Liam Boogar
Uber Taxi in Paris: an Uber for the price of a taxi, or a Taxi for the price of an Uber?
Yesterday, Uber announced on their blog that Parisian Uber users will now be able to make user of Uber’s “Uber Taxi” feature, which allows users to hail taxis using Uber. The service has already rolled out in Chicago, DC, Toronto and San Francisco – in Paris, users have the choice between a Taxi, a “moto” […]
Fashionable and powerful, Aedle’s headphones are finally available (again) for pre-order
Hardware startup Aedle has re-opened up its pre-orders after selling out the first batch of pre-orders months in advance. The titanium and lamb-skin headphones spare no expense in both fashion and technology. They come with a detachable 3.5mm cord, a travel pouch, and are available in both classic (seen above) and carbon. Available for a […]
Unishared launches VideoNotes, a Google Drive App that allows you to take notes during your online courses
Online education startup Unishared released this week their latest tool for empowering online learning, VideoNotes. The Chrome Extension(UPDATE: The released product is actually a Google Drive App, which means it works on all browsers) allows online learners to ditch their pen & paper (after all, you’ve already ditched the lecture hall), and use a collaborative, smart […]
TheNextWeb announces Institute for the Future’s Marina Gorbis as a speaker for TNW Conference Europe
TheNextWeb Conference has already announced a pretty impressive line-up of speakers, which include 4-hour Workweek author Tim Ferriss, Wolfram|Alpha’s & Mathematica creator Stephen Wolfram, Prince William-Alexander of Orange (the Prince of The Netherlands), Eventbrite founders Kevin & Julie Hartz – just to name a few. Today the conference has announced one more addition to the line-up: Institute […]
8 Criteria for determining which SaaS platform to choose
As a SaaS entrepreneur in B2B, choosing the right platform is one of the first and most important decisions you will have to make. It will affect everything. To understand why, let’s review the three integrations of SalesClic, with their upsides and downsides... The most important conclusion for your startup is to take the platform dilemma into account as early as possible. Based on the use case of your application, consider the selection criteria listed above and take an educated
Rocket Internet’s coupon aggregator CupoNation partners with Habitat, Marionnaud, and Levi’s for launch in France
German savings platform CupNation has launched in France today, partnering with local retail stores Habitat, Marionnaud, and even Levi’s in France. This is the startup’s eighth market, having already launched in India, Poland, Sweden, Spain, Austria, India and Brazil. The startup also announced they have hired Marc-Antoine Thiriat, a former product development intern at l’Oreal, as their country manager for France […]
The Problem with The French…
… is they host events called “The Problem with the French.” Last week in San Francisco, Paris Soma and Fabernovel, two French companies allegedly dedicated to helping the French digital ecosystem, organized an event that can only be described as a mix between a circle jerk and a support group, entitled “The Problem With the French…” […]
AppGratis says Apple approved their iPad app one day before pulling their iPhone App
Earlier this week we reported on the news that AppGratis’ app was unexpectedly removed from the Apple App Store during the weekend, due to infringing on a few of Apple’s quite generic rules regarding applications pushing notifications that are paid by advertisers, as well as apps that are similar to the app store. AppGratis was first […]
Ridesharing marketplace Blablacar launches in Germany – already 3 Million registered users in Europe
Ridesharing marketplace Blablacar announced today that they have launched into Germany, their 11th market in Europe. The company raised $10 Million from Accel Ventures back in January 2012, after they had already launched in France, Spain and the UK, and have since acquired PostinAuto to enter into Italy, acquired a team to enter into Poland, and […]
Sketchfab accepted into TechStars NYC, so why would anyone apply to TechStars London?
Last week TechStars announced their Spring 2013 class of startups for their New York program – 11 startups which will receive $18K in funding and a $100K convertible note. Among those announced was LeCamping alumnus Sketchfab, who recently raised a small seed round to continue the growth of its YouTube for 3D website. With 20K+ users […]