17K people (and counting) crowdfund Dutch news site into existence

A Dutch journalist named Rob Wijnberg has raised $1.3 million to launch a digital news site called De Correspondent that will focuses on context and quality content, rather than the hustle of the breaking news cycle.

Google brings Chromebooks to the world (or at least more of it)

After being Amazon.com's best-selling laptop for 149 days straight, Google is taking its Chromebook show on the road, both internationally and at home.

Netherlands becomes second country to make net neutrality a law

The Dutch Parliament on Wednesday passed a law that prohibits Internet service providers from slowing down any kind of Internet traffic unless it’s to ease congestion, preserve security, or block spam.

The practice of treating all Internet traffic equally—whether it’s …

Twitter and LinkedIn go Dutch

ComScore just released a social networking study that shows the highest Twitter and LinkedIn penetration in the world is in the Netherlands.

Twitter is used by 26.8 percent of Cloggies and LinkedIn by 26.1 percent. The U.S. in contrast doesn’t …