit's own-brand smartphone may offer loads of operating system options, but its repeated discounting suggests it's not terribly popular. Geeksphone has also revealed the processor for its upcoming Blackphone.…
Read MoreTelefónica buys cloud desktop startup eyeOS
The purchase will allow Telefónica to offer an HTML5-friendly desktop virtualization service to small businesses and government customers.…
Read MoreVodafone buys Ono for $10B to offer mobile, fixed-line and TV bundles in Spain
The deal is indicative both of Vodafone's current wealth and of the European trend toward converging and consolidating fixed-line and mobile services.…
Read MoreWant Android and Firefox OS in one phone? Geeksphone has something lined up for you
The Geeksphone Revolution promises an intriguingly versatile device, but it's not all good news -- Geeksphone has had to inform those who pre-ordered its current theoretical flagship, the Peak+, that the device has been cancelled due to supply chain problems.…
Read MoreLatest Snowden revelations inspire hack attack on Australia, embarrassment in Europe
Indonesian leaders and hackers are incensed after it emerged how the Australians worked with the Americans on surveillance in that and other Asian countries. Meanwhile in Europe, the cooperation of various intelligence agencies with the British has been exposed.…
Read MoreShared Wi-Fi needn’t be anonymous: Gowex builds a social hotspot network in NYC
Spanish Wi-Fi provider has already built a 2000-hotspot network in NYC. Now its enticing businesses onto that network by promising them the ability to communicate with their customers.…
Read MoreU.S. officials: NSA didn’t spy on French and Spanish, as domestic agencies did that for them
If the Wall Street Journal's sources are correct, then France and Spain's intelligence agencies have a whole lot of explaining to do.…
Read MoreNSA scandal: Spain targeted, Obama “knew” of Merkel bug, and Japan wouldn’t aid China tap
The weekend brought a spate of updates in the ongoing NSA saga. German media reported that Barack Obama had known about the…
Read MoreWindows Phone is doing way better in Europe than in the U.S.
Figures from Kantar Worldpanel show Microsoft's smartphone platform is on the rise in key EU markets, where 7 out of every 10 smartphones sold carry Android.…
Read MoreAlcatel-Lucent picks up much-needed LTE momentum with Telefónica win
After a long lull in its home region, Alcatel-Lucent has one a key 4G deal with Telefónica in Spain. Could this be the first step in Alcatel-Lucent's climb back up the LTE heap?…
Read MoreTelefónica steps up its security game with Eleven Paths “hothouse”
The startup-within-a-telco comprises a Spanish team with a track record, who will try to develop speedy solutions to network and mobile vulnerability problems.…
Read MoreSpain’s carriers unite on Joyn – is this the future of mobile?
The three biggest mobile operators in Spain have all launched Joyn, the consumer-facing brand name for Rich Communications Services. But, with entrenched over-the-top rivals such as WhatsApp, is this long-gestating platform too late?…
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