consumers
GPS: taking directions from a woman
Most satellite navigation devices predominantly use female voices – and German BMW drivers can’t cope with them. Is this sexism or science fiction?
consumers, feminism, gps, techno-media, men and women, technology, best of cafebabel.com
Environment: the maggot in Steve Jobs’ apple
While tributes to its CEO Steve Jobs flood the web, don't forget Apple’s lack of green credentials
consumers, techno-media, internet, media, united states, steve jobs, revolution
Twitter feed: reactions to Steve Jobs death
The CEO of Apple was without a doubt the biggest genius of the last decade. He passed away after suffering from pancreatic cancer at the age of 56 over the night of 6 October. Social networks such as facebook and twitter have overflooded with 2.0 tributes
consumers, social networks, culture, technology, lifestyle, united states, steve jobs
Being green: German lifestyles are less sustainable than they'd think
In Germany sustainability is in. Germans are buying organic yoghurt, separating their rubbish meticulously and not leaving the tap on when they brush their teeth. But, to be honest, they are actually being inconsistent, for they do also sometimes use a low-cost airline to jet across Europe, they cannot resist new trainers and they eat tomatoes in winter. So why are they more eco-friendly in their minds than in reality?
consumers, green cities, environmental protection, environment, lifestyle, budget, sustainable developement
The importance of being eco-ideological in Budapest
Green is in fashion in the Hungarian capital, but the word is often just an empty trunk, a sales argument in a consumer world which forgot its ecological foundations long ago
consumers, environmental protection, hungary, green europe on the ground, budapest, environment, best of cafebabel.com
Europe makes 2010 its year for fighting poverty and social exclusion
When the 'Lisbon strategy' was launched in March 2000, EU member state leaders said that they wanted to take decisive steps towards eliminating poverty. Ten years later, during the worst economic crisis since 1929, the EU has named 2010 its year for fighting poverty and social exclusion. It’s about time, too
consumers, labour market, european year for combating poverty and social exclusion, civil society, poverty, european parliament, labour
WAMP: inside the monthly Hungarian design fair
Since 2006, the monthly design market has attracted hundreds of young local designers like 'Musu' who display their creations in front of an ever-growing crowd of visitors. But WAMP is not only a collective promotion of Hungarian design, it’s also a formidable economic catalyst, with its international design week too
consumers, eucrisis on the ground, hungary, budapest, art market, cities, cities
Fish fingers are 50 years old
Captain Birdseye is still a winner with kids and in student fridges! We plead for the defence of Europe’s most square-shaped fillet of fish
consumers, great-britain, yum nyam, brand names, fish, united kingdom, fisheries
Ikea, H&M, Nokia, Zara: a fairytale EU life built on brands
The products we buy all bear the CE marking, French for 'European Conformity'. What if our lives were also conforming to the advertising messages of the leading brands in the European market? The big fishes are swallowing the small ones. Are they also picking away at our identity?
consumers, expresso, culture, ikea, debate, identity, society
Is your gran a 'silver surfer'?
French grandmas in stinging nettles, German grandpas at the European parliament and Polish grannies working in communist toilets - there's a visually colourful variety of 'ageing' expressions across the European continent
consumers, work, tower of babel, age, pensioner, languages, expressions
Dutch supermarkets at war in Europe
Special offers, two for the price of one, price-cuts, buy one get one half price, loyalty cards, vouchers… are you familiar with these methods of seduction? Supermarkets are engaging themselves in heightening competition to the point of declaring war on one another, such as in the Netherlands, where leading brand names are selling at a loss
consumers, business, purchasing power, commerce, crise économique, competencia, internal market
REACH: inflammable regulation on chemical products
After years of debate, the REACH regulation came into force in June 2007, revolutionising the chemical product market in Europe. It is now up to manufacturers to prove a product is safe prior to its distribution
consumers, eudebate on the ground, european parliament, health, security, homo_toxicus, reach
Intellectual property, Sweden and the battle of The Pirate Bay
On 16 February, the most publicised trial of the content industry kicked off against the defendants responsible for the Bit Torrent tracker site. Four are charged with being accessories to breaking copyright law. They may face fines or up to two years in prison if found guilty
consumers, information, political parties, internet, culture, technology, media
Morale at half mast as the EU enters recession
Consumers or businesses? They both have the same problems. The terrible unemployment figures do not help morale. Latest titbit news from Brussels
consumers, economical crisis, negocios, european commission, unemployment, euweek, politics
EU ban: death to the incandescent light bulb
The EU approved the phasing out of incandescent light bulbs by 2012, which use five times more energy
consumers, energy, medio ambiente, ecology, euweek, politics, economy
Map: EU growth will slow down in 2008
The EU’s economy will grow slower than expected, falling from 2.7% in 2007 to 2.0% in 2008. Things will worsen in 2009. Take a look at your countries’ growth rates
consumers, economic growth, map, conjuncture, competition, european union, consumption society
Exploiting unpaid interns: rites of passage?
Associations like Generation Precarity or Fairwork expose an exploited flexible labour force with intermittent incomes and no job security
consumers, italy, identity, germany, labour, future of europe, education system
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