Amazon’s antitrust problems just hopped the pond. European competition authorities, in preliminary findings issued Tuesday morning, accused the Seattle-based tech giant of “systematically relying on non-public business data of independent… Read More
Outreach, the billion-dollar Seattle sales engagement startup, is making a big bet on Europe. The company opened an office in London as part of an expansion in Europe, where it… Read More
Amazon is raising the fees it charges third-party sellers in France by 3 percent in direct response to the country’s new tax on tech companies. The tax was designed to… Read More
The European Commission is launching a formal investigation into whether Amazon uses its position to hurt competition in its marketplace after months of hinting at a possible inquiry. Europe’s competition… Read More
As Amazon preps for a big antitrust hearing in the U.S., reports are surfacing that the European Union is launching its own investigation into whether the Seattle tech giant engages… Read More
An international group of entrepreneurs gathered at Seattle City Hall Friday afternoon to pitch companies they’re building around the world from Cyprus to Slovakia. The 10 startup founders who presented… Read More
Remitly, the Seattle-based digital remittance company, is coming to Europe. After debuting its service in the U.K. last year, Remitly is adding 11 countries across Europe to its platform, allowing… Read More
Microsoft believes we are on the cusp of a “sea change” that will set a new standard for big tech companies storing private information about their users. On May 25,… Read More
In large neon letters a couple stories above street level in its Day 1 office tower in Seattle, Amazon’s message to all who can see it is, “HELLO WORLD.” Retailers… Read More
European customers of Atlassian’s various cloud software products should see increases in performance with the introduction of European-based infrastructure running on Amazon Web Services, as Atlassian increases its use of… Read More
Microsoft is offering new concessions to European regulators in an effort to win approval of its proposed $26 billion acquisition of business social network LinkedIn, according to a report by Reuters,… Read More
Microsoft this morning unveiled a book titled “A Cloud for Global Good,” which CEO Satya Nadella called “a set of policy considerations to help guide technologies in the future.” Nadella and Microsoft… Read More
Amazon’s managers like Spain’s engineers. Amazon on Monday announced the opening of a new software development center in downtown Madrid, the second technology facility the retailer has launched in that… Read More
As Amazon expands its capabilities to deliver goods to customers, the retailer plans to bring parcel lockers to Europe, according to a published report. According to a report on Friday… Read More
Amazon will continue its sweep into Europe, the online retailer announced Friday. Amazon will make thousands of new hires this year and expand infrastructure and services there, one of the company’s… Read More
Microsoft outlined a detailed plan for new international laws governing the transfer of data between the U.S. and Europe on Tuesday, carrying the torch for the technology industry. Thousands of companies… Read More
The European Commission has opened a formal antitrust investigation into Amazon’s e-book contracts with publishers, examining whether their terms give the Seattle-based company an unfair advantage over its competitors in the… Read More
Amazon will start paying taxes in a number of European countries instead of routing sales through Luxembourg, a well-known low-tax haven. The Seattle retailer is one of many American tech… Read More
Hundreds of writers in Germany, Austria and Switzerland are protesting Amazon’s e-book pricing tactics in a fight that’s becoming reminiscent of the one Amazon is having with Hachette in the U.S. In… Read More
Taxi drivers in Europe are refusing to pick up passengers and instead have parked their cars in the streets to protest one of the fastest-growing private tech companies in the world. The… Read More
The European Commission this morning fined Microsoft 561 million euros, approximately $732 million, for neglecting to include a required “browser ballot” in Windows 7 for the better part of a year… Read More
Big Ben, The Eiffel Tower, and now, Microsoft Stores. Sources familiar with Microsoft told the Financial Times that the company is discussing expanding its storefronts across the Atlantic Ocean to… Read More
Google’s proposed acquisition of mobile phone giant Motorola won approval from the European Commission today, leaving the U.S. Justice Department as the last major hurdle for the $12.5 billion deal.… Read More
Editor’s Note: Seattle-based writer and consultant Matt Fikse filed this dispatch from Europe, where he’s tracking the talks over the economic crisis. Brussels, Jan. 30: The world hopes for leaders to emerge… Read More
The expansion of European music service Spotify to the U.S. last year brought considerable hand-wringing over the potential impact on Rhapsody, but the venerable Seattle-based music subscription service instead was… Read More
Skype competitor Messagenet is asking European regulators to prevent Microsoft from integrating Skype with Windows as a condition of approval for its $8.5 billion acquisition of the online communications company.… Read More
That didn’t take long. A few days after landing $37 million in venture capital financing, saying it planned to use the money to pursue acquisitions, Kirkland-based traffic data company Inrix… Read More
It was like a blast from the past this morning to wake up to news that Microsoft was back in court arguing over the $1.3 billion fine levied against the… Read More