World’s Oldest Newspaper Goes Digital Only »

26 September 2013 | Netopia

Lloyd's List, the world's oldest continuously published newspaper that was founded in 1734, announced it will put an end to the print edition in December, in favour of digitalisation. This decision... »

France pushing the EU to regulate global internet companies »

20 September 2013 | Netopia

France will push the European Union to adopt stricter tax and privacy rules for global internet companies – such as Google, Amazon.com and Facebook – at the next summit of European leaders at the end ... »

Google’s New Technology Raises Privacy Concerns »

17 September 2013 | Netopia

On 16 September, Google blew the lid off its in-development 'Glass' technology to journalists in Brussels. The Glass is a computer worn around the head with an optical display and responds to the voic... »

Commission’s Proposal Towards an EU Single Market for Telecoms »

12 September 2013 | Netopia

The European Commission adopted yesterday its “Connected Continent” legislative package, an ambitious plan in telecoms market reform. The proposal aims at reducing the roaming and international call p... »

The US favour Multi-stakeholder Internet Governance »

9 September 2013 | Netopia

For the first time, the US State Department’s Bureau of International Organization Affairs is granting $350,000 as a one-time contribution for the Internet Governance Forum (IGF). This funding – that ... »

Europeans Eager for New Tech, but Worry About Costs »

6 September 2013 | Netopia

The latest Eurobarometer e-Communications Household Survey shows that Europeans are increasingly open to the opportunities offered by new tools and services, as illustrated by the high figures for new... »

Facebook: Latest Policy Revisions Might Spark New Privacy Battle »

5 September 2013 | netopia

Facebook has once again updated its data-use policy, allowing the routine use of users’ names and images for advertising without their consent. The social network site said that the goal of the upd... »

Study Recommends Making More Spectrum Available in the EU »

4 September 2013 | netopia

A new study funded by the European Commission found that Europeans are increasingly using Wi-Fi Internet and that this trend is set to continue. 71% of all wireless data traffic delivered to smartp... »

New Major Incidents Report by EU Cyber Security Agency »

3 September 2013 | netopia

At the end of August, the EU Agency for Network and Information Security (ENISA) published a report on the major Internet network outage incidents in the EU in 2012. The report reveals that out of the... »

More than 900 Million Tablets in Use by 2017 »

3 September 2013 | netopia

According to a report by Forrester Research published in August, the global installed base of tablets will reach 905 million by 2017. Tablets will be used by over one in eight people on earth, includi... »