Expect a swathe of consolidation in the European e-learning sector in the coming months. Edxus Group, a new London-based corporate operating edtech company, is planning to plough in €50-60 million ($ 64-$ 77m) over the next 18 months to develop and acquire European e-learning businesses and build out a single regional player with the scale to compete against U.S. edtech giants, it said today.
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New U.K. Edtech Entity To Spend Up To $77M Acquiring European E-Learning Firms Over Next 18 Months To Build Regional Giant
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European commissioner promises single mobile market by 2015
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on May 20, 2013
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As much as Europe can hope for deeper integration, it doesn’t feel that way when citizens get whacked for hefty roaming rates. European digital commissioner Neelie Kroes has got such charges in her sights, telling business leaders that she’s planning to push through a single mobile telecoms market before she retires in 2015. She told European Business summit that she had “no intention to retire until [she'd] knocked down all the barriers to a single market,” which was her “major priority” for the rest of her term. Hopefully those on that side of the pond will never again have to fork out $ 8 per day just to check Vine.
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Source: EUObserver
How European Startups Are Battling Labor Laws For Developers and Programmers
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on May 15, 2013
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Nerval’s Lobster writes “The United States with its H-1B controversy isn’t the only country going through that sort of immigration upheaval. As the cult of entrepreneurship spirals upward in Europe, the intricate vagaries of immigration policy on the continent are being newly scrutinized by our company-building classes. Freshly venture-backed European Internet companies want talent, and they are going to remarkable lengths to get it — but not always legally. Milo Yiannopoulos talked to whole bunch of entrepreneurs and investors in Europe about the fudges, shortcuts, workarounds and, in some cases, ‘strategic decision-making’ are — just about — getting their companies the talent they need. For example, one well-known Parisian venture capitalist told Milo that he knows of ‘at least nine’ startups in France employing developers illegally, keeping them off the books not only to avoid France’s notoriously onerous labor laws but also because it would have been impossible, or simply too expensive, to import them officially.”
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HTC Watch shuts down in six European countries this month
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on May 1, 2013
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HTC has confirmed it will shutter its HTC Watch video streaming service in six locations, with the company saying it plans to focus on areas where adoption has been stronger. Launched on the HTC Flyer back in mid-2011, Watch was HTC’s attempt to challenge iTunes on the iPhone with a media download and rental store,
European M-Payments Startup SumUp Partners With Revel Systems, An iPad POS Provider, For Its Push Into Europe
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on April 26, 2013
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SumUp, one of the many European mobile card reader startups targeting small businesses — and taking advantage of Square’s continued absence to acquire users and build out a business — has taken another step designed to expand its reach by announcing a partnership with Revel Systems, a maker of iPad POS software.
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Google issues settlement terms to the European Union
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on April 14, 2013
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Google has issued some new settlement terms to EU regulators to make sure that its search engine is much more competition-friendly. According to The Wall Street Journal’s sources, Google’s proposal was submitted last week, and will alter the way the search engine will look in Europe (it will look the same as it does now
European Carriers Complain To EU About Anti-Competitive Contracts With Apple
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on March 23, 2013
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whoever57 writes “Several European phone carriers have complained to the EU about the contracts that Apple imposes on them if they want to sell the iPhone. Because the contracts stipulate a minimum purchase, and the Carrier must compensate Apple if they fail to sell through that minimum, it has the effect of forcing the carrier to promote iPhones ahead of alternative phones. The European Commission is monitoring the situation. Apple claims that its “contracts fully comply with local laws wherever we do business, including the EU.”"
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European regulators scrutinize iPhone contracts with carriers
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on March 22, 2013
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Informal antitrust probe comes after carriers complain that Apple’s strict terms squelch competition. [Read more]
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Jawbone Releases Android UP App, Makes Wristband Available In European Apple Stores
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on March 20, 2013
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Jawbone announced today that its app for UP, the company’s movement-tracking wristband, is now available for Android on Google Play. The $ 129 UP was previously only compatible with iOS. The wristband can also now be purchased in European Apple stores, and will be made available in Asia and Australia next month.
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European Human Rights Court Rejects Pirate Bay Founders’ Appeal
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on March 13, 2013
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A bit over a year since having their case rejected by the Swedish Supreme Court and appealing to the European Human Rights Court, it looks like basically all legal options have been exhausted for the Pirate Bay Founders: their case has been rejected. From the article: “The EHCR recognizes that the Swedish verdict interferes with the right to freedom of expression, but ruled that this was necessary to protect the rights of copyright holders. In its decision the Court also considered the fact that The Pirate Bay did not remove torrents linking to copyrighted material when they were asked to ‘The Court held that sharing, or allowing others to share files of this kind on the Internet, even copyright-protected material and for profit-making purposes, was covered by the right to “receive and impart information” under Article 10 … However, the Court considered that the domestic courts had rightly balanced the competing interests at stake – i.e. the right of the applicants to receive and impart information and the necessity to protect copyright – when convicting the applicants and therefore rejected their application as manifestly ill-founded.’”
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‘Old School’ Hackers Attack European Governments Using ‘MiniDuke’ Malware
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on February 28, 2013
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puddingebola writes “The Guardian reports that hackers have been targeting officials from over 20 European governments with a new piece of malware called ‘MiniDuke.’ ‘The cybersecurity firm Kaspersky Lab, which discovered MiniDuke, said the attackers had servers based in Panama and Turkey – but an examination of the code revealed no further clues about its origin (PDF). Goverments targeted include those of Ireland, Romania, Portugal, Belgium and the Czech Republic. The malware also compromised the computers of a prominent research foundation in Hungary, two thinktanks, and an unnamed healthcare provider in the US.’ Eugene Kaspersky says it’s an unusual piece of malware because it’s reminiscent of attacks from two decades ago. ‘I remember this style of malicious programming from the end of the 1990s and the beginning of the 2000s. I wonder if these types of malware writers, who have been in hibernation for more than a decade, have suddenly awoken and joined the sophisticated group of threat actors active in the cyber world.’ The computers were corrupted through an Adobe PDF attachment to an email.”
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European regulators tell Google to get its privacy policy issues sorted
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on February 19, 2013
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Early last year when Google revealed that it would be combining its privacy policy across all its services, many people cried foul, stating that such a move allowed it to gather far too much information about its users. Google contended that the short, simpler privacy policy is something that users prefer, and that having one
Fly Your Flag — Let’s See Some European Country Pavilions At Disrupt In New York
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on February 17, 2013
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This year we want to make it very, very obvious that TechCrunch events are open to all. In the past we’ve had startups appear from everywhere from Tokyo to Russia to Ghana, Africa. And this year we want to see a great turn-out from Europe, so we’re specifically inviting European startups to Disrupt NYC held on April 29-May 1. After-all, there’s a growing European startup scene in New York, so this is very much the right time. You can apply for the upcoming Battlefield competition at Disrupt New York and also apply to be part of the ‘pavilions’ in Startup Alley, our demo area for newly launched startups. Please apply to be part of the Startup Alley here. Apply for the Battlefield here. Get a taster for the Alley in the above video.
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European Court Finds Copyright Doesn’t Automatically Trump Freedom Of Expression
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on February 8, 2013
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First time accepted submitter admiral snackbar writes “The European Court of Human Rights has declared that the copyright monopoly stands in direct conflict with fundamental Human Rights, as defined in the European Union and elsewhere. ‘For the first time in a judgment on the merits, the European Court of Human Rights has clarified that a conviction based on copyright law for illegally reproducing or publicly communicating copyright protected material can be regarded as an interference with the right of freedom of expression and information under Article 10 of the European Convention [on Human Rights]. Such interference must be in accordance with the three conditions enshrined in the second paragraph of Article 10 of the Convention. This means that a conviction or any other judicial decision based on copyright law, restricting a person’s or an organization’s freedom of expression, must be pertinently motivated as being necessary in a democratic society, apart from being prescribed by law and pursuing a legitimate aim.’”
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Skyrim PS3 DLC European release dates outed by Bethesda
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on February 4, 2013
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Last week, Bethesda announced North American release dates for the long-awaited collection of Skyrim PS3 DLC, but unfortunately, it didn’t have any news to give about European release dates. That all changed today, as Bethesda has updated its original post with release dates for Europe. As is usually the case for DLC, they’ll be hitting
Google proposes settlement in European antitrust case
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on February 1, 2013
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The European Commission has received a proposal from Google to settle an antitrust investigation into the compny’s search engine practices, a Commission spokesman said on Friday. At the same time, an industry organization said it has filed another antitrust complaint against Google with the Commission.
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Ingenico Agrees To Acquire European Online Payment Services Provider, Ogone, For €360M To Build Out Multi-Channel Payments Strategy
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on January 29, 2013
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Ingenico, a global payment provider, is to acquire Brussels-based, pan-European online merchant payment services provider Ogone for €360 million. Ingenico said the acquisition furthers its strategy of becoming a “one-stop-shop” multi-channel payments provider, with Ogone’s online platform helping to build out its existing point-of-sale and mobile payment offerings.
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The Europas – Europe’s Tech Startup Oscars – Showcases A Booming European Scene
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on January 22, 2013
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The Europas – Europe’s tech startup awards – hit Berlin on Tuesday evening with over 1,000 guests gathering to celebrate the best of the continent’s tech entrepreneurship. ZeptoLab, the Moscow-based makers of the smash hit Cut The Rope game took the ‘winner of winner’s’ Grand Prix award after hitting 300 million downloads, marking it out as potentially the next Rovio/AngryBirds killer combination. Another gaming firm, Wooga, snatched the People’s Choice Award. The Berlin-based social gaming company won after 300,000 votes were cast by Europe’s tech industry. London’s Wonga was named Best “Heavyweight” Startup after a year which saw the online short-term loans pioneer’s profits surge. The best Startup Founders were named as the team behind science platform Mendeley. And Atomico was named Best VC of the year in Europe by the judges.
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Report: European Commission May Force Google To Change How It Presents Its Search Results
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on January 10, 2013
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The U.S. Federal Trade Commission gave Google a slap on the wrist after it concluded its antitrust investigation into the company’s business practices, but it looks like it may not get away that easily in Europe. The Financial Times reports that EU Competition Commissioner Joaqiun Almunia wants to “prevent Google distorting choices for consumers and taking business from rivals.”
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European Commission Support of FRAND Licenses Hurts Open Standards
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on January 2, 2013
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jrepin writes “While the UK has seen the light, the EU has actually gone backwards on open standards in recent times. The original European Interoperability Framework required royalty-free licensing, but what was doubtless a pretty intense wave of lobbying in Brussels overturned that, and EIF v2 ended up pushing FRAND, which effectively locks out open source — the whole point of the exercise. Shamefully, some parts of the European Commission are still attacking open source.”
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15 Things European Startups Might Want For Christmas
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on December 25, 2012
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What do European startups want for Christmas? We’ve come up with a list of ideas. Feel free to ad your own in the comments.
1. Inspiration – We want European tech founders to think more collectively, lobby government more effectively and put themselves out there as heroes for the next generation to emulate. Don’t be shy!
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Tesla’s European pricing for the Model S starts at €60,000, UK version due in Late 2013
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on December 20, 2012
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Hot on the heels of the announcement that it’ll open a distribution center in The Netherlands, Tesla Motors has spilled the beans on how many limbs Europeans will have to auction to afford one of its Model S EVs. The 60kWh edition will set you back €60,000 with the sportier (and faster) 85kWh version will begin at just under €92,000. Britons eager to get their hands on the cars will take heart that a right-hand-drive model may hit production in the tail-end of next year, but if you place your order before the end of December, you’ll get the same €1,700 discount that our friends on the continent will enjoy.
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European Data Retention Rule Could Violate Fundamental EU Law
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on December 20, 2012
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An anonymous reader writes in with a story about the Constitutional Court of Austria objecting to the EU’s data retention law. “The European Union’s data retention law could breach fundamental E.U. law because its requirements result in an invasion of citizens’ privacy, according to the Constitutional Court of Austria, which has asked the European Court of Justice (ECJ) to determine the directive’s validity. The primary problem with the data retention law is that it almost exclusively affects people in whom government or law enforcement have no prior interest. But authorities use the data for investigations and are informed about people’s personal lives, the court said, and there is a risk that the data can be abused. ‘We doubt that the E.U. Data Retention Directive is really compatible with the rights that are guaranteed by the E.U. Charter of Fundamental Rights,’ Gerhart Holzinger, president of the Constitutional Court of Austria said in a statement.”
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Samsung Drops European Injunction Requests Against Apple
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on December 18, 2012
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An anonymous reader writes with this IDG News report: “Samsung dropped all claims pending in European courts in which it asserted patents that are essential for mobile communication devices to prevent the sales of Apple products in Europe. The injunction requests against Apple, which aimed to get courts to impose sales bans on infringing products, were withdrawn in the U.K., France, the Netherlands, Germany and Italy. Samsung only withdrew the injunctions requests — other litigation against Apple in Europe continues, Anne ter Braak, a spokeswoman for Samsung in the Netherlands, said in an email on Tuesday. While Samsung said it withdrew its claims in the interest of protecting consumer choice, it could have to do with a European antitrust investigation.”
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Samsung drops European claims against Apple
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on December 18, 2012
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Samsung dropped all claims pending in European courts in which it asserted patents that are essential for mobile communication devices to prevent the sales of Apple products in Europe.
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Tesla to open a European distribution center for EVs in the Netherlands this month
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on December 14, 2012
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Tesla has wanted to spread its EV wings beyond North America for awhile, and we now know exactly where its European nest will be. Later this month, the automaker plans to open a distribution center in Tilburg, The Netherlands. The hub will serve as a point of assembly for the continent’s cars while also handling imports, parts, repairs and training, including for the Model S and Roadster. Tilburg will be put to full use when it starts manufacturing left-hand drive Model S models in March. As long a wait as that might seem, it could lead to fewer headaches and quicker deliveries for Old World drivers who want a truly new ride.
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YouTube Expands Automatic Captioning To 6 European Languages, Now Supporting 10 Languages Total
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on November 28, 2012
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YouTube announced today that it’s expanding the number of languages that will automatically be captioned in videos uploaded to its library, with support for six European languages. The new languages supported include German, Italian, French, Portuguese, Russian, and Dutch, so that deaf, hard-of-hearing, and viewers who speak other languages will be able to follow along to those videos.
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European Central Bank Casts Wary Eye Toward Bitcoin
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on November 3, 2012
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An anonymous reader writes “Erik Voorhees blogs for bitinstant.com: ‘On Oct 29, 2012, the European Central Bank (ECB) released an official (and very nicely prepared) report called “Virtual Currency Schemes (PDF).” The 55-page report looks at several facets of what virtual currencies are, how they’re being used, and what they can do. As it happens, the term “Bitcoin” appears 183 times. In fact, roughly a quarter of the whole report is specifically dedicated to Bitcoin and it’s probably a safe assumption that Bitcoin’s growth over the past year was the catalyst for producing this study in the first place. The report from the ECB concludes, in part: Virtual currencies fall within central banks’ responsibility due to their characteristics, and Virtual currencies could have a “negative impact on the reputation of central banks.”‘ Could this be the first step toward regulation of the digital currency?”
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Sweden Imports European Garbage To Power the Nation
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on October 30, 2012
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Hugh Pickens writes “NPR reports that Sweden’s program of generating energy from garbage is wildly successful, but recently its success has also generated a surprising issue: There is simply not enough trash. Sweden has recently begun to import about eight hundred thousand tons of trash from the rest of Europe per year to use in its power plants. Sweden already brings trash from Norway and hopes to get garbage from Italy, Romania, Bulgaria and the Baltic countries. Sweden creates energy for around 250,000 homes and powers one-fifth of the district heating system. Its incineration plants offer a look into the future where countries could potentially make money off of their trash instead of dumping. Landfilling of organic materials – a highly inefficient and environmentally degrading system (PDF) — has been forbidden in Sweden since 2005 and emissions of the greenhouse gas methane from landfills has fallen dramatically (PDF). ‘I hope that we instead will get the waste from Italy or from Romania or Bulgaria or the Baltic countries because they landfill a lot in these countries,’ says Catarina Ostlund, a senior advisor for the country’s environmental protection agency. ‘They don’t have any incineration plants or recycling plants, so they need to find a solution for their waste.’”
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Yelp Pays $50M To Acquire Its Big European Rival, Qype, To Beef Up Its Recommendations And Listings Business
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on October 24, 2012
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This just in: online recommendations and listings site Yelp is stepping up its international push and buying its biggest rival in Europe, Qype. It will pay €18.6 million for all of Qype’s shares and is adding another 970,000 shares of Yelp’s Class A common stock, for a total purchase price of approximately $ 50 million USD. Qype is headquartered in Germany, with operations also in the United Kingdom. Combined, the two will be able to also compete better against the likes of Google, which combines its search, listings, user feedback and maps into a powerful product to rival that of Yelp’s.
Apple facing European investigation into how it sells AppleCare
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on October 1, 2012
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Ever hemmed and hawed over buying AppleCare with your shiny new gadget? European chiefs are worried that you don’t know all of your rights. They’re concerned that Cupertino’s warranty-selling practices hide the fact that all customers are entitled to a statutory two-year warranty to fix defects present at sale. The company has already had to open its checkbook to Italian regulators, but pointed out that the protection plan is there to remedy issues that may crop up after you’ve taken your new toy from its perfectly-engineered box. Nevertheless, commissioner Viviane Reding is pushing for a Europe-wide inquiry into the company, contacting all 27 member states to look into the matter. In the meantime, we’re left working out how many times we’re likely to drop our new device in the next three years.
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European luxury and sport at the 2012 Paris Motor Show (roundup)
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on September 29, 2012
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As our coverage of the 2012 Paris Motor Show winds up, we reflect on the impressive displays and sheer ambition in the automakers’ efforts, during a time when the European economy is in a bit of a slump. [Read more]
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European Lumia 920 prices surface
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on September 28, 2012
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Like most major announcements these days, details about pricing and release dates were absent from Nokia‘s reveal of the incoming Lumia 920. That all changed today, with Nokia posting Lumia 920 prices for some European regions. Reuters reports that these prices weren’t actually set by Nokia, but rather by the retailers who purchase the phones
Nokia Lumia 920, 820 get official European prices, launching in November
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on September 27, 2012
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The optical nous of the Lumia 920 won’t just be visiting Australia soon. Nokia has revealed that its Windows Phone 8 flagship will arrive in Europe priced at 649 euros ($ 836), while the Lumia 820 will arrive several hundred euros cheaper at 499 euros ($ 643). Both will arrive in Italy and Germany some time in November, although the company weren’t pointing to any specific launch date just yet. Further east, Russian Nokia fans can already put in their preorder, with the devices there arriving at some point in Q4 2012.
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Nokia Lumia 920, 820 get official European prices, launching in November originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 27 Sep 2012 06:34:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Following Local Acquisitions, Fab Launches Full-Blown European Site Out Of Berlin
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on September 24, 2012
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Last week online commerce and design powerhouse Fab was admitting, with some irony, that the design of its user experience had not been great, given that it required users to log-in before viewing items. With that requirement dumped, the stage is set for its next move: a full blown assault on the European market following its acquisition this year of Germany player Casacanda and most recently Llustre in the UK. The new ‘Fab Europe’ site opens today.
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iPhone 5 Scorns Standards Promise To European Commission
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on September 15, 2012
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WebMink writes “Back in 2009, Apple signed an agreement aimed at reducing electronic waste resulting from mobile phone accessories. But this week’s launch of the iPhone 5 shows them reneging on that commitment. Instead of including a micro-USB connector on the iPhone, as they agreed to do along with the rest of the phone industry, they created yet another proprietary connector. At a stroke, they have junked earlier iPhone accessories, forced a new industry in Apple-only accessories to arise and broken their promise to the EC. It’s a huge missed opportunity both for their customers and for the environment.”
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7digital named European music partner for Toshiba connected TVs
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on September 1, 2012
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Media provider 7digital has mostly been making news on the Windows front recently, making its music offerings available for Windows Phone earlier this year and serving up 20 million tracks through its preview version for Windows 8. Now the digital media company is branching out to Toshiba televisions as well, inking a deal to be the European music partner for the Toshiba Places platform. The agreement, which represents 7digital’s first foray into the connected TV market, will allow consumers with a Toshiba Places account to browse through the content provider’s music catalogue, create playlists and stream music directly through the television. The company says the feature should be compatible with televisions equipped with Toshiba Places since May 2011. Five countries — the UK, France, Italy, Germany and Spain — are slated to get first crack when the service goes live in Europe in September. For more details about the service, feel free to peruse the company PR after the break.
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European Commission investigating 13 companies for optical drive price fixing
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on July 24, 2012
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The European Commission is digging it its heels and officially launching an investigation into 13 companies for allegedly rigging bids on optical drives with at least two major OEMs. The companies haven’t been named, but it’s safe to assume if the Commission is getting involved these aren’t two-bit players selling cheap knockoffs. With the Statement of Objections issued, now its a matter of gathering evidence and formally charging those it can build a case against. With an e-book investigation underway and a DRAM conspiracy not far in its past, the existence of an optical drive cartel is probably not the sort of news the Commission wants to hear right now. Sadly, there’s not much detail to share, but you’ll find the complete and brief PR after the break. Now its just time to sit back and wait to see what companies we’re allowed to start hating next.
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European Commission investigating 13 companies for optical drive price fixing originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 24 Jul 2012 08:49:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Adidas miCoach out now on European Xbox 360s and PS3s, connects to cameras and own hardware
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on July 15, 2012
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Those looking to hone their own olympian body in preparation for this year’s Games can grab Adidas’ miCoach title for both Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. Tapping into both consoles’ respective motion-sensing cameras (and Adidas’ own sensors and units), there are six sports to dabble in, with over 400 different exercises that can be synced with existing miCoach accounts. There’s also a raft of Adidas-emblazoned athletes to takie you through those motions. The games are priced up at £21 (around $ 32) a piece in the UK, but American indoor athletes can expect their version to arrive around July 24.
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European rocket launches new US satellite, weather-tracking spacecraft
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on July 6, 2012
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European Parliament easily rejects ACTA copyright treaty
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on July 5, 2012
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Members of the European Parliament rejected the controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement on Wednesday by 478 votes to 39.
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European Parliament rejects ACTA in 478 to 39 vote
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on July 4, 2012
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ACTA, the controversial anti-counterfeiting trade agreement, has been rejected by the European Parliament by a staggering majority. The law was smacked down by a 478 to 39 vote, and has now been completely killed in Europe. Internet activists rallied against ACTA when it was seen to be a legislative act that was far too broad,
Report: Payleven, A European Square From Rocket Internet, Gets Funding From NEA, Holzbrinck, Ru-Net
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on June 22, 2012
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With Square yet to enter Europe, there is an increasing amount of activity from would-be competitors looking to fill the same niche using dongles on smartphones to enable card payments. The latest comes from Payleven, which has picked up “tens of millions” of euros in funding from New Enterprise Associates, Holtzbrinck Ventures and the Russian VC ru-net, according to an unconfirmed report in Deutsche Startups. Payleven is part of Rocket Internet, the incubator/investment vehicle from the Samwer brothers (known for developing clones of popular U.S. services like Groupon — and then selling them as part of inorganic growth plays).
Rocket Internet is famously secretive about who invests in its projects and how much, so it’s been hard to pin this one down. The responses we’ve received have been not flat-out denials, and with a wide berth might even read them as indirect confirmations. But they’re thin on detail: “Unfortunately we cannot provide any more colour on that [news],” Holzbrinck told TechCrunch. “I think you’re very well aware of Rocket’s policy on disclosing information to the press.” ”As usual Rocket is not very open minded about publishing information about the funding,” another person close to the deal said. Rocket Internet, meanwhile, has also declined to comment directly but has opened the kimono a little to outline Payleven’s strategy going forward.
GameFounders: An Accelerator For European Game Startups
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on June 22, 2012
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There’s a new startup accelerator in town, and by town, I mean Estonia. The accelerator is called GameFounders, and it’s looking to accept up to 10 gaming startups in its inaugural class.
GameFounders says it’s the first European accelerator to focus on game developers. It’s offering an investment of 15,000 euros in exchange for 9 percent of the company, and you don’t need to have formed a company, as long as your team is willing to incorporate after it joins GameFounders. The accelerator is open to any kind of game, as long as it has already launched (even if it’s only in beta). At the same time, the website notes that “it is more likely at the moment for mobile games to get investments.”
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European Parliament trade committee recommends rejecting ACTA copyright treaty
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on June 21, 2012
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Voddler’s Lumia-exclusive video streaming app debuts for European Windows Phone users
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on June 13, 2012
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Need an extra reason to give a Nokia Lumia some serious consideration? Today, Voddler has announced the official debut of its Windows Phone app for citizens of Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland and Spain. Designed in conjunction with Nokia, the app is exclusive to Lumia owners and provides access to thousands of movies on demand. While many selections are available only as rentals, penny-pinchers will also find a wealth of free, ad-supported videos. Unique to this version, users may partake in a social feature known as Movie Night, which allows like-minded friends to schedule and coordinate movie viewing, chat and then review the flicks. Lumia users will also be treated to four months of Voddler Plus, a subscription service that eschews the ads of free titles and allows individuals to download movies for offline playback. Voddler Plus typically costs 79 SEK (€7.90) per month, so it’s not a bad way to dip your toes into the water. Properly situated Lumia owners may download the app today in the Marketplace. For everyone else, feel free to dream of a life more Scandinavian in the PR after the break.
Voddler’s Lumia-exclusive video streaming app debuts for European Windows Phone users originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 13 Jun 2012 04:33:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Plans for European Extremely Large Telescope approved, is indeed extremely large
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on June 13, 2012
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We see a lot of “world’s largest” claims around here. And this isn’t even the first one for a telescope. But this one is actually for the world’s biggest optical telescope, and that somehow makes it easier to grasp the magnitude of. At a cost of 1.1 billion Euros, it doesn’t come cheap, but the European Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) has just been given the go ahead — and truly lives up to its name. The mirror it uses will measure 39 meters across (four times that of typical mirrors,) comprising nearly 800 hexagonal pieces, and will swallow 12 times more light than the current biggest in existence. This, of course, means that it will be able to peep galaxies much farther away, and those in the process of formation in much more clarity. The project was approved by the European Southern Observatory council, which got the nod from ten countries in the continent, with others provisionally giving the thumbs up pending government backing. The telescope itself, however, will be located atop Chile’s Cerro Armazones mountain in the Atacama Desert once completed.
Plans for European Extremely Large Telescope approved, is indeed extremely large originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 12 Jun 2012 21:29:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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European ISPs Ask ITU To Limit Net Neutrality
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on June 12, 2012
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judgecorp writes “The UN telecoms body, the ITU is busy writing new regulations for international telecoms — and European service providers, through their body ETNO have urged ITU to enshrine a two-tier Internet by defining a right for service providers to charge more for end-to-end quality of service, as opposed to best efforts connection. The two-tier Internet is opposed by Net Neutrality advocates, and has been outlawed in the Netherlands.”
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European Scientists Make a Case For a Return To the Moon
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on June 11, 2012
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MarkWhittington writes “While the official target of NASA’s space exploration program remains exploring Earth approaching asteroids, the case for a return to the moon has been made from a variety of quarters. The most recent attempt to make a case for the moon is in a paper, titled Back to the Moon: The Scientific Rationale for Resuming Lunar Surface Exploration, soon to be published in the journal Planetary and Space Science.”
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LG’s Optimus 4X HD officially making its way to 11 European locales, ‘surprise’ in store
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on June 10, 2012
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It’s no secret that LG planned to launch its 4.7-inch Optimus 4X HD in select European countries this month, and now the company has confirmed that it’s right on schedule. Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, Great Britain and Italy will be the first to receive the Tegra 3-loaded Android 4.0 smartphone, followed by the likes of six others. According to the translated presser, LG also has a “major surprise” in store regarding the device’s launches as well, although details appear to be ambiguous for the time being. You can read all about it from the source below while re-acquainting yourself with its 720p HD IPS LCD using our hands-on from MWC.
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