Gabriele Booth of Stadtmarketing Mannheim lays out some of the technology projects that have put the German city at the forefront of sustainability and smart urban design

Deezer is the latest music-streaming company to seek further investment to survive in what remains a hyper-competitive marketplace

A £10bn deal to create the UK’s largest mobile operator faces quite a challenge after the EU’s competition watchdog toughened its stance on telecoms mergers

In an attempt to help small businesses conquer the online market, Google is offering tutorials free of charge

In an attempt to break away from the Bloomberg terminal, top banks have launched a new messaging service for financial institutions

The EU finally approves General Electric’s purchase of Alstom for €12.4bn

The world’s largest social network showed that its competitors have a great deal of catching up to do when it revealed that one billion people used Facebook in a single day

Much of Africa requires a great deal of infrastructural reform should it’s future prosper, says author Tom Burgis

Spotify’s CEO has apologised, after recent changes to the music streaming service’s privacy policy angered customers

When Amazon bought Twitch.tv for $970m last year, it crystallised the fact traditional TV was dead. A new generation has begun consuming content in a very different way

Governments, economists and financial institutions are all calling for a cull of cash, but Aaran Fronda doesn’t think the benefits of a cashless society outweigh what we stand to lose

As ‘bad’ biofuels affect global food supplies, now is the time for the industry to invest in alternatives