digital economy

2 min read 2022-05-27 17:56:11

UK finally decides to probe Newport Wafer sale

After dragging its feet for nearly a year, the UK government has launched a national security investigation into China-backed Nexperia’s

2 min read 2022-05-26 18:16:36

The Spanish government has approved plans to spend more than €12 billion of public money on the manufacture of semiconductors. The Council of

2 min read 2022-05-24 22:55:28

The latest European smartphone shipment data from analyst firm Canalys reveals the impact of the Ukrainian conflict. In Q1 2022 shipments were down

2 min read 2022-05-20 15:54:09

Much-maligned Rich Communication Services (RCS) are said to be proving their worth to advertisers. This is according to mobile marketing specialist

2 min read 2022-05-17 21:13:14

Billionaire Elon Musk is unconvinced by claims that less than 5% of Twitter users are fake or spam and seems set to abandon his acquisition bid. Musk

2 min read 2022-05-17 16:03:03

This opinion was originally published in Money Review. Did you know that 70% of online shopping trips end in failure in the sense that shoppers

3 min read 2022-05-17 16:03:03

This opinion was originally published in Money Review, Cyprus Economic Society (also in Greek), and Cyprus Mail. Did you know that 70% of

2 min read 2022-05-12 18:08:43

BT has inked a joint venture deal with Warner Bros Discovery to merge their respective sports content offerings into a new entity, but they have yet

6 min read 2022-05-11 18:26:56

The European Union’s Digital Markets Act, agreed in principle at EU level in March 2022, will give the European Commission new enforcement powers

3 min read 2022-05-10 19:20:32

Match Group runs a bunch of dating apps and it reckons Google is abusing its power by making its own billing system mandatory on the Play Store. This

2 min read 2022-05-10 18:23:46

A paper by a cohort of economic boffins claims the EU’s GDPR legislation has led to a reduction in the number of apps on Google Play, as well as

2 min read 2022-05-09 18:53:21

US internet giant Google is blocking the download of paid apps from its Google Play store in Russia. On one level this is a fairly superficial tweak,

2 min read 2022-05-06 19:24:54

It looks like the EU has agreed on the final text for the Digital Markets Act, which is designed as an exercise in regulatory catch-up with US big

3 min read 2022-05-05 18:38:34

A cross party committee has has taken to Twitter to openly invite Elon Musk (pictured) to appear before it and discuss the future of Twitter as he

2 min read 2022-05-04 18:31:24

Non-fungible tokens have been heavily hyped over the past year or so but new data suggests an inevitable correction may have already started. “NFT