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The mobile payments space is in desperate need of innovation. There are currently 20 million small businesses in Europe that only accept cash or invoices. Swedish start-up iZettle is trying to change this, discovers Jason Hesse. More »

A Twitter spat at the end of last week threw fresh light on the disreputable practices of companies who claim to deliver Twitter, Facebook and Pinterest followers for a fee. Milo Yiannopoulos reports. More »

The Government's Tech City Investment Organisation has released a report on its first year of activity.
• Report: Read the full Impact Report
• Summary: What does the report say?
• Analysis: What the report tells us
• Analysis: How truthful is Tech City?
• Commentary: East London's verdict
• Q&A: Tech City answers your questions
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The paucity of intelligent metrics in the TCIO's Impact Report suggests a lack of smart thinking from a government department with access to some of the brightest minds in Britain, writes Milo Yiannopoulos. More »

How have Silicon Roundabout entrepreneurs reacted to Tech City's Impact Report? More »

Milo Yiannopoulos has gone over the Tech City Impact Report with a fine tooth comb to discover how accurate an assessment it is of TCIO's performance so far. More »

The Kernel has summarised the key points in Tech City's first annual Impact Report. More »

Start-ups are getting irritated by a company that appears to be capitalising on the EU's new cookie directive with scaremongering spam. More »

Gonzo journalist Nimrod Kämer is driving the Wikipedia establishment mad with his humorous edits to high-profile pages. It's a sad illustration of what Wikipedia has become, writes Milo Yiannopoulos. More »

Technology start-ups may be revolutionising the music industry, but be careful not to throw the baby out with the bathwater, warns Jon Collins. More »

The Kernel has acquired a copy of notorious German investor Oliver Samwer's thesis on "America's most successful start-ups", a document that is sure to become required reading for European founders. More »

The Kernel has unearthed some interesting data about TechCrunch Europe's editorial priorities. More »

More impressive news from the quango that brought you 'Silicon Drinkabout to be bigger than God by next Tuesday'. More »

The pace of change facing enterprises is greater than ever before. This is causing us to look at how we develop enterprise class applications, argues Tristan Atkins. More »

Digital political campaigning is underdeveloped and misunderstood, writes Nick Denys. More »

Are we becoming dependent on social networks, and what does that mean for our mental well-being and the future of relationships? Chris Owen and Stephen Waddington logged on to find out. More »

For the benefit of those who were not able to attend Al Gore's interview of Sean Parker at SXSW today, Ezra Butler shares the complete transcript of their on-stage conversation. More »

Industry veteran and founder of mBlox, Andrew Bud, has just returned from his 11th visit to Mobile World Congress. But is the cellular business tired, or wired? Here, he gives a day-by-day account of the show. More »

It is harder and harder for musicians to stand out from the crowd, especially in Austin. But there are some ways technology can help, says Ryan Sommer. More »

Apple's computers have long been favoured by educators, but used only sparingly in schools. Could the firm's tablet iOS be the tool students need? Chris Green investigates. More »