Liam Boogar
Check out the connected lamp that sets the mood based on your music selection
I have a confession to make: my interest in the connected home is born purely out of an urge to live a single fantasy of mine, which is to bring a girl back to my place and have Marvin Gaye’s “Let’s Get it On” playing as we open the door, with the lights dim and […]
Appsfire’s latest Ad Format enables Mobile App Developers to include newsfeed-style Ads
After releasing Ura Maki & Sushi earlier this year, Appsfire announced its 3rd mobile ad format, Sashimi, which allows Mobile app developers to create newsfeed-style ads inside their apps. Similar to Appsfire’s other ad formats, the ads are primarily for other apps, and draw content from the images submitted to the App Store preview and description. The ad […]
With 3 Million players on Facebook, Adictiz releases Laboratz on iOS & Android
Casual gaming startup Adictiz, maker of Paf! Le Chien (Space Dog), “Il est Con, le Pigeon” & Duck It, is bringing its latest title Laboratz to iOS & Android. Laboratz, originally released on Facebook, already counts 3 Million users, and, as a virtual card collecting game, is shaping up to be a potentially big hit […]
With growth in France, Spain & Belgium, last minute hotel reservation app VeryLastRoom raises €1.5 Million
Last minute hotel reservations startup VeryLastRoom has raised €1.5 Million from A Plus Finance, SIGMA & Extend AM, the startup announced this week. Launched in June of 2012, VeryLastRoom previously raised 400K€ from business angels, looking to provide its service in ‘every town in France’ – which they may very well have accomplished. The startup […]
SXSW – A conference too big to experience
After the sun sets, I find myself walking Austin’s iconic 6th Street looking for a tech meetup or, perhaps, an open bar/buffet. It’s my 5th and final evening here at SXSW, as the digital festival wraps up, and I’m noticing a distinct change in the profile of the average pedestrian. Somewhere between the Spotify House […]
Open source eCommerce platform Prestashop raises $9.3 Million from XAnge, Seventure, Serena
Score yet another one for open source startups: Prestashop has raised $9.3 Million from XAnge, Seventure & Serena Capital in order to “fuel global expansion,” the startup announced this week. Founded by Bruno Leveque with offices in Miami, Florida & Paris, France, the company announced that it had 165,000 active online stores & a 600,000 […]
Whatt launches as Whatsapp for Status Updates
Remember the days when Facebook was a way to tell your family how you were doing, let your friends know where you were, and tell a group of people “I’m eating breakfast. Rad.” ? Well, with the advent of Facebook events, groups, pages, games, apps, ads & messages, it seems the traditional Facebook status update […]
Recipient of the first articifical heart dies 75 days after transplant
This week French medical device startup CARMAT issued a press release announcing that the recipient of the first artificial heart, a 76 year-old man with a terminal heart condition diagnosed with days or weeks to live, passed away 75 days after the transplant was done. Calling the transplant a success (they have formally defined success […]
Mt. Gox or not, France will have its Maison du Bitcoin
Mt. Gox may be nothing more than an allusive call center as of today, but that won’t stop Parisians from getting on board with Bitcoin. In addition to having a Senate hearing earlier this year on the topic, the first physical BitCoin center is set to open in the heart of Paris, which will consist […]
Disrupting the Dentist – Kolibree goes head to head with Oral B on the Connected Toothbrush
After making its first appearance at CES in Las Vegas earlier this year, French startup Kolibree likely woke up to a rude awakening when Proctor & Gamble announced that they would be launching a Connected Toothbrush under the Oral B brand – the ‘rude awakening,’ of course, comes from the fact that this was the […]