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Shakespeare was known for satirizing the human condition. He could drive home these conditions tragically. Le Monde in France has already called it a Shakespearean in scope, so, what would Will say about Brexit? Whilst Brexit headlines pile up all over Europe (and the world), the European Union gave the British government a three-week break to get British MPs' approval for the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement. Most news outlets in Europe are not confident that this will happen.

Stadia. That's the name of Google's new game-streaming platform. Coupled with a gaming studio, they figured out a way to get rid of downloads which will let the gamer play anywhere. Onstage at GDC (Game Developer's Conference), Google's CEO Sundar Pichai, announced the company's latest offensive, this time jumping head-first into the gaming industry with live-streaming. Stadia is expected to launch later this year.

Google was fined a whopping $5 billion by EU regulators for being in violation of antitrust laws in the EU. This was for forcing Android users to have Chrome and its search app on Android. Google wanted to start charging manufacturers a fee for the Play Store and other apps whilst offering options to include Chrome and their Google search app in the package for free.

The Dutch, online-only supermarket, Picnic has won a prize in e-commerce in Germany. At Internet World 2019, the company were awarded the "Honorary Retailer of the Year". On 12 March 2019 in Munich, around 200 guests were there to see the presentation at this year's Shop-Awards. Read on to learn how this year's edition of Internet World was different than previous years' expos.

The United States is desperately trying to beat China to the punch of 5G technology. Even though the USA is ridiculously behind China in the race, they are still trying to get allies here in Europe. Now they are trying to get Germany to get on the West side of the fence. More than any other company, Huawei is bearing the brunt of the United States' rancor. 

E-commerce can be a harsh mistress. Things move quickly, and a young startup can show loads of promise only to lose its way in the fickle world of business. Or they get in way over their heads with a new business investment due to meteoric growth. In the case of Lesara, the financing of their new logistics center in Erfurt came too late. 

How does Facebook get special treatment so that they can collect data and breach user privacy? They lobby with politicians all over the world to stop legal systems from protecting people's data policy. Typically, when a company gets big enough, they are able to hold politicians in a seemingly vice-like grip. Let's face it – everybody has a price.