Europe Lags Behind the US in the Digital Learning »

22 October 2013 | Netopia

In a policy document entitled Opening Up Education, published on 25 September, the European Commission pushed universities to embrace digital teaching and make more course material freely available on... »

Flood of New Subscriptions for German Email Providers »

18 October 2013 | Netopia

In recent weeks, German email providers have seen a surge of new subscription – up to 80%increase – following the NSA internet monitoring scandal. Companies used concerns over US surveillance as part ... »

Internet users hit 60% of shop online »

16 October 2013 | netopia

Internet access is very diffuse in the EU and so, as part of the European Year of Citizens 2013, the week of 14-20 October has been dedicated to the online shopping. To mark the event, Eurostat has... »

How to make the most of cloud computing »

16 October 2013 | netopia

The European Parliament’s Industry research and energy committee (ITRE) said in a report that, in order to get the most out of cloud computing, operator switching should be made easier and more inform... »

The European Commission asks Estonia to withdraw its broadband proposal »

16 October 2013 | netopia

The Commission asked the Estonian Telecoms regulator to withdraw its proposal to compute regulated fees which the dominant operator can charge other operators to use its broadband infrastructure. T... »

Amazon wins court ruling over IBM in CIA cloud contract »

9 October 2013 | Netopia

The US Court of Federal Claims ruled in favour of Amazon’s cloud computing contract with the CIA, reversing the Government Accountability Office recommendation and shutting down IBM’s efforts to reope... »

An Alliance to Bring Affordable Internet Access in Poor Countries »

7 October 2013 | Netopia

The Alliance for Affordable Internet (A4AI) has jointly been created by Google, the US Agency for International Development, the UK Department for International Development and the philanthropic organ... »

Google Acquires Flutter, a Gesture Recognition Interface Startup »

3 October 2013 | Netopia

Flutter, a company that focuses on gesture recognition technology, confirmed it has been acquired by Google. It’s product, an app detecting hand gestures from webcam devices and allowing the users to ... »

39 percent of Total EU Economic Activity Depends on IP Rights »

1 October 2013 | Netopia

The European Patent Office (EPO) and the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (OHIM) carried out a study measuring the importance of Intellectual Property rights (IPR) in the EU economy. T... »

Twitter Expected to Release Initial Public Offering Papers »

30 September 2013 | Netopia

Twitter Inc. would be planning to release its secret filing for an initial public offering (IPO) this week. That means the social media and microblogging company's stock could get its shares on the pu... »