In a case brought forward by an Uber driver, thelabour tribunal in Paris, France ruled that Uber's 'business is intermediation rather than transportation', and that the driver was self-employed. The court denied the driver's reque...
An article in GreenBiz reports on the situation for women's opportunities in the ICT sector, first with a background from a BSR report 'Building Effective Women's Economic Empowerment Strategies', and then highlighting both c...
An article in TechTimes details new steps that Twitter is taking to counter online abuse on the Internet, specifically on Twitter. The article explains work to prevent known abusers from opening new accounts; implementing saf...
The European Parliament has reached an agreement, which will soon allow Europeans to fully use their online subscriptions to digital content when travelling within the EU. The agreement is related to EU's plan to modernise its cop...
Social media and micro-blogging are increasingly useful platforms for communication and social media marketing. However, language limitations impede the reach of information shared only in English, the common language o...
After months of intense discussion, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has decided to block Facebook's Free Basics as it would violate net neutrality principles. 'No service provider shall offer or charge discriminator...
Mozilla is advocating for the Internet to be considered in the same 'category' as other human needs which people already recognise, such as food, water, and shelter. In a blog post emphasising that the 'Internet is a global public...
G?ran Marby, currently Director-General of the Swedish Post and Telecom Authority (PTS), has been named ICANN's new President and CEO. Marby will assume office at ICANN in May 2016, replacing outgoing CEO Fadi Chehade. G?ran Marby...
In the first significant action against a company for transferring European citizen's data to the USA after the Safe Harbour pact was ruled illegal last year, the French data protection authority has given Facebook ...
Symantechas announced that it observed a major spam campaign targeting Brazilian-based companies and other firms that use Portuguese computers worldwide. The campaign, which run between 13 and 20 January, included more than 40000 ...
In an editorial published byBloomberg, the US senator John McCain calls for legislation that would require technology companies to design their technologies in such a way that they can comply with legal requests from authorities f...
Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a chip that may enable mobile devices to run powerful artificial intelligence algorithms and can help boost the Internet of Things. The chip has been des...