Archive for June 2013
The French-German relationship in the digital age: Going from local to international
The following post is a guest post by Theophil Haberstroh and David Polte who help support start-ups with their expansion to either France or Germany. Theophil is also an active member of the Digital Club Franco-Allemand (DCFA). European digital companies strive to successfully compete with their American and British counterparts. To achieve this, they know […]
Meanwhile in France: Apple to pay 5 Million € in unpaid taxes on 2011 iPads sales
Apple’s been in the spotlight quite a lot recently, and it seems that the company with $137 Billion as of January 2013 just can’t get a break. The French association SACEM, which controls royalties paid out to authors, announced this week that Apple failed to pay 5 Million euros in royalties taxes on iPads sold […]
Deezer crosses 4M premium users, closing the gap on rival Spotify
Deezer announced last week that it had crossed 4 Million premium subscribers, and it seems that these numbers are rising faster and faster. While I still find myself trying to explain to people what Deezer is (“Wait, so France has a different thing than Spotify?”), that fact remains that the company, despite its late start […]
Mozilla kicks it off big at their new Paris office next week with a FirefoxOS hackathon & more!
Starting on June 9th, Mozilla kicks off a week of events targeted at both the Mozilla and Paris tech communities to celebrate the recent opening of their new Paris office. They’ve lined up a series of great events for the week, of which many focus squarely on the developer and broader Paris tech community, including: […]