internet
Greece
Google 's Online Tourism Initiative Reaches More Greek Destinations
Google has announced the expansion of the program aimed at helping Greek tourism grow, according to a recent press conference. The initiative “Grow Greek Tourism Online” started early in September 2014, in Crete, where more than 650 local tourism...
Crime
Young Man in Northern Greece Arrested for Child Pornography
The Greek police cyber-crime unit faced an unprecedented case. For the first time they arrested a young man from Thessaloniki, northern Greece who was not only searching and distributing child pornography, he was also creating his own videos and...
Greece
Which Greek Cities Have the Best Internet Speed?
OOKLA, the global leader in broadband testing, network diagnostic applications and data, published a Net Index which calculated the average connection speed in 196 countries worldwide. Greece placed 92nd with an average internet connection speed of 9.64 Mbps.
According to...
Greece
Restricted Internet Use for Clergy Members
The Greek Orthodox Church Holy Synod issued a formal notice which limits the internet use allowed to clerics and monks. In its notice, the Holy Synod stated certain restrictions regarding online discussions and comments that members of the clergy...
Greece
More Greeks Opt for Online Shopping
Online purchases in Greece have shown significant increase in the first quarter of 2014. Three out of ten Greeks between the ages of 16 and 74 have been ordering goods or services via the internet, according to a recent survey conducted by the Hellenic...
Greece
Millions of Chinese Searching About Greece Online
According to a recent presentation by China’s largest online search engine, Baidu, 3 million Chinese have searched about Greece over the last year, while the same number is expected to reach 7 million next year.
Baidu has a total of...
Business
Exclusive: Meeting the Greek Startup Teams at Web Summit 2014 (video)
We traveled to the Web Summit 2014 in Dublin to meet the Greek Startup teams that were invited to the largest internet & tech event in Europe.
The companies from Greece that presented their projects at the Web Summit, November...
Economy
Greek E-commerce Increased by 25% in 2013
The e-commerce proceeds in Greece increased by 25% last year compared to 2012, reaching 3.2 billion euros, according to a report on online trade in southern Europe published on Thursday by E-commerce Europe.
It is estimated that this rise is due to the...
Crime
Pedophile Lured Athens Kids Through Online Game
Greek Cyber Crime Unit Head Manolis Sfakianakis presented shocking data to the Parliament regarding pedophiles, operating mostly in Athens.
According to data released by Sfakianakis, one particular pedophile had managed to lure ten children from Athens, using an online game called “Dress...
Greece
Differences Between Greek Men and Women in the Online World
Unlike the real world, where the differences between men and women are absolutely irreconcilable, the differences that divide the two sexes in the digital world are substantially less ingrained, according to a survey based on the databases of the United...