Having lobbied hard for a Spanish law that forces Google to pay royalties for using snippets of articles in its News service, and having since seen the company say it would… Read more »
Google has decided to shut down Google News in Spain. The decision follows the passage of a law in July that obliges any news aggregator quoting snippets of text or using… Read more »
On Tuesday, both Thailand and Spain banned Uber. You know the drill by now: The company’s drivers don’t have taxi permits and/or insurance, and the authorities have had an earful from… Read more »
The European Commission has launched an investigation into Orange’s proposed takeover of Spain’s Jazztel. France’s Orange already has a Spanish subsidiary, whose connectivity Jazztel resells as a mobile virtual network operator… Read more »
The company said on Monday that it was in preliminary acquisition talks with two carriers, one of which it confirmed as being O2. The other is reportedly EE. Read more »
The buy, which requires regulatory approval both in Spain and the U.K., would give Orange a better shot against its bigger rivals in Spain, Telefonica and Vodafone. Read more »
Airbnb has been fined €30,000 ($41,000) by the Catalonian authorities in Spain, who say the short-term rental marketplace has been illegally making money off properties that aren’t registered for tourist usage… Read more »
The Spanish firm filed for bankruptcy protection after due diligence-focused investment outfit Gotham City Research exposed phoney revenues and inflated hotspot claims. Read more »
It’s nice to see privacy rights upheld and Google’s attempts to evade European law firmly squashed, but even well-meaning rulings could turn sour when long-term enforcement remains impractical. Read more »
The Geeksphone Revolution promises an intriguingly versatile device, but it’s not all good news — Geeksphone has had to inform those who pre-ordered its current theoretical flagship, the Peak+, that the… Read more »