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The Netflix French love affair: company executives fight against VOD monopolies
The love affair between Netflix and France has been fiddled with mistrust and a few bumps on the road. Fortunately – for consumers – the overly popular American video streaming service might be arriving to France very soon. Being present in 41 countries worldwide, it sounds strange that Netflix is not available in the French market. […]
EBlink funding totals $30 Million+ for their Mobile Network Solution
The Parisian startup EBlink has just announced a new capital raise of $2,8 Million+ with FSN PME and BPI France to develop their 4G base stations technology. Since its creation in 2005 the company has raised more than $30 million which is no surprise looking at what the company has come up with. Expanding the […]
After crowdfunding its campaign 6x the Smart Wheel is ready for European production
Although there are some notable crowdfunding successes, few of them actually make a strong argument for the betterment of society. New York based startup Flykly did just that when they shared their vision for the future of urban mobility. The Smart Wheel is one of those products you immediately think : “How come we didn’t […]
French Startup iAdvize adventures into the Queen’s Land
Based on the French West Coast in the city of Nantes the French startup iAdvize has just announced their expansion into the United Kingdom. With a so far very successful international expansion calendar iAdvize is already present in Spain, Germany and now the UK. With a lot of traction in the French market the company […]
Celebrating the launch of voice search in French, Google House opens in Paris
Google has just launched voice search in French and with it the new Google House to showcase their products. Built in the heart of Paris, the Google House has been designed to showcase the use of different Google products in our daily lives – with a special focus on voice assisted search. The search giant […]
Bringing some Fab back home – Orange gives in details for its startup accelerator in France
Following up with the announcement of Orange Fab France, the company has finally released some more details on the format of the program. As expected, the competition will follow a similar path as the first two editions of Orange Fab in the Valley. The startup accelerator is directed towards innovative startups with an existing product […]
E-commerce in France stagnates. Signs of the times?
A new report from PwC shows that outlook for French e-commerce might not be as good as previously thought, reports Le Figaro. According to the report French e-commerce has stagnated with purchases reaching a plateau. The comparison is made against other countries such as China, GB and Germany, that report higher purchasing frequency with 76%, […]
Where do you buy while mobile? Another £2.5M for the mobile ecommerce platform
Shopcade is the go-to ecommerce platform that serves over 16.000 retailers and 150.000 brands. Using big data to fuel their discovery engine Shopcade is able to predict demand even before Amazon – a remarkable feat in itself. With Fancy-like features like wanting a product and tagging items to express different emotions towards products Shopcade […]