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How German health care is set to become more digital in 2020

From video chats with doctors to accessing patient files online, here's how German health care is slated to digitalize in the coming year.

Frankfurt

From hippy ideal to hipster Ziel: How co-working is on the rise in Germany

In Germany, more freelancers, entrepreneurs and even whole company teams are leaving behind traditional offices in favour of shared spaces.

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How Germany plans to zoom out of the digital slow lane (and why it could struggle)

By appointing a new State Minister for Digitalization, Germany claims it is about to become a global leader on digitalization. But one of the government's former senior cyber advisors explained to The Local that Germany has a very long road to walk.

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Google steps up its game with new offer of cloud services from Germany

Following in the footsteps of other big tech companies like Amazon and Microsoft, Google now plans to introduce cloud services from Germany.

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Siemens to cut 4,500 jobs worldwide

German engineering giant Siemens said on Thursday that it would slash an additional 4,500 jobs worldwide, on top of 7,400 cuts previously announced as part of an ongoing restructuring plan.