Trista Bridges
eFounders launches Solved, putting live software support at your fingertips
Everyone can relate to having to deal with software bugs. All of us probably spend too much wasted time trying to sort through software glitches rather than being productive. eFounders it looking to change all that with its private beta launch of Solved, a new app which connects live, in real-time business collaborators with certified software experts. […]
Archos to support France’s digital plan for its schools
As a part of President Francois Hollande’s digital plan for schools, he has set as a target for all middle school aged kids (‘5eme in France’) to be equipped with a tablet at the start of the 2015/2016 school year. This would equate to approximately 45k students who would use the tablet to “improve students’ […]
Paris Founders Event alums ‘Where are they Now’: Phonotonic
At our spring Paris Founders Event (PFE), Phontonic (incubated by Agoranov) launched Music Battle, a unique and playful connected gaming experience based on music. The way it works is that one connected object, a ball, gives rhythm and the other, the second ball, is the lead. Both balls are connected via an app. You can […]
Atos to buy Xerox’s IT outsourcing unit for $1.05 billion
Atos announced yesterday that they’ve agreed to buy Xerox’s IT outsourcing unit for $1.05 billion, which was well received by the markets spurring Atos’ shares to jump up to 9.3%. The acquisition will be a cash deal, with Xerox potentially getting an additional $50 million depending on the condition of certain assets upon completion of […]
Deezer hires new CEO and announces new lyrics feature
After a long search following the shock departure of Axel Dauchez last year, Deezer will be turning the page and starting off 2015 with a new CEO. Hans-Holger Albrecht, CEO of Swedish media and telecom group Millicom will be taking the reins of Deezer starting in February. Having run Millicom, a company which delivers […]
Xavier Niel scoops up Orange Suisse for €2.3 billion
Having successfully entered and disrupted France’s telco market, first in triple play and then in mobile, he’s recently been setting his sights on new markets. Although the T-mobile US acquisition didn’t go his way, he did have have a successful first move abroad by taking a 55% stake in Monoco Telecom. Now he’s wrapping up […]
SaaS Academy to help French software publishers transition to the cloud
Before the last Finance minister Arnaud Montebourg abruptly resigned (or, arguably, was asked to resign), he advocated for several measures aimed at helping bridge the gap between traditional software publishers and cloud providers. One of the measures, which was proposed by Atos and OVH, was to create a SaaS Academy which would offer coaching […]
Ifeelgoods launches the first rewards fulfillment API enabling on-demand e-gifting
The leader in digital distribution of branded rewards, Ifeelgoods, has just launched a new rewards fulfillment API which is the first to automate and streamline the process of e-gifting. From now, brands can drive acquisition, engagement a and retention through seamlessly deliver users on-demand their choice of rewards from Ifeelgoods’ catalog of 100,000+ downloadable gifts covering a wide-range of categories, […]
French government vows to enforce ‘anti-UberPOP’ law to quell latest taxi uprising
Another day, another French taxi strike. This time, the taxis were protesting against a ruling this past Friday that UberPOP could continue to operate in Paris. The only drawback to the ruling for Uber was that the court, in response to a deceptive advertising infraction in October, banned them from advertising certain services which would result […]
With 10 million subscribers, 4G starts to win over France
After a healthy start 18 months ago, 4G has begun to seduce the French public, with 10 million users now signed-up. The uptake of 4G was historically fast, with users taking to 4G 10 times faster than they did with 3G. Although Europe clearly trailed the US the roll-out of 4G, clearly things are […]