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Today’s top tech headlines: Spotify to launch browser app; worst French startup names ever

Today’s top tech headlines: Spotify to launch browser app; worst French startup names ever

Nina Fowler November 15, 2012 0

Spotify is today launching the beta version of its new browser-based music player,

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Poikos and Captain Dash win IBM SmartCamp European finals in Berlin

Poikos and Captain Dash win IBM SmartCamp European finals in Berlin

Nina Fowler November 15, 2012 2

Poikos and Captain Dash, based in Amersterdam and Paris respectively, beat out eight other finalists at the IBM SmartCamp EMEA

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Scientists’ network ResearchGate acquires fellow German Scholarz.net

Scientists’ network ResearchGate acquires fellow German Scholarz.net

Nina Fowler November 15, 2012 1

Berlin-based scientists’ network ResearchGate has acquired Scholarz.net, a smaller academic collaboration company based in Würzburg. The acquisition – a first for

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Facebook engineers talk privacy, Friendship Timeline and the hacks we never saw

Facebook engineers talk privacy, Friendship Timeline and the hacks we never saw

Nina Fowler November 14, 2012 0

Some of the best of the Facebook engineers’ panel, hosted by the Berlin

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France’s “Spotify for magazines” Lekiosk raises $7.1m

France’s “Spotify for magazines” Lekiosk raises $7.1m

Michelle Kuepper November 14, 2012 0

French digital magazine newsstand lekiosk today announced it has secured $7.1 million of Series B funding from CM-CIC, the investment arm

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Google pledges €1m to Berlin startub hub the Factory

Google pledges €1m to Berlin startub hub the Factory

Nina Fowler November 13, 2012 15

Google is the latest to jump on board with new Berlin tech hub The Factory – pledging €1million over three

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London accelerator Healthbox picks up Munich “stress killer” app SOMA Analytics

London accelerator Healthbox picks up Munich “stress killer” app SOMA Analytics

Maximillian Heimstaedt November 13, 2012 1

Stressed? Students from Munich have developed a preventative early warning system for stress:

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Win tickets to the Spätschicht X-mas Special – get ready for a night of revelry

Win tickets to the Spätschicht X-mas Special – get ready for a night of revelry

Michelle Kuepper November 12, 2012 3

It’s (nearly) Christmas time! We have the next big announcement about the only Christmas

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Stripe clone Paymill expands across Europe

Stripe clone Paymill expands across Europe

Nina Fowler November 12, 2012 4

Paymill, the Stripe clone backed by Berlin company builder Rocket Internet, has quietly expanded its payments processing service to 29

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Just in! And the winner of the Founder Institute Scholarship is…

Just in! And the winner of the Founder Institute Scholarship is…

Michelle Kuepper November 12, 2012 0

We posted a competition to win a scholarship with The Founder Institute last week and after much deliberation, CEO and

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