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Times Are Changing… More Greek Consumers Go Digital When Shopping

A study by PayPal and GfK showed that cross-border trading was embraced by Greeks with 95 percent making online purchases from stores located abroad. The data showed that 54 percent of Greek buyers prefer online stores in the UK, followed...

Aid Groups Say Refugees Need Internet as Much as Food

Aid worker Isaac Kwamy, head of the emergency response group NetHope (an alliance of aid groups and corporations that provide technology services during humanitarian disasters) says that few migrants and refugees call for food and water when he visits...

Rise in Child Pornography Complaints in Greece

An increase in the number of child pornography complaints in Greece has been recorded by the Greek Awareness Center Saferinternet hotline. The number of complaints in the period between January and October 2015 totaled 96,334, a figure higher than the...

Greek Teens With Bad Habits: Sweet 16 Drinkers, Smokers, Junkies, Gamblers

The University Mental Health Research Institute of Greece studying addictive adolescent behaviors found that apart from smoking, drinking and narcotics, Greek teens also have a habit of excessive internet use, electronic games and gambling. The finding of the recent scientific...

Second Digital Forum Arrives in Athens on December 10-13

Students, young professionals, academics, NGOs and private sector representatives will come together from December 10-13, 2015 in Athens, for the Second Digital Forum, titled “Disrupt our future.” The event, which will open at the Impact Hub Athens (athens.impacthub.net), will focus...

Betty White Among ‘Most Dangerous Celebrities’ of 2015

Betty White may not seem threatening, but in cyberspace it's a different story; she was just listed as one of the most dangerous celebrities on the Intel Security Most Dangerous Celebrities of 2015. Intel releases an annual list of the...

Greek Authorities Arrest German National for Child Pornography Distribution

A 49-year-old German national was arrested in Crete for distributing child pornography through the internet. The man was arrested after an investigation by the Department of Electronic Crime, which is still ongoing after several months, as part of the...

Online Networks Rule Social Life of Greeks

Half the Greek population has an account on at least one social media platform, according to a recent publication in the Greek newspaper Kathimerini. Greeks spend more than 80 minutes per day on social networks. Facebook is the favorite platform...

Greek Police Crack Child Pornography Case with 17-Year-Old Girl as Victim

The Greek Police electronic crime unit announced on Sunday the cracking of an internet pornography case with a 17-year-old girl as the victim, saying it had drawn up charges relating to the dissemination of child pornography on the internet. The investigation...

What Do Greeks Search on Google?

A survey on the search “obsessions” of internet users has been circulating the web over the last few days. The survey conducted by cost-estimating website Fixr.com recorded Google user searches for various products, depending on their country of residence. Although the...