Historically, developers independently implemented error handling, observability, and security within each application or microservice to ensure the success of inbound and outbound…
Read MoreA British man has found some sympathy in the courts because Google did not delete false comments about him made on Blogger fast enough. Does his case open a backdoor to internet regulation?…
Read MoreThe reasons that European entrepreneurs and investors are starting up financial technology companies are many — including opportunism, pragmatism and even fear.…
Read MoreWith Netflix on a roll, its big European rival — Amazon-owned Lovefilm — seems more and more desperate to staunch the flow of subscribers quitting the service and moving elsewhere.…
Read MoreLots of news sites believe that using the Facebook platform — or other smart systems — can help reduce the amount of trollish activity in their comments. But the truth could be much simpler, and much less palatable for them, than that.…
Read MoreInternet companies spend a lot of money lobbying governments to try and get what they want — and nowhere is the picture more complex than Europe. Here's a quick look at who pulls the strings at federal and national levels.…
Read MoreBeing in charge of a company presents many challenges, whether you're the founder or a senior employee. But there are a whole category of problems that you only discover when you start up yourself, says Doug Monro of UK classified search service Adzuna.…
Read MoreEurope has been talking for weeks about the possibility that the Samwer brothers, Germany's uber clonemeisters, may be taking some or all of their copycat empire public. Would it be a victory for Europe's startups? Or confirmation that they lack imagination?…
Read MoreSpeed is important when you're building a new company. But don't think it's the only thing that matters, says Philipp Moehring, one of the faces behind leading European accelerator Seedcamp.…
Read MoreA year after it launched as a skunkworks project inside music data company The Echo Nest, trendy social music site This Is My Jam is "looking at options" for going independent — as well as getting ready to launch some fun new site exploration features.…
Read MoreBritain's tech community is fretting again over the dominance of young white men on the conference circuit. But events veteran Mel Kirk says that forcing diversity ignores the deep skews in the industry itself.…
Read MoreA child protection scandal and failure to innovate have left Habbo Hotel — once one of the most popular virtual worlds — reeling. Now with the departure of CEO Paul LaFontaine, it's feeling increasingly like the Finnish company faces a do or die moment.…
Read MoreA string of offensive hashtag memes in France has spurred the government to announce a consultation on hate speech with Twitter. It could mark a watershed for the country's approach to social media — but it's not just Paris that has a problem. We all do.…
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