Sweden

Mind-Boggling: The Numbers Behind Ruzzle’s Rise (And Fall?)

Eric Johnson in News on February 26 at 2:45 pm PT

Eat our D-U-S-T, Zynga … hey, wait, where’s everyone going?

Exclusive: PayPal Co-Founder Levchin Launches New Payments Startup, Affirm

Kara Swisher in Mobile on February 26 at 1:35 pm PT

He’s back, and this time the well-known entrepreneur wants to give you a digital charge card.

Meet Compuverde, Sweden’s Answer to Big-Data Storage Problems

Arik Hesseldahl in News on August 20, 2012 at 7:33 am PT

What do the Swedes know about big data that you don’t?

Netflix Heads to Scandinavia

Peter Kafka in Media on August 15, 2012 at 3:12 am PT

Here’s the “attractive European market” Reed Hastings was talking about last month.

Gap, H&M, Sephora and Others Unwrap New Social Gifting Service in the U.S.

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on April 29, 2012 at 9:01 pm PT

More than 25 major retailers, including the Gap, H&M, Sephora, Brooklyn Industries and others, are working with a small Swedish company named Wrapp to roll-out a social gifting service in the U.S.

Spotify’s Special Projects Head Shakil Khan Moves to Path to Do Same

Kara Swisher in News on March 30, 2012 at 5:00 am PT

The fix-it guy for the popular music service takes his tools over to the personal social network.

Anonymous Fails, Once Again, to Make Its Point

Arik Hesseldahl in News on January 20, 2012 at 1:58 pm PT

Big as they were, the attacks carried out in revenge for the Megaupload arrests accomplished nothing significant.

Wrapp to Open Up Its New Group-Gifting Service in the U.S.

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on September 27, 2011 at 4:48 pm PT

You’ve heard of group buying, where large masses of people commit to buying something at a discounted price. Here comes a company pitching the idea of group gifting.

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Julian Assange Denied Bail After Arrest

Jeanne Whalen, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on December 7, 2010 at 8:20 am PT

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was denied bail at a court hearing following his arrest in the U.K. early Tuesday on an international warrant related to sexual-assault allegations in Sweden.

News Byte

WikiLeaks Leaves Amazon, Returns to Sweden

Beth Callaghan in News on December 1, 2010 at 1:12 pm PT

WikiLeaks has left its U.S. host, Amazon Web Services, and moved its operations back to Sweden. The whistleblowing site had left Bahnhof, its Swedish host, and sought refuge with Amazon after Sunday’s leak of U.S. State Department documents left it besieged by almost constant DDOS attacks. The site reported another DDOS attack early yesterday, and was down earlier today. Neither WikiLeaks nor Amazon has officially commented on their relationship or why it ended.