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Warc research shows that globally, newsbrand ad spend is forecast to fall to $32.3bn this year, a 33.1% decrease from 2019, as hard news stories – from trade wars to armed conflicts – draw audiences but not ad dollars. (Image supplied)

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20 Oct 2014

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EU anti-trust boss says Google fears are irrational

17 Oct 2014

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Microsoft licences: Romania's probe of state officials

17 Oct 2014

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France lets users Tweet money to others

15 Oct 2014

Google's Eric Schmidt says that its biggest competitor is Amazon and probably some small start-up company that nobody has heard about yet. Image:

Google sees Amazon as its biggest competition

14 Oct 2014

Head of the German Publishers' and Booksellers' Association Heinrich Riethmuller says publishers are "not scared" of Amazon or its threat to boycott online sales. Image:

German book publishers 'not scared' of Amazon

8 Oct 2014

EU Competition Commissioner Joaquin Almunia says that Luxembourg is cooperating with the investigation and has supplied documents it needs in the probe into whether Amazon's tax deal amounted to state aid. Image:

Amazon facing EU probe over tax deals

8 Oct 2014

Rovio's Mikael Hed says that falling sales have forced the company to cut jobs and look for new sources of revenue. Image:

Angry Birds not selling so jobs going

6 Oct 2014

Funai is asking the Court of Arbitration to rule in its favour that Philips pay it €312m in compensation for a failed deal in which Funai attempted to by the electronic products division from the Dutch company. Image: Wikipedia

Funai demands €312m from Philips

6 Oct 2014

The Samwer brothers, Oliver, Marc and Alexander run Rocket Internet that debuted on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. Rocket Internet controls 66 companies and has about 20,000 employees worldwide. Image:

Rocket Internet loses value in IPO

3 Oct 2014

Apple, with its iPhones, iPads and iPods has made billions of euros in Europe and yet paid just a fraction in taxes even though it is actually one of the richest companies in the world. Image:

Apple's "sweet" tax deal with Ireland being scrutinised

1 Oct 2014

EU Digital Commissioner Guenther Oettinger has been berated by the German press for saying celebrities who are "stupid enough" to put nude images on the internet cannot be protected. Image:

German papers ridicule Oettinger for comments

1 Oct 2014

British MP Stella Creasy was the victim of abuse from Twitter user Peter Nunn who was jailed for 18 weeks for his campaign against her by a judge in the UK. Image: Flickr

Twitter abuse: man jailed for 18 weeks

30 Sep 2014

Media tycoon Rupert Murdoch is likely to press ahead with his plans to create Sky Europe by amalgamating BSkyB with Sky Deutschland and Sky Italia. Image: Wikipedia

Sky Deutschland against BSkyB offer

18 Sep 2014

Orange's Chief Executive Stephane Richard is confident that shareholders will approve the deal worth €3.4bn to buy Jazztel. Image:

Orange seeks to buy Spain's Jazztel for $4.4bn

17 Sep 2014

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Phones 4 U collapses in UK putting jobs on the line

16 Sep 2014

Telefonica Deutschland is to raise €3.62bn to pay for its rival E-Plus. Image:

Telefonic to raise cash to pay for E-Plus

11 Sep 2014

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Facebook members in court for speed trap tip-offs

10 Sep 2014

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Samsung, Philips and Infineon fined for cartel

4 Sep 2014

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Samsung's new 'phablets' and smartwatch

4 Sep 2014

Uber's European boss Pierre-Dimitri Gore-Coty says Uber is looking to change its service to comply with the court ruling but also says it is unfazed by the setback. Image:

Uber's services halted in Germany

3 Sep 2014

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2 Sep 2014

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WEF's 'Crowdsourcing' push to find ways to control internet

29 Aug 2014

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26 Aug 2014

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Scottish teens not keen on independence

20 Aug 2014

ESA's Director-General Jean-Jacques Dordain says the satellite navigation system should start operating sometimes next year but its full capabilities will only materialise by about 2019. Image: ESA

ESA to launch two navigation satellites this week

20 Aug 2014

Julian Assange is keen to leave the Ecuadorian Embassy but will not do so without assurances that he won't be extradited to Sweden or the USA to face charges against him. Image:

Assange going nowhere until assurances are given

19 Aug 2014

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev's resignation via Twitter was a hoak created by hackers who broke into his Twitter account according to Russian authorities. Image:

Hackers tweeted Medvedev's resignation

15 Aug 2014

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