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#Cannes2024 : Innovation, Glass and Titanium Shortlists released

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Source: © 123rf The UK Parliament has passed the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill

UK passes Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill

3 Jun 2024

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev's resignation via Twitter was a hoak created by hackers who broke into his Twitter account according to Russian authorities. Image:

Hackers tweeted Medvedev's resignation

15 Aug 2014

One of Telecom Italia's base stations in Italy where the company is still feeling the effects of the recession as fewer people are making calls or using Internet services. Image:

Telecom Italia makes €543m but economic crisis continues

7 Aug 2014

Telefonica has offered Vivendi €6.7bn for its Brazilian subsidiary GVT. Image: Flickr

Telefonica wants to buy Brazil's GVT

6 Aug 2014

Twenty airlines offer Euronews to their passengers

Twenty airlines offer Euronews to their passengers

6 Aug 2014

Beats headphones and music streaming system. The European Commission has approved the deal for Apple to buy Beats for $3bn. Image:

EU clears Apple's $3bn Beats deal despite Bose legal claims

29 Jul 2014

Nokia's Rajeev Suri says that having sold the phone division to Microsoft the company's networking products and services are showing strong growth and profitability. Image:

Nokia renaissance sees profits climb

25 Jul 2014

Counterfeit battle between LVMH and eBay ends

18 Jul 2014

D&AD opens call for entries for 53rd annual Professional Awards

D&AD opens call for entries for 53rd annual Professional Awards

18 Jul 2014

Angela Merkel's Facebook page has been disabled after widespread criciticism from Ukranians for pictures of her enjoying the World Cup Final with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Image: Wikipedia

Hollande, Merkel targets for Ukrainian Internet trolls

17 Jul 2014

Cameron tweets to twits who lost their jobs

Cameron tweets to twits who lost their jobs

16 Jul 2014

Valery Seleznev says his son, hacker son, Roman might die in a US prison unless he's kept on appropriate medication. Image:

Hacking accused could die in US prison

14 Jul 2014

Off/On Commerce Day 2014 on in October in Madrid

Off/On Commerce Day 2014 on in October in Madrid

8 Jul 2014

Google hit by 70,000 'right to be forgotten' requests

Google hit by 70,000 'right to be forgotten' requests

7 Jul 2014

This photograph of Dougie McDonald, taken from the BBC's website shows that searches for the disgraced Scottish referee on Google in South Africa are still working. Image:

Google starts 'forgetting' BBC and UK newspaper stories

4 Jul 2014

Foreign Ministry official Peter Stenlund says Finland has been the target of a huge spying racket for a number of years. Image:

Finland's government offices hacked, documents taken

3 Jul 2014

Rupert Murdoch, Executive Chairman of News Corporation has held talks with his staff after Andy Coulson was convicted of phone hacking charges. Image: Wikipedia

Murdoch heads to UK after phone-hacking trial

27 Jun 2014

Aurelelie Fillippetti, France's Culture Minister has welcomed the ban against Amazon's free shipping and discounted prices. Image: Wikipedia

Anti-Amazon bill adopted in France

27 Jun 2014

John Hoadley, Taqua's Chief Technical Officer says voice-over-WiFi is a reality that offers advantages over using the cellular networks. Image: LinkedIn

Taqua solution for voice calls via WiFi networks

25 Jun 2014

Michele Leridon is the first woman to run news agency Agence France-Presse in the history of the organisation. Image: AFP

AFP gets first woman global news chief

24 Jun 2014

YouTube's Robert Kyncl says the streaming service will start blocking artists and record labels that have not signed its onerous terms and conditions. Image:

YouTube blocks artists on paid music service

19 Jun 2014

Solucom's Gerome Billois says Rex Mundi has tried on several occasions to extort money from companies in return for not publishing stolen data. Image: Solucom

Worthless extortion demand against Domino's Pizza

18 Jun 2014

Bouygues Telecom's Olivier Roussat says it will cut its workforce by 1,516 people in an effort to reduce costs. Image:

Bouygues Telecom cuts workforce by nearly 20%

12 Jun 2014

Whistle-blower Edward Snowden's lawyer has sold the rights to a book he has written about Snowden's exploits to Oliver Stone. Image:

Oliver Stone gets rights to Snowden movie

12 Jun 2014

EU Competition Commissioner Joaquin Alumnia says multi-national companies are not paying enough taxes. Image:

EU says international companies got 'illegal state aid'

12 Jun 2014

Scientist Alan Turing who devised the Turing Test in the 1950s. Image: Wikipedia

Supercomputer so good it's almost human

11 Jun 2014

TomTom's Corrine Vigreux says the new developer portal will allow businesses to provide customised solutions for users of its devices. Image:

Developer portal at TomTom Bridge

11 Jun 2014

Vodafone admits that its phone are being tapped in at least 29 countries around the world. Image:

Vodafone admits phones on global networks are tapped

9 Jun 2014

Germany's Federal Prosecutor Harald Range has opened a criminal case to probe the tapping of Chancellor Angela Merkel's mobile phone. Image: Zimbio

Criminal probe into Merkel phone snooping

6 Jun 2014

Innovation Lions: 30 shortlisted entrants to present their ideas

Innovation Lions: 30 shortlisted entrants to present their ideas

5 Jun 2014

Products sold by El Asira are not typical gadgets or movies found in most other sex shops around the world. Image:

Dutch halal sex shop bonds with Germany's Beate Uhse

5 Jun 2014

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Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev's resignation via Twitter was a hoak created by hackers who broke into his Twitter account according to Russian authorities. Image:

Hackers tweeted Medvedev's resignation

15 Aug 2014

One of Telecom Italia's base stations in Italy where the company is still feeling the effects of the recession as fewer people are making calls or using Internet services. Image:

Telecom Italia makes €543m but economic crisis continues

7 Aug 2014

Telefonica has offered Vivendi €6.7bn for its Brazilian subsidiary GVT. Image: Flickr

Telefonica wants to buy Brazil's GVT

6 Aug 2014

Twenty airlines offer Euronews to their passengers

Twenty airlines offer Euronews to their passengers

6 Aug 2014

Beats headphones and music streaming system. The European Commission has approved the deal for Apple to buy Beats for $3bn. Image:

EU clears Apple's $3bn Beats deal despite Bose legal claims

29 Jul 2014

Nokia's Rajeev Suri says that having sold the phone division to Microsoft the company's networking products and services are showing strong growth and profitability. Image:

Nokia renaissance sees profits climb

25 Jul 2014

Counterfeit battle between LVMH and eBay ends

18 Jul 2014

D&AD opens call for entries for 53rd annual Professional Awards

D&AD opens call for entries for 53rd annual Professional Awards

18 Jul 2014

Angela Merkel's Facebook page has been disabled after widespread criciticism from Ukranians for pictures of her enjoying the World Cup Final with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Image: Wikipedia

Hollande, Merkel targets for Ukrainian Internet trolls

17 Jul 2014

Cameron tweets to twits who lost their jobs

Cameron tweets to twits who lost their jobs

16 Jul 2014

Valery Seleznev says his son, hacker son, Roman might die in a US prison unless he's kept on appropriate medication. Image:

Hacking accused could die in US prison

14 Jul 2014

Off/On Commerce Day 2014 on in October in Madrid

Off/On Commerce Day 2014 on in October in Madrid

8 Jul 2014

Google hit by 70,000 'right to be forgotten' requests

Google hit by 70,000 'right to be forgotten' requests

7 Jul 2014

This photograph of Dougie McDonald, taken from the BBC's website shows that searches for the disgraced Scottish referee on Google in South Africa are still working. Image:

Google starts 'forgetting' BBC and UK newspaper stories

4 Jul 2014

Foreign Ministry official Peter Stenlund says Finland has been the target of a huge spying racket for a number of years. Image:

Finland's government offices hacked, documents taken

3 Jul 2014

Rupert Murdoch, Executive Chairman of News Corporation has held talks with his staff after Andy Coulson was convicted of phone hacking charges. Image: Wikipedia

Murdoch heads to UK after phone-hacking trial

27 Jun 2014

Aurelelie Fillippetti, France's Culture Minister has welcomed the ban against Amazon's free shipping and discounted prices. Image: Wikipedia

Anti-Amazon bill adopted in France

27 Jun 2014

John Hoadley, Taqua's Chief Technical Officer says voice-over-WiFi is a reality that offers advantages over using the cellular networks. Image: LinkedIn

Taqua solution for voice calls via WiFi networks

25 Jun 2014

Michele Leridon is the first woman to run news agency Agence France-Presse in the history of the organisation. Image: AFP

AFP gets first woman global news chief

24 Jun 2014

YouTube's Robert Kyncl says the streaming service will start blocking artists and record labels that have not signed its onerous terms and conditions. Image:

YouTube blocks artists on paid music service

19 Jun 2014

Solucom's Gerome Billois says Rex Mundi has tried on several occasions to extort money from companies in return for not publishing stolen data. Image: Solucom

Worthless extortion demand against Domino's Pizza

18 Jun 2014

Bouygues Telecom's Olivier Roussat says it will cut its workforce by 1,516 people in an effort to reduce costs. Image:

Bouygues Telecom cuts workforce by nearly 20%

12 Jun 2014

Whistle-blower Edward Snowden's lawyer has sold the rights to a book he has written about Snowden's exploits to Oliver Stone. Image:

Oliver Stone gets rights to Snowden movie

12 Jun 2014

EU Competition Commissioner Joaquin Alumnia says multi-national companies are not paying enough taxes. Image:

EU says international companies got 'illegal state aid'

12 Jun 2014

Scientist Alan Turing who devised the Turing Test in the 1950s. Image: Wikipedia

Supercomputer so good it's almost human

11 Jun 2014

TomTom's Corrine Vigreux says the new developer portal will allow businesses to provide customised solutions for users of its devices. Image:

Developer portal at TomTom Bridge

11 Jun 2014

Vodafone admits that its phone are being tapped in at least 29 countries around the world. Image:

Vodafone admits phones on global networks are tapped

9 Jun 2014

Germany's Federal Prosecutor Harald Range has opened a criminal case to probe the tapping of Chancellor Angela Merkel's mobile phone. Image: Zimbio

Criminal probe into Merkel phone snooping

6 Jun 2014

Innovation Lions: 30 shortlisted entrants to present their ideas

Innovation Lions: 30 shortlisted entrants to present their ideas

5 Jun 2014

Products sold by El Asira are not typical gadgets or movies found in most other sex shops around the world. Image:

Dutch halal sex shop bonds with Germany's Beate Uhse

5 Jun 2014

Head of Deezer Simon Baldeyrou says he is proud to have done a deal with Disney Films to bring songs and animation streaming to France and eventually to the 182 countries that Deezer serves. Image:

Disney and Deezer to stream music, animations

3 Jun 2014

The Pirate Bay's Co-founder, Peter Sunde was arrested in Sweden over the weekend and will now have to serve his eight month sentence for copyright infringement. He had been on the run for two years. Image: Wikipedia

Pirate Bay co-founder arrested in Sweden

2 Jun 2014

Cannes Lions: A week of unrivalled content

Cannes Lions: A week of unrivalled content

30 May 2014

Big data and the consumer experience for business

Big data and the consumer experience for business

Jose Capelo 30 May 2014

Warren Buffett's NetJets is proving that partial ownership of private jets makes a viable business. Image:

Catch a private jet for €550 an hour

27 May 2014

People are paying more than €1,000 for refurbish, simple and old phones in France as users seek simpler technologies. Image:

Forget apps, old-school mobiles ring in a comeback

26 May 2014

WIN Chief Executive, Alison Wenham says YouTube's terms and conditions are indefensible for independent music producers. Image:

YouTube resists WIN's music streaming ultimatum

26 May 2014

WIN's Chief Executive, Alison Wenham says that YouTube is trying to force independent music labels to accept its terms of service for a new music streaming service. Image:

WIN gives YouTube streaming ultimatum

23 May 2014

Eminem is the most-played artist on Spotify's free streaming music network. Image:

Eminem tops Spotify's 40m listener list

22 May 2014

At least 100 people have been arrested for buying malware from BlackShades and using it to extort money from innocent victims. Image:

100 arrests in global raids on 'BlackShades' hackers

20 May 2014