Europe: This Week’s Top Stories // January 10, 2016

Lifesum Launches Movesum, A Step Tracker To Shock You About Calories | Risks And Red Lines As UK Prepares To Reforge Surveillance Law | TechCrunch At Davos: Slovakia’s President Talks Technology And Startups | GoButler, The Messaging-Based Personal Assistant, “Pauses” Operations In Germany To Focus On U.S. | Oscobo Is An Anonymous Search Engine Targeting Brits | Vacation Rentals Search Engine Holidu Raises €5M Series A | PushDoctor, The U.K. Video-Based Doctor Service, Scores $8.2M Series A |

EUROPE WEEK IN REVIEW SUNDAY, JANUARY 10 2016 THIS WEEK'S TOP STORIES: TOP HEADLINE | Mike Butcher Lifesum Launches Movesum, A Step Tracker To Shock You About Calories After raising a $6.7M Series A round to bolster its position, health tracking startup Lifesum has added another arrow to its quiver in the form of a new app... Read More… Natasha Lomas Risks And Red Lines As UK Prepares To Reforge Surveillance Law This year the U.K. has a historic opportunity to lead the world in creating a transparent legal framework for the operation of secret state surveillance powers.... Read More… SPONSORED CONTENT TechCrunch Meetup + Pitch-Off Coming to Boston this February Join us for beer, good conversation, and a battle to the death on February 23, 2016 to see which entrepreneurs can dazzle and excite the judges in under sixty seconds. Get your tickets now! Learn More… Mike Butcher TechCrunch At Davos: Slovakia’s President Talks Technology And Startups TechCrunch is going to the World Economic Forum in Switzerland to unpack how technology is affecting the world’s economies. We’ll be speaking to... Read More… Steve O'Hear GoButler, The Messaging-Based Personal Assistant, “Pauses” Operations In Germany To Focus On U.S. GoButler, the messaging­-based digital personal assistant that combines AI with human assistants to let you request anything on-demand, has exited the German... Read More… Natasha Lomas Oscobo Is An Anonymous Search Engine Targeting Brits We're frequently told Brits don't care a fig-leaf for online privacy. But one London-based startup is about to test that theory -- it's just launched an... Read More… Steve O'Hear Vacation Rentals Search Engine Holidu Raises €5M Series A It was only last July that HomeToGo, a European ‘metasearch’ engine for holiday rentals, raised €6 million in Series A funding. And now competitor... Read More… Steve O'Hear PushDoctor, The U.K. Video-Based Doctor Service, Scores $8.2M Series A PushDoctor, the U.K. 'on-demand' service that enables you to have a video consultation with a doctor, has raised $8.2 million in funding -- money it plans to... 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 © 2016 AOL Inc. All rights reserved.   Privacy Policy   Terms of Service