1/8/2025 12:42:18 PM A path forward for Europe to compete on the internet By Samantha Wulfson Mario Draghi’s assessment of EU competitiveness last year highlighted Europe’s failure to capitalise on the internet revolution. Over the...
3/25/2022 9:27:51 PM Equiano, Google’s subsea internet cable in Africa, will make its first landing in Togo this month By Samantha Wulfson Equiano is Google’s 14th investment in internet subsea cables, but the first dedicated to internet access in Africa. It is expected to...
5/15/2020 10:02:33 PM Redefining the internet in service to the public By Carlos Alonso Torras Eva Arevuo from portfolio company Underline stresses the need to prioritize critical public needs while we design new solutions for...
4/17/2020 5:58:51 PM Rural areas promised better internet as the UK government pledges £5b towards speedy broadband By Faisal Kawar The Chancellor pledged £5bn towards speedy broadband in rural areas. The government also announced a £510m investment into 4G coverage.
6/16/2017 3:42:22 AM Rural America Is Stranded In The Dial-Up Age By Gareth Jones About 39% of the U.S. rural population (23 million people) lack access to broadband internet service. The WSJ highlights how the lack of...
7/21/2016 8:51:54 PM Unilever buys Dollar Shave Club to compete with P&G, market leader By FinTech Collective One key reason Unilever purchased Dollar Shave Club was its ability to simplify a product that had become needlessly complex, which is a...
7/21/2016 8:35:48 PM Dollar Shave Club just sold for $1 billion to Unilever By FinTech Collective Unilever's acquisition of Dollar Shave Club is one of the biggest e-commerce deals in recent years. The acquisition comes five years...
7/21/2016 8:24:04 PM Dollar Shave Club Acquired By Unilever By FinTech Collective Dollar Shave Club, a pioneer in online direct-to-consumer subscription businesses, will be acquired by Unilever for $1 billion. The...
1/15/2016 2:16:50 AM BowieNet: how David Bowie's ISP foresaw the future of the internet By Gareth Jones in 1998 Bowie was envisioning something we all now take for granted with his ISP BowieNet - that link between popstar, Twitter,...
5/30/2014 9:57:09 PM Here’s Mary Meeker’s Big "UGLY" Deck On Key Internet Trends 2014 By Gareth Jones Not as much content on Financial Services this year as in years gone by, but a good slide on "are we in a bubble"? If we are then she...
5/30/2014 1:50:40 AM It has been 20yrs since the WSJ went online! By Gareth Jones Seems like yesterday.. Hilarious reading this today and seeing quotes like "updates will be refreshed periodically" and "will provide...