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Jimmy Wales Blasts Europe’s “Right To Be Forgotten” Ruling As A “Terrible Danger”
Court of Justice that requires Google to consider information removal requests from individuals whose data its search engine has indexed. In comments emailed to TechCrunch, Wales described the ruling as censorship of knowledge — pure and simple. “In the case of truthful, non-defamatory information obtained legally, I think there is no possibility of any defensible… Read More -
Vodafone Publishes Highly Detailed Report Into State Surveillance Requests
Carrier Vodafone has published a report detailing the surveillance demands that were made on its users by government agencies and authorities in 29 of the different countries around the world in which it operates. The report covers the period 1 April 2013 and 31 March 2014. Read More -
Europe’s Top Court Rules That Browsing The Internet Does Not In Itself Infringe Copyright (Phew)
A long-running European legal battle over the copyright status of cached copies of documents held on the computers of Internet users has been resolved today. A preliminary ruling by the European Court of Justice has sided with common sense, ruling that digital copies shown on a web browser’s computer screen or held temporary in a cache do not in fact infringe on copyright… Read More -
Neoji Is A Sensor-Packed Home Security, Safety And Efficiency Monitoring Hub
We’ve seen smart home security systems before, such as Canary. We’ve also seen wireless in-home hubs focused on controlling your lighting or heating. And smart sensors for monitoring indoor air quality. Neoji is a smart home hub that’s ambitiously aiming to bundle all those function into a single, AI-powered hub device for your home. Read More -
Alternative Investing Startup Wikifolio Raises €6M For International Expansion
Alternative investing startup Wikifolio has closed a €6 million funding round led by European early stage venture fund Speedinvest. The fresh capital will be used by the Austrian company, which I’m told broke-even in the first quarter of 2014, to expand beyond its home country and Germany. Read More -
PackLink Pulls In $9M, Led By Accel, To Grow Its Parcel Shipping Platform Business
European online package shipping marketplace startup PackLink has pulled in $9 million in Series B funding, led by Accel Parters. Existing investor Active Venture Partners also participated in the round. PackLink’s total raised funding to-date now totals $11 million. Read More -
SportsQuest Wants To Be QuizUp For Sport, With A Few Twists
QuizUp is a challenge-style game that was released last September and has created a lot of buzz around its social model. The massive take-up it achieved demonstrated that there was a market for competitive, real-time quiz apps. A few new apps have tried to replicate this, but not many in vertical subjects. SportsQuest, by Cuju Media, is an iOS app that plans to do just that and was… Read More -
Chic By Choice Is A European Take On RentTheRunway
Rent The Runway has made a splash as a way for women to literally rent high fashion. Now a new startup hopes it can reproduce that success with a similar model, which has a new take on the idea, with the goal of bringing a large variety of luxury rentals to all major markets in Europe. With Chic By Choice, you hire designer dresses curated by boutiques and department stores. Read More -
Profitero Raises $8M From Polaris Partners To Scale E-Commerce Intelligence
Profitero, a SaaS provider of online insights and e-commerce intelligence for retailers and brands, has raised $8 million from Polaris Partners. It will use the funds to double its 40-strong engineering team and expand its presence in North America and abroad. Profitero says it want so be the “Nielsen for online global retailers and brands.” Read More -
Lima Raises $2.5 Million For Its Personal, Subscription-Free Dropbox
French startup Lima already did a very successful Kickstarter campaign last year, raising more than $1.2 million. But the company just raised even more money — French VC firm Partech Ventures invested $2.5 million. As a reminder, Lima is a small device that you plug to your router, as well as one or multiple USB drives. It will then seamlessly transform your USB drives into a… Read More
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