An entire ecosystem of small businesses drive innovation today and power the growth of the digital economy. As they invent and integrate software and hardware solutions and develop new internet of things (IoT) innovations, they will rely on new 5G connectivity capabilities and consistent intellectual property frameworks. If economies around [...]
Digital education is a longstanding priority of the European Commission (EC), most recently listed as a goal in its digital strategy “Europe fit for the digital age”. The COVID-19 crisis now brings this topic to a whole new level of urgency. The European Union’s (EU) 2018 Digital Education Action Plan [...]
The best solutions usually have a lot of… layers. That’s what inspired James Hanson to launch Layers Studio in January 2016. After being head of creative for an international branding company and a senior designer for a digital agency, James noticed that ‘traditional’ agency work often focuses on efficiency rather [...]
By Anna Bosch and Matt Schwartz On July 16, 2020, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) struck down the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield agreement, which provided a stable, streamlined, and inexpensive mechanism for the transatlantic flow of data between the two regions. The court cited concerns with U.S. surveillance law, which [...]
We’re approaching that time of the year when Europeans go on summer vacation – and although those might look a little different this year due to COVID-19, the European institutions are still taking their regularly scheduled recess. With that in mind, we’re using this quiet period to look back on [...]