[Sweden] The Swedish government is following in the footsteps of the Finns (well almost), as their IT-ministry is now promising that 90 percent of all Swedish homes will have access to a 100 mbit/s broadband connection before 2020. According to Swedish IT-minister Åsa Torstensson it isn't possible to function in the information society of today without a fast internet connection. You hear that? This is the information society, people! Full story...
[France/Israel] Sparkeo places its bets on advanced visual learning, offering a portable video platform specifically designed for experts from any field to create, distribute and monetize their expertise online.
[France] Ok listen-up kids. Today is "Safer internet Day". Got that? So put that web browser down right now before you take someone eye out.
[Austria] Social travel guide tripwolf has released an updated iPhone app that ramps up the company's freemium offering with the introduction of in-app purchases for destinations where tripwolf has more in-depth information.
[Switzerland] Would you be comfortable with storing your passwords in the cloud? That's the hope of DataInherit, from Swiss banking security specialists DSwiss, which launched a new password 'safe' that lets you store your most important passwords on the company's servers.
[UK] Larry Ellison isn't the only one who has his reservations regarding the legitimacy of cloud computing.
Almost two years ago The Filter, a startup backed by Peter Gabriel, launched to bring better music and movie recommendations to consumers.
There remains an ongoing desktop Twitter application war. Traditionally Tweetdeck and Seesmic have been at loggerheads for the lion share, although Tweetdeck has remained in the lead so far.
So for a bit of fun we've decided to open a TechCrunch Europe T-Shirt store on that European startup Spreadshirt.
It looks like some major consolidation is about to go down in the Central European Internet market, and in particular Poland.
[UK] The London-based online identity startup Garlik have partnered with the UK online stockbroker Selftrade to offer its customers identity fraud protection.