The SwedishFintech company iZettle, which originally provided solutions for small businesses in the field of mobile payments, has launched its own e-commerce platform. iZettle E-commerce is available in the UK and Sweden since thi...
Uberhas been granted an appeal against the ruling made last October by a tribunal in London, the UK, which found Uber drivers to be employers. The tribunal ruled that Uber drivers are not self-employed, as the company claims, but ...
Germany has drafted a new Network Enforcement Law to tackle hate speech and fake news. Concerns raised include the scope of application for social networks, which some point out lacks specific clarity about the obligations im...
Facebookannounced that it is working on building a small helicopter drone that could bring Internet in areas affected by disasters. The Tether-tenna drone, which is still in research phase, would be suited for usage during natural...
UNESCO has announced the publication of its Internet governance glossary in Arabic, an important tool for policymakers, academics, and Internet governance experts. Multilingual support is an important priority of many organisation...
In Bangladesh, mobile operators have called on the government to remove value-added tax (VAT) and other taxation mechanisms on the use of the Internet from the upcoming national budget. Internet users currently pay 15% VAT, 5% sup...
Online education company Udacity announced that it will begin working in China by launching a website and making their courses available in Chinese. Localised vocational programmes are also planned in cooperation with Chinese tech...
Motherboard and Vice Newshave revealed that the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, the federal police force in Canada, intercepted and decrypted over one million BlackBerry messages in an investigation concerning a mafia group. Accord...
The Internet of Things technology continues to spur innovation. Recently, US researchershave developed a system to facilitate vehicle-to-infrastructure and vehicle-to-vehicle communications, for better traffic management and lesse...
As part of thewider package of measures for Digitising European Industry, the European Commission has launched the 'European Cloud Initiative -Building a competitive data and knowledge economy in Europe', with the aim to strengthe...
The European Commission has presented measures to support the digitisation of a wide range of European industries. The initiatives constitute the first industry-related package of the Digital Single Market Strategy. The measu...
In March we celebrated and recognized Women's History Month, however it's important to continue the conversation year long, as inclusivity is an ongoing journey. In the spirit of this year's theme#EmbraceEquity, I find myself look...