Tag: Europe

Online Privacy Debate Heats Up With FTC And Commerce Dept. Reports Coming Soon
To say online privacy is a controversial area is an understatement. It's always been challenging but has gotten even more so with the rise of social networks, online shopping, and...
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Epic Poker League Launching On The Poker Channel
Fans in Europe will soon be able to watch the best Poker players in the world duke it out. Epic Poker League, the new professional poker...
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Google Antitrust Regulation Still Up In The Air In Europe
Google may or may not face a “statement of objections” from the EU’s antitrust department. Apparently it could go either way, as the regulators have so far been unable to decide wh...
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Google Calls on Webmasters to Help it Improve Search
Google hires employees all the time, but interestingly the company has basically put out a help wanted ad...
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Google Panda Update – Winners and Losers in Europe
Over the past week or so, Searchmetrics has been sharing info on the winners and losers of Google's Panda update in Europe. Today, t...
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Google Faces More Antitrust Complaints In Europe
Google's antitrust troubles in Europe aren't even close to being over, according to a man who would know.  Vice President of the European Commission...
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U.K. Leads Europe In Online Retail Visits
In January 2011, 270.6 million unique visitors in Europe visited sites in the retail category, representing a market reach of 74.5 percent of Internet users, an increase of 8.5 pe...
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Eric Schmidt Speaks at Humboldt University: Full Video
Google CEO Eric Schmidt spoke at Humboldt University in Berlin last week. Google has now made video of the entire speech available. He talks about Google increas...
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Google Plans 1,000-Person Hiring Spree In Europe
Anyone concerned that Google's growth will slow under Larry Page can probably at least put aside those fears with respect to the company's headcount.  Outgoing CEO Eric Sch...
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Amazon Buys European Netflix-Like Company, LoveFilm
Amazon is acquiring the remaining shares in LoveFilm, which is often referred to around the web as the "Netflix of Europe". Amaz...
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European Flight Search Site Skyscanner Buys Travel Startup Zoombu
European flight search provider Skyscanner has acquired UK travel startup Zoombu, which only laun...
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eBay Pays $200 Million to Acquire Brands4friends [Update]
Update: eBay just announced that it has completed the acquisition.  Original Article (12/20): eBay announced that it is acqui...
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Firefox Becomes Top Browser In Europe
If anyone at Mozilla is keeping some sort of historical record, December 2010 is a month that's sure to be starred.  A new report from StatCounter indicates that, in terms...
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Twitter To Add European Employees Next Year
It looks like a whole new push to gain users, attract advertisers, or do both will soon get underway at Twitter.  The company's confirmed that it'll have employees based in...
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