Liam Boogar
Royal Cactus brings its popular Facebook game Jelly Glutton on iOS
Casual games may be a hits-based business, but when you’ve got a hit you’re a fool not to capitalize on it. Paris-based Royal Cactus has decided to capitalize on their addictive Facebook Game Jelly Glutton, bringing the game to iOS in December. The game, which counts 15 Million total players, of which 1 Million are […]
“Can’t we all just get along?” A letter to Paris Taxis
The following is a Guest Post by Dave Ashton, co-founder of SnapCar, a French startup providing chauffeur services via its iOS & Android application Today, January 13th (and just like last year on the same day), there is a general taxi strike in Paris. 5000 angry drivers are using their idle cars to block the […]
Evaneos raises $6M from Xange & ISAI to take its tailored travel service international
Evaneos announced today that they have raised $6M from Xange & ISAI on the back of the growth of their online personalized travel website. The service, founded in 2009 by Eric La Bonnardière & Yvan Wibaux, has seen sales double in the past year, totalling 30,000 users, having already established itself in France, Spain, Germany & Italy. […]
Taxi protest in Paris turns to guerrilla warfare as Uber car attacked on freeway
Update 12:06PM – A second incident of an Uber car being attacked by up to 20 men has been reported by Bertier Luyt, confirmed by Uber. Update 12:16PM – no less than a dozen confirmed incidents in Paris & Lyon, including “flat tires, eggs, broken windows,” confirms Uber. The right to protest has always been […]
Behind Drive’s $2 Million fundraising: “Uber is charging a premium for a commoditized service”
Earlier this week, Drive, a smartphone chauffeur service, announced it had raised $2 Million; Rude Baguette has learned that two of its investors include Olma Capital & Singularity Holdings. The fundraising comes after the service launched its fleet of German Mercedes last year, seeing “thousands of rides” in the first months of its launch. Founded by Maxime Bourdon, […]
Twitter’s search sucks. That’s why Algolia re-built it (better) from scratch.
Twitter’s search sucks. There, I said it. My default action when I want to find a person or company on Twitter is to open a new tab in Google Chrome and search “Name” – if they’re relatively well known, I include ‘Twitter,’ though it’s not usually necessary, given the social networks high traffic and ranking […]
The first European Google Glass Hackathon comes to Paris January 17th-19th
Though Google Glass has yet to launch, it has created quite a lot of buzz and jumpstarted the conversation about the future of Wearable Tech. Most commonly used by white men who want photos of them with the latest gadget, Google Glass has its own dedicated Glass Store, and thus, the opportunity for a Hackathon. […]
Apple’s former iCal & iSync creator launches Nephorider to visualize your Cloud Infrastructure
A new App has been made available an Apple’s desktop App Store: Nephorider has launched its cloud visualization tool in order to help developers manage, visualize & analyze their cloud infrastructure in a more intelligent way. Currently compatible with Amazon Web Services (AWS) – though co-founder Laurent Cerveau says the product will quickly be cross-platform. […]
Introducing AirCall.io (by eFounders) – a flexible, scalable customer hotline tool for SMEs
eFounders has made a name for themselves by building solutions to basic problems that software startups have – whether it’s social media (mention), email management (mailjet, frontapp), PR (Pressking) or translation (textmaster) – and their latest project, Aircall, is certainly playing to their strengths. The service provides startups a scalable customer service hotline across multiple […]
France fines Google 150K€ for unclear practices around user data
The CNIL, France’s data privacy regulatory board, released a statement this week following a meeting in which they determined that an update made to Google’s privacy policy, which violate European Union laws around data privacy. The 150,000€ fine comes with a requirement for the search giant to post a notice on its homepage (google.fr) within 8 […]