A couple of days after showing how deep their affection is for users finding the right privacy features in Google products, the company acknowledged the European Union for its acceptance of open standards.
LeWeb Conference Stresses Europe’s Importance
Major tech conferences tend to include at least one stop in California. The two-day LeWeb event is being held outside Paris, France, though, as it’s all about Europe.
Troubled Yahoo Europe Hires New Marketing VP
Orange is a huge communications corporation. Research In Motion is a top wireless device company. And now Kristof Fahy has moved on from those places of business to Yahoo Europe, where he’ll serve as vice president of marketing.
France, Sweden Top Europe In Blog, Internet Use
I’ve seen a lot of nationalities get insulted online, and no one seems to detect and respond to those insults as quickly as the French. Now I know why: according to a new Forrester Research study, young French Internet users are more likely than just about anyone else in Europe to visit a blog.
(Parts Of) Yahoo Europe Given Ultimatum
About two months ago, we reported that Google was interested in hiring a lot of new European employees. Now there’s word that Yahoo’s moving in the opposite direction; some European departments will have to either improve their performance or be sold or shut down.
Google Transit Makes Itself Useful In Europe
Public transportation doesn’t seem too tempting when you’ve got a car in the garage. But if you’re on vacation in another country, those sorts of systems start to look quite nice, and so we welcome the introduction of Google Transit trip planner for Europe.
Google Street View Spreads To Europe?
Four days ago, Google’s Global Privacy Counsel wrote a blog post about Street View and respecting other countries’ laws. At the time, we believed his comments were directed at Canada. But they may also apply to England; what appears to be one of Google Street View’s camera cars has been sighted in London.
Europe Braces For Google Buildup
In an article for the Financial Times, Maija Palmer said it all, writing, “Google is planning to expand its staff by a third, with most of the new hirings in Europe . . .” But to add my editorial voice to the mix: holy crap.
Europe Wants U.S. Based Microsoft To Pay
Microsoft has lost its appeal of a $690 million fine as set down by the European Commission for antitrust allegations against the software giant.
GM Launches Social Media Newsroom in Europe
When you think of General Motors and social media, you tend to think of the FastLane Blog and GM vice chairman and corporate blogger-in-chief, Bob Lutz.