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Europe outrage over NSA tempered by necessity External-link
BERLIN — Indignation was sharp and predictable across Europe — a continent where privacy is revered. Yet anger over revelations of U.S. electronic surveillance was tempered by an indisputable fact: Europe wants the information that America intelligence provides.That dilemma was clear Tuesday, only days after leaks a...
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Online eyewear exit sees early backers like Team Europe and Point Nine sell Mister Spex shares External-link
Editor’s note: This article by Michelle Kuepper originally appeared on VentureVillage, the Berlin-based online magazine for digital innovation in Europe. Less than a month after announcing a new 16 million... Keep reading →
Berlin’s iversity wants to play ‘evangelist’ for MOOCs in Europe External-link
As interest in massive open online courses (MOOCs) expands around the world, overseas startups like Berlin-based iversity want to take on American MOOC providers Coursera, edX and Udacity.
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White House declines comment on Snowden, leaks investigation External-link
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House will not discuss the investigation into leaks of details of a top secret U.S. surveillance program nor Edward Snowden, the former CIA employee who has said he was the source of the leak, spokesman Jay Carney said on Monday. Carney also said he did not expect the debate over the...
Tech Idol External-link
Jason Goodman reports from a Seedcamp event in Berlin, where he scouted Europe's top young digital entrepreneurs.
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Merkel challenger criticizes austerity policies External-link
BERLIN (AP) — Chancellor Angela Merkel's challenger in the upcoming election said Tuesday that her government's insistence on budget austerity across Europe is creating economic stagnation and called for a new Marshall Plan to revive the continent.    
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Germany plans one billion euros aid for Spanish SMEs External-link
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany will grant Spanish small and medium-sized companies (SMEs) aid of roughly 1 billion euros ($1.30 billion) as part of a push to combat rising unemployment in southern Europe, a paper from the finance ministry showed.
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One of the mystery investors in ResearchGate’s recent $20m round is Bill Gates External-link
Editor’s note: This article by Nina Fowler originally appeared on VentureVillage, the Berlin-based online magazine for digital innovation in Europe. Scientists’ network ResearchGate recently raised $20m in new funds –... Keep reading →
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Stuck With 30,000 Boxes of Gourmet Chocolate External-link
By Marion Schalk FRANKFURT—When it comes to startups, it's important to remember your size and to stay true to your original vision.Those are the lessons Alyssa McDonald learned the hard way during the process of forming her gourmet chocolate company, Blyss GmbH. She still has 30,000 tin boxes of gourmet chocolate t...
European Startups, Apply For Disrupt Europe: Berlin Startup Battlefield Now! External-link
Calling startups from London to Lyon, from Tel Aviv to Trondheim, from Amsterdam to Athens: We want you. For the very first time, TechCrunch Disrupt is coming to Europe and we're looking for the very best startups to launch on our Berlin stage. Startup Battlefield is the heart and soul of our conferences. Such comp...
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