Liam Boogar
Apple to pay 50,000€ for keeping employees working 1 hour after closing in France
A Paris court ruled today that 7 Apple Stores, which formally were open until 10:00PM, must close at 9:00PM, as per French law. In the official statement, the court ruled a “ban on Apple France from having salaried employees work between 9:00PM and 6:00AM,” with a penalty of 50,000€ to be imposed in the case […]
Angry Birds creator Rovio releases “The Croods” in France, Germany, Finland, UK & Canada only
A new Rovio title The Croods has just hit the App Store, and curiously enough the Finish creator of Angry Birds has not launched in the US, but seems to be testing the waters across Europe. Working with Dreamworks in partnership with the soon to be released movie of the same name, the app may be […]
Skype may face criminal charges if it doesn’t let French Police listen in on Skype Calls
ARCEP, the French telecom authorities, have informed the Paris state prosecutor (the State Attorney) that, since Skype provides communication capabilities to French citizens, they must submit to the French law’s concerning electronic communications operator – one such law requires operators to allow the French Police to listen in on any calls. ARCEP, claims that Skype, whose European presence is governed by […]
Rolling out in Lyon, France is now the only country in Europe with two Uber-enabled cities
Uber announced on their blog today that they have rolled out their secret Uber drivers in Lyon today – the first passenger was Mickael Miro, a Lyon-based singer. This is Uber’s 2nd French city, and its 7th European city (London, Paris, Berlin, Amsterdam, Milan, & Stockholm). In fact, you” notice this is the first European country in […]
Tigerlily teams up with Insert to bring a truly SoLoMo experience to street-side advertising
Tigerlily has always been at the forefront of digital marketing: they were one of the first certified Facebook marketing partners in France, their services provide analytics value on top of Facebook & Twitter advertising, and they also presented their vision of the SoLoMo experience just last October. Previously just a video, which integrated Apple’s Passbook, […]
Beach goers in south of England pick up French mobile roaming charges
Nobody likes roaming charges, but when you travel abroad, they are an unavoidable fact of life. I’ve heard many say they will buy a SIM for each country, or use a service like FrenchConnection.fr to work around it; however, when you are in England and get hit with roaming charges because the best network your phone […]
Festicket raises a $680K Seed Round to sell package deals for music festivals in Europe
Festicket announced today that they have raised a $680,000 seed-funding round in order to expand out their festival package deal site, which allows users to purchase ticket, accommodation, transport & extras all in one click. Reported originally by Steve O’hear of TechCrunch, Festicket launched in 2012, by Zack Sabban and Nathan Younes, as they encountered difficulties […]
European Innovation in Online Payments rated the lowest in the World, yet again.
Today, global payments player Ixaris, and financial services investment and advisory group Anthemis released a report identifying global trends in payments innovation. The report, which compiles the results from the Global Innovation Jury – a panel of 25 leaders in the payments sector from 14 countries and 5 continents who meet every two years – discusses innovations in […]
Spideo Brings its B2B Video Recommendation engine straight to the consumer with its new iPad App
A while back we wrote about Spideo, a startup with a powerful video recommendation engine, that is already being used by content publishers like Canal+ to power CanalPlay’s video recommendation. At the time when we first introduced them, they were on their way to New York for the Digital Tech Tour, where they might publishing […]
Women in Tech get a big boost with the Girls in Tech European Lady Pitch Night
On April 4th, Girls in Tech Paris will host the European Lady Pitch Night, where 5 startups (with at least one female co-founder) will be brought out to Paris (all expenses paid) to compete in a pitch competition. For startups who are qualify – you must have your HQ in Europe, have at least one […]