Startup Europe And The Tech All Stars Competition
This week we’ll see the culmination of yet another beauty contest for web entrepreneurs. This time it’s a European contest initiated by the European Commission. As of June 7th , the second edition of...
View ArticleMobile Everything But The ICT Sector
There has been a lot of talk about the secret of Silicon Valley’s success as the ICT powerhouse of innovation for the US and the world. Back in the days it was coined Silicon Valley because of the...
View ArticleGoogle: Search & Destroy
The right to be forgotten was at stake in the EU court last week. It also was a classic David vs Goliath battle: the case of a Spanish citizen against information giant Google. The Spanish individual...
View ArticleCharting the Digital Economy: Part II
In our previous blog The METISfiles argued that charting the Dutch digital economy should be done in a much broader context than just measuring end-user value of digital products and services. But new...
View ArticleDon’t Be Evil
Monopolies are markets with just one provider for a service or product. They are considered harmful as the lack of competition generally results in market inefficiencies at the expense of buyers. Most...
View ArticleYou have zero privacy anyway – Get over it
The discussion on data privacy continues to be a hot topic. And for good reasons. Our online presence is becoming more and more an integral part of our daily life. Only two decades ago sending mail...
View ArticleIt is Official: an E-book is a Book
Back in 2012 a study “E-Lending Public Libraries”, carried out on behalf of the Dutch Ministry of OCW (Education, Culture and Science), concluded that the existing lending right regime of the Dutch...
View ArticleDigital Transformation in the Netherlands
A recent study from Oxford Economics and Accenture (Digital Density Index) looks at how digital technologies can be used to unlock faster economic growth. According to the study, The Netherlands lead...
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