257 posts and columns on Europe
HP Is Negotiating to Settle Bribery Charges
The allegations stem from a deal with a Russian government agency.Voices
Google Fined in European Privacy Probe
Spain on Thursday became the first of six European governments investigating Google’s compliance with privacy laws to fine the Internet giant.Voices
NetSuite Speeds Data-Center Rollout Amid NSA Spying
Cloud application vendor NetSuite Inc. is accelerating its construction of data centers in Europe as a result of the National Security Agency’s eavesdropping activities.Cisco Loses Microsoft-Skype Challenge in EU
Microsoft’s $8.5 billion takeover of Skype is not anticompetitive, says the EU.News Byte
EU Approval Clears Way for Microsoft-Nokia Deal
Europe has signed off on Microsoft’s pending acquisition of Nokia’s phone business. On Wednesday morning, the European Commission, the European Union’s antitrust authority, rubber-stamped the deal, saying a review had concluded that the transaction would not raise any competition concerns. The EC’s approval follows by mere days a similar endorsement by the U.S. Department of Justice, and sets the stage for the deal to be completed early next year.News Byte
Vine Goes Global With Added Language Support
Vine, the six-second video-sharing app acquired by Twitter last year, announced support for 19 new languages on Thursday. The expansion is focused mostly on European and Asian countries, areas where Vine’s sister app, Twitter, is seeing some of its fastest growth.The World’s Most Powerful Supercomputer Is Still in China
What the top American machine lacks in raw power, it makes up for in efficiency.Departing Skype Exec Gillett to Become Head of “Value Creation” at Silver Lake
Mystery managed, as the British exec might say!News Byte