While Twitter gets the press, Germany is now a Facebook stronghold Posted Dec 17, 2009 by Markus Goebel [Germany] Although its Twitter user numbers have grown by 2.500 per cent this year, Germany is now a Facebook country. Google research…

If you can’t kill it, bill it: German city charges Google Street View by the kilometre Posted Dec 16, 2009 by Markus Goebel [Germany] We Germans are very picky when it comes to online privacy. Not only is Google Analytics…

German Facebook clone StudiVZ adds support for 3rd party apps – user privacy is paramount Posted Dec 9, 2009 by Markus Goebel [Germany] Two and a half years after Facebook, its German clone StudiVZ follows the US social network’s most…

Insolvent video startup make.tv to avoid the deadpool, apparently Posted Dec 6, 2009 by Markus Goebel [Germany] Cologne’s streaming video startup make.tv, which filed for insolvency in September, can apparently avoid the deadpool. The company has been given a second…