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Privacy watchdog recommends schools, ministries ditch Google 0
- News, Technology
- June 23, 2021
Privacy watchdog Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens has recommended the justice ministry, schools and universities stop using Google services, such as email and cloud storage, because they don’t comply with European privacy laws, according to confidential documents in the possession of the Financieele Dagblad. The AP criticism of the American software giant was ‘unusually strongly worded’, the paper
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Belgium-born IT asset management startup Lansweeper raises €130M from Insight Partners 0
- Business, News
- June 14, 2021
Belgium-born Lansweeper, a software company that provides IT asset management (ITAM) software solutions for tracking IT assets, has raised €130M from Insight Partners, a global VC, and private equity firm. Insight Partners will join Lansweeper’s existing investor Dovesco, who invested back in 2018. Michael Triplett, MD at Insight Partners says, “As a firm with deep expertise
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Amsterdam-based challenger bank bunq expands to France; rolls out Update 17 for mobile apps 0
- News, Start-ups, Technology
- June 8, 2021
Back in April, the Amsterdam-based challenger bank, bunq, expanded its operation into Germany by launching local IBAN (International Bank Account Numbers) for German members to enjoy all of the features of their bank accounts to the fullest. bunq in France Now the Dutch fintech company is expanding its operation into France with French IBANs and a new office
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Government apps use Apple and Google, ‘driving millions to US big tech’: FD 0
- News, Technology
- June 4, 2021
Government apps are only available to people who are Google and Apple clients excluding those who wish to use or offer alternatives and therefore promoting unfair competition, experts have told the Financieele Dagblad. Government online services, such as the tax office and social benefits agency UWV, can only be safely accessed by people who agree
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Culture council backs new broadcasters but warns about fragmentation 0
- National, News
- May 30, 2021
The Dutch council for culture has recommended that two new initiatives be admitted to the public broadcasting system – Omroep Zwart and Ongehoord Nederland. Omroep Zwart, which involves rapper Akwasi, is ‘highly diverse’ and speaks to the millennial generation, Kristel Baele, chairwoman of the council, told Radio 1 news. ON, launched last year and backed
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3D printed home in Eindhoven welcomes tenants in European first 0
- News, Technology
- May 27, 2021
Tenants have now moved in to Europe’s first fully 3D printed house, which has been built out of layers of concrete in Eindhoven. The house, a detached single-storey home with two bedrooms, is designed to look like a boulder to fit in with the natural surroundings, while at the same time demonstrating the versatility of
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