Tag: Europe

February 15, 2024

Google parent company Alphabet and Microsoft have both announced huge investments in artificial intelligence in Western Europe this week, likely to get ahead of proposed European Union AI regulations likely to be introduced in April. A new Google AI hub […]

August 2, 2022

In Q2 2022, Europe smartphone shipments declined 11% in a Year-Over-Year comparison, but Apple manage to grow shipments and market share, mostly because of its 5G-capable iPhone SE. The data comes from a Counterpoint Research study; what’s interesting about this […]

July 5, 2022

TikTok may seem like an unstoppable global entertainment machine, but at least one part of the company’s offering isn’t quite taking over: TikTok is scaling back its live commerce plans in Europe and the US, the Financial Times reported, after […]

November 8, 2021

Despite alleged persistent issues with components availability, Samsung has apparently decided to press on with the Galaxy S21 FE launch. The company had originally planned to release the phone in August in Europe and the US, but South Korea’s Ddaily […]

November 3, 2021

Hot on the heels of Q3’s overall smartphone market reports and sales numbers estimated for the industry-leading countries of China and India, Counterpoint Research is out today with another two very interesting examinations of the latest regional trends. These new […]

September 23, 2021

Apple has famously been keeping their hardware ecosystem exclusive using a lot of tactics. But the most famous one is their widespread use of Lightning ports on their mainline (mostly mobile) devices. The Apple logo is seen at the entrance […]

April 27, 2020

Apple and Google developed a new API for iPhone and Android that would allow app developers to create contact tracing apps for the novel coronavirus. The Apple-Google approach relies on Bluetooth connectivity between devices to determine the risk of exposure […]

January 30, 2020

The UK government released a travel advisory on Thursday telling British citizens how travel to and within the EU will change after the country leaves the bloc. On the list of things to prepare for is the potential return of […]

January 16, 2020

Apple and 34 other multinationals have urged Europe to stop patent trolls from effectively blackmailing companies into licensing their claimed technology. Patent assertion agencies threaten to ask courts for import bans on products found to infringe patents, making it risky […]

February 21, 2019

Despite all the leaks from the last few months, there were still a couple of surprising things during yesterday’s Samsung Unpacked event. One was that we got to see a surprisingly polished foldable phone, coming along with a set price […]

September 11, 2018

Moves by several mobile operators, especially in Europe, to bring the launch of their 5G networks forward has led analysts to increase their adoption forecasts, with the number of connections expected to reach 340 million by 2021. That figure will […]

June 12, 2018

Superfast 5G networks are still set to launch far earlier than expected, new research has claimed. The Ericsson Mobility Report expects the first commercial 5G networks to go live in late 2018, with the first compatible smartphones available in 2019. […]

May 9, 2018

The iPhone X remained ‘comfortably’ the best-shipping smartphone in Europe during Q1, according to the latest data from Canalys. It follows Strategy Analytics data showing that the same was true worldwide. Canalys suggests that it’s a particularly impressive achievement at […]

April 25, 2018

For teenagers in the European Union, WhatsApp is about to change in a big way. The Facebook-owned messaging app is raising its age limit from 13 to 16 in Europe to meet the new European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) […]

March 15, 2018

Messaging service WhatsApp can’t legally share customer data with parent company Facebook in the UK, the local regulator said on Wednesday. The sharing of customer information between the two companies would breach data protection law, said the UK Information Commissioner […]

January 13, 2017

With every new innovation in the artificial intelligence space, it becomes even more tempting to imagine a near future filled with humanoid robots ready and willing to accomplish any task. After all, that’s what we’ve been promised by sci-fi movies […]

September 28, 2016

As Samsung promotes how the Galaxy Note 7 recall has gone in terms of customer retention in the device exchanges process and despite allegations of a new Note 7 bursting into the same kind of flames that triggered this recall in […]

June 24, 2016

If you’re one of the 2.5M Americans planning a European vacation this summer, T-Mobile has a pretty sweet deal for its Simple Choice customers: free unlimited speed data throughout July and August, up from the normal 128Kbps limit. Given that […]

April 13, 2016

Business customers in Europe and Asia are being offered a new option for storing cloud-based data in a specific region. On Tuesday, IBM and Box announced a plan to offer cloud storage customers in Europe and Asia the ability to […]

July 22, 2015

Xirrus, the leading provider of high-performance wireless networks, today revealed the results of its Where the Wires End Survey. The survey polled hundreds of respondents in North America and Europe on their Wi-Fi habits and expectations. The results highlight the […]