May 5, 2014 | News, Western Europe
May 4 (Reuters) – German engineering firm Siemens AG is close to finalizing an agreement to sell its logistics and airports solutions business to a group led by billionaire investor Wilbur Ross, Bloomberg reported on Sunday, quoting people familiar with the...
May 2, 2014 | News, North America, Western Europe
TechCrunch May 2, 2014 Google has made another move to build out its e-commerce business, and specifically its retail portal Google Shopping. It has acquired Rangespan, a London-based provider of back office services for online retailers, using data science to help...
Apr 24, 2014 | News, Western Europe
TechCrunch April 24, 2014 When big data is more than a buzzword it can soon turn into a huge headache for developers or those charged with managing the storage and access of large and growing data sets. That’s the problem open source startup Crate Data has set out to...
Apr 23, 2014 | News, Western Europe
TechCrunch April 23, 2014 Now that TechCrunch has launched slideshows galleries I’m thinking of lining one up to illustrate the proliferation of on-demand car services/taxi apps in Europe. Earlier today there was Estonia’s Taxify taking in a $100,000 seed. And here’s...
Apr 23, 2014 | News, Western Europe
TechCrunch April 23, 2014 Last November, Robin Wauters, ex-TechCrunch writer and former European editor for The Next Web, launched new tech blog, Tech.eu, with a stated mission to fill the “gap” left for in-depth coverage of Europe’s technology industry (thanks for...
Apr 22, 2014 | News, Western Europe
LONDON, April 22 (Reuters) – British greeting cards retailer Card Factory plans to list its shares on London’s stock market in May, joining a spate of store groups seeking flotations as the outlook for consumer spending improves. The over 700 stores firm,...
