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Europe considers small and medium enterprises - commonly referred to as SMEs - as the backbone of its economy. Considering...

All cars sold in the EU from October 2015 will call emergency services if they're involved in an accident. But how much control should citizens have over this system?

The European Commission has launched an antitrust investigation into Apple, after it received unofficial complaints that the company's contracts for selling iPad & iPhone are uncompetitive.

European data protection authorities are "coordinating their enforcement actions" against Google after the company has apparently failed to take specific action on alleged "deficiencies" in its new privacy policy that came into effect one year ago.

Apple's ruling of $1 billion against Samsung for patent infringement was too much, a US court found today. Samsung just has to pay $599 million to Apple.

Both the Irish Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) and the Hamburg Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information in Germany have independently confirmed today that all Facebook facial recognition data of European Union citizens has been deleted by the social network.

Facebook is giving users more control over their security settings with the launch of a privacy dashboard on the site's iconic blue bar.

Google's Vint Cerf thanks those that signed its petition for Internet freedom but warns that more will be needed in the future.

A bloc of US, EU, and African states have refused to sign a UN treaty which they fear would have given the organisation more control over the management of the Internet

Russia will not table a proposal that would see the UN's ITU take over more control over the Internet. The country is currently redrafting it, with the new document to be presented soon.

Tim Berners-Lee has warned that attempts to “bypass” existing Internet management systems would be a “disruptive threat to the stability of the [Internet].”

As the UN's ITU meets one of the Fathers of the Internet is calling on users to sign a Google petition to protect the Internet's independence from government controls

Google's infographic shows the growth of the internet since its creation in 1969 as the company protests against proposed United Nations' changes to the way the internet is managed.

The UN's ITU has responded to Google's #freeandopen campaign saying the it's not trying to take over the internet. Meanwhile the EU votes to condemn changes to internet governance.

Facebook gives you the option to control the types of ads & sponsored stories on your Facebook Wall. Here's the hows & whys of controlling Facebook ads.

Could Facebook be breaking the law by showing "Sponsored Stories" posts on users' timelines? Nordic countries that they are in the EU.

Apple vs Samsung doesn't come to an end with Friday's $1.4 billion ruling against the South Korean manufacturer, it's just another step in a series of cases that are shaping the industry.

Apple has expanded the availability of the iTunes Store to 12 more countries in the European Union (EU). This now means that iTunes users in all 27 member states can make purchases on the digital media store.