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Payleven’s Square-like payments terminal arrives in France, available in Apple stores for 49€
Update: we have received an update about this article from Payleven, stating that, despite announcing in their press release that Payleven is launching in France, the product in fact will not be available in the Apple Store until at least next April. In addition, the product will not be sold on the Apple store for […]
SNCF will do anything to stay competitive… except add WiFi in their trains.
France’s main train travel provider SNCF has been making quite a number of sweeping changes in their service in preparation for European Commission-encouraged competition entering the market in the coming years. In addition to adding a low-cost offer in an attempt to stave off price-cutting competition, the company has also increased the service aspect of […]
Deezer announces Hear This, “Dropbox for Music” app, 5 Million paid subscribers & 2 key hires
Online music streaming service Deezer called together a press announcement in London today in order to unveil two major platform developments, as well as announcements about the service’s performance to date. The keynote took place in iconic music venue Ronnie Scotts (quite fitting for the announcement) and was delivered by Deezer CEO Axel Dauchaz. 30m […]
With Instagram Ads, analytics provider Nitrogram prepares to track Ad performance
The talk this week has been around Instagram Ads: what they are worth, user reactions, what comes next (hint: video). The banter feels a bit forced, given that the reaction has become more-or-less standard for any change made to a social network, especially one that revolves around making money; however, Instagram has made its decision […]
Deezer co-founder Jonathan Benassaya has Hollywood in his sights with Streamnation 2.0
In the spectrum of disrupt-able industries, there are few so ripe as the music and film industry. Online music players like Spotify & Deezer have looked to disrupt music distribution, while online video content providers like YouTube & Netflix have created a new channel for viewing video content. The DRM-heavy world of iTunes and Amazon […]
“I don’t know about it” does not equal “It doesn’t exist.” What you see is not what you get.
As often happens, I found myself last week explaining why there is such a difference between what the Rude Baguette says about the French Tech Market and “what you’ve heard elsewhere.” Over the last two years, I’ve learned that “what you’ve heard elsewhere” is usually akin to “I haven’t heard anything, therefore there must be […]
5 Reasons the next Criteo will also come from Paris
With media companies looking for higher revenues online & the entire Internet essentially powered by advertisements, the opportunity to provide more accurate, higher-value, or just ‘smarter’ ads is still wide open. Whether it be pre-targeting or re-targeting, pre-roll or post-roll, display ads or text ads, the opportunities for monetization on sites are multiplying each day, […]
Capitaine Train’s simple train ticketing platform now available on iPhone
European train ticket vendor Capitaine Train announced it’s long-awaited iPhone app this week, The web app has been making a dent in the European eTicketing since its launch last year, having already raised two rounds of funding (here and here) totalling nearly €4 Million from Index Ventures & CMC-CIC Capital Privé. The iPhone application was meant to fill […]
The Rude Baguette turns two-years-old today. Happy Birthday to us.
Today is a pretty special day for us at the Rude Baguette. If you’ve ever wondered why our website colors are Orange & Black, today might be the eye-opener you were looking for. The Rude Baguette launched two years ago with one small mission: to provide 100% transparency, visibility & access into the French Tech […]
10 Tips for building a killer startup, according to Moshi Monsters CEO Michael Acton Smith
The following is a guest post from Mike Sottak, President of Wire Island International. You can follow him on Twitter at @WiredIslandPR Everybody loves Top 10 lists so it only seemed fitting that the Dublin Web Summit included a version of its own, aptly aimed at the entrepreneurial crowd. Playfully presented by kid’s entertainment ‘rock star’ […]