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French ad group Publicis buys Sapient in $3.7bn deal

French ad group Publicis buys Sapient in $3.7bn deal

5 Nov 2014

The EU's Ryan Heath has denounced Hungary's plan to charge a tax 50 Euro cents per gigabyte of data transferred as a threat to personal freedom and says the whole plan is deeply flawed. Image:

EU denounces Hungary's internet tax as "bad"

29 Oct 2014

Solar flares blast radiation, high-energy particles and magnetised plasma into space and threaten satellites, disrupt electricity grids and can terminate telecommunication services. Image: Wikipedia

'Twisted rope' of charged particles precede solar storms

23 Oct 2014

Apple's new iPads are using chips that are embedded directly into the phone to securely handle transactions and this move poses a threat to French company Gemalto according to analysts at Barclays. Image: Gemalto

Apple's new SIM hurts Gemalto in France

22 Oct 2014

Justice Secretary Chris Grayling is calling for jail sentences to be increased by up to two years for online harassment or threats of violence. Image: Wikipedia

UK internet trolls may be jailed for two years

20 Oct 2014

EU Competition Commissioner Joaquin Almunia says that many of the accusations levelled against Google are illogical and nonsensical. Image:

EU anti-trust boss says Google fears are irrational

17 Oct 2014

Former Communications Minister in the Romanian government is accused of soliciting bribes from companies supplying Microsoft's software, widely used by government departments in Romania. Image:

Microsoft licences: Romania's probe of state officials

17 Oct 2014

S-Money's Nicolas Chatillon says the use of Twitter to send money to individuals or companies may revolutionise bank practices all over the world. Image:

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