Last September, the European Commission published a comprehensive study about the impact of open-source software and hardware on the EU economy. The main breakthrough of this study is that open-source benefits the public good and that it increases technological independence, competitiveness, and innovation in the...
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Planning a trip with friends? Need to stay organized? Look no further than Nextcloud *now* collaborative Maps! At our recent NextGov Hackathon, Arne Hamann from Germany had a clear goal for his idea: make the maps app collaborative. Prior, the features were minimal, and there...
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Fair competition is essential to a healthy business ecosystem, yet tech giants seem to believe they can work around it using their market dominance and various anti-competitive activities. Microsoft tries to lock-in EU CSPs 3 weeks ago, Microsoft announced a new strategy shift with the...
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On Friday, March 25th the White House announced the Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy framework. The Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework is the most recent scheme on how data privacy should be managed on an international level between the EU and US. As stated in the official White...
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The education sector has had to make many adjustments in the past years due to the covid-19 pandemic, new GDPR regulations, and more innovative ways of teaching instruction and learning in general. Switching to online learning has its benefits, however it comes with its own...
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Do you like to bookmark your favorite web pages, videos, and more for later? Many would say yes, but how do you keep them all organized? The solution: the Nextcloud App Bookmarks! Bookmarks sorts all of your favorite and most important bookmarks into folders, so...
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As one of the oldest banks in Germany, Stadtsparkasse Munich has gone through many groundbreaking changes since its founding in 1824. From introducing cashless payment transactions in 1899, to converting to a computerized electronic data processing system between 1968 and 1971, they have always put...
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What comes with being one of the world’s most influential cities, comes big responsibility. The City of Geneva is not only home to the United Nations, Red Cross, and CERN, but is responsible for the well-being of its citizens and for maintaining a prosperous society....
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Ever since the GDPR came into effect in 2018, Google has been under fire in the EU. The GDPR, or General Data Protection Regulation, regulates and protects EU citizen’s data and privacy which was recently confronted by Google in order to meet demands overseas....
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