Europe: This Week’s Top Stories // November 1, 2015

Household Expenses App Splittable Raises $1.2M Funding | Social Intelligence Startup Brandwatch Raises $33M Series C To Grow In US | Now You Can Design Your Own Raspberry Pi | U.K. Gov’t: No End-To-End Encryption Please, We’re British… | Call For Robust Privacy Legislation In Wake Of EU Safe Harbor Strike-Down | Europe Agrees EU-Wide Net Neutrality Rules And End To Mobile Roaming Fees | Apple Rolls Out Carrier Billing For iTunes, Starting In Germany With O2 |

EUROPE WEEK IN REVIEW SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 1 2015 THIS WEEK'S TOP STORIES: TOP HEADLINE | Steve O'Hear Household Expenses App Splittable Raises $1.2M Funding Splittable, the London-based startup that makes an app to help manage and share household expenses, has raised $1.2 million in new funding to further build out... Read More… Mike Butcher Social Intelligence Startup Brandwatch Raises $33M Series C To Grow In US Social media is officially eating Internet, and where the people go with their eyeballs, so do the brands. But the brands are – largely – all at... Read More… SPONSORED CONTENT Eric Schmidt, Executive Chairman of Alphabet, To Speak At TechCrunch China Beijing We're excited to announce that Eric Schmidt, Executive Chairman of Alphabet (formerly Google), will open the TechCrunch China event in Beijing, which takes place November 2-3 at the Wukesong Hi-Park in Beijing. Be sure to get your tickets today! Learn More… Natasha Lomas Now You Can Design Your Own Raspberry Pi Hardware startups building atop the Raspberry Pi microprocessor -- of which there are plenty already -- can now order custom tweaks to the hardware to better... Read More… Natasha Lomas U.K. Gov’t: No End-To-End Encryption Please, We’re British… The U.K. government continues to tie itself in ugly knots about encryption. The question is why? Earlier this year Prime Minister David Cameron made comments... Read More… Natasha Lomas Call For Robust Privacy Legislation In Wake Of EU Safe Harbor Strike-Down A group of U.S. and EU digital rights organizations and consumer NGOs -- including the EFF, the U.S. Center for Digital Democracy, the European Consumer... Read More… Natasha Lomas Europe Agrees EU-Wide Net Neutrality Rules And End To Mobile Roaming Fees European politicians have agreed to end mobile roaming charges in the region by mid 2017, with significant cuts to fees by next summer. MEPs also voted to bring... Read More… Ingrid Lunden Apple Rolls Out Carrier Billing For iTunes, Starting In Germany With O2 At long last, Apple is adding a way for people to pay for purchases on iTunes beyond credit or debit cards — a move that points to the... Read More… Get more stories at techcrunch.com  If you do not want to receive this email or you would like to update your preferences click here. 410 Townsend Street, San Francisco, CA 94107 © 2015 AOL Inc. All rights reserved.   Privacy Policy   Terms of Service