Net Neutrality Begone: Startups, stay out of Europe (for now)
A few days ago, the EU passed legislation around Net Neutrality that in name should have guaranteed net neutrality, but in the legal text has such huge loop…
Category: politics
I’m becoming an e-citizen of Estonia
I had been vaguely aware of Estonia’s initiative e-Estonia, in which people from around the world could sign up for a sort of e-citizenship for this most technologically…
Lowering regulatory barriers for startups in exchange for access to data?
Nick Grossmann posted this very interesting piece: “Here’s the solution to the Uber and Airbnb problems — and no one will like it” that’s full of points worth…
Questioning the Euro tech narratives
There’s a been a lot (a lot!) of talk about Europe’s, and particularly Germany’s, take on digitization and tech innovation. Sometimes using the Industry 4.0 terminology (connected factories…
Google/Skybox could offer a searchable DIFF of the world
Since Google announced to buy satellite company Skybox recently, there’s been quite a bit of speculation about the reasons and potential implications of the acquisition. Some wondered about…
A visit to GDS, the UK’s Government Digital Services
Earlier this week, Matt kindly gave us a tour through the UK’s Government Digital Services (GDS for short) offices. GDS is, as the name suggest, the department that…
Snapshot: The Digital Agenda for the 21st Century: Challenges and Opportunities
Over the last few months it’s become painfully obvious – once more – that we’re not really set for the 21st century, policy-wise. This probably holds true globally…