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FinTech to take center stage at this year’s ICT Spring on 3-4 July
ICT Spring Europe, one of Europe’s longest running and largest tech events, will be kicking off on July 3rd at the new Conference Center Kirchberg in Luxembourg. This year’s event will take a finance oriented turn, titled “INNOVATING THE CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE; FinTech: disrupt or be disrupted”. As such, it will explore the innovative business models, cutting edge technology […]
Recommend raises 800k euros to fuel their product and marketing development
After raising 450k following on their strong showing at the ’12 Le Web startup competition, Recommend has raised an new € 800k round with Xavier Niel (Kima Ventures), Charles Beigbeder (Gravitation), Carlos Da Silva (Go Voyages/Odigeo founder) and Guillaume Victor-Thomas (Ecotour founder and CEO). Recommend officially launched just 6 months ago on the Apple store. Although the concept […]
Aldebaran and Japan’s SoftBank to launch the first emotionally-aware robot ‘Pepper’
Aldebaran has been making quite a bit of news lately in the world of robotics and are, increasingly looking the the leader in their field. They’ve long had ambitions to not only bring humanoid robots to the masses, but also to do so on a global scale. After having raised $20 million by 2011, in […]
France Digitale Day #2 will be ‘Talkin’ about a revolution’ on June 11th
Last year, France Digitale demonstrated yet again their ability to mobilize and inspire France’s tech ecosystem with their hugely successful first France Digitale Day, which welcomed over 800 participants and pretty much every key mover and shaker in France’s tech ecosystem. This year’s edition, #FDD2, looks to be even more ambitious, with over 1000 attendees, […]
Startup Assembly, where 500+ startups across France will open their doors on June 12-14th
As France’s tech ecosystem continues to grow at a healthy clip and increase its notoriety with the global tech community, the wider French public often seems unaware of much of this. Futur en Seine has worked over the last several years to address this problem, by hosting various events within its annual tech festival […]
Microsoft reinforces its mobile-first focus with Capptain acquisition
Microsoft has made no secret its new lazer focus on mobile. When taking the helm at Microsoft earlier this year, new CEO Satya Nadella made known that Microsoft’s new reality would be a world that’s “mobile-first, cloud-first“. Though Microsoft seems to have the cloud part of the equation in place, their effort to shift to […]
France leads the way in Europe in Thomson Reuters Top 100 Global Innovators list
Each year global media and information giant Thomson Reuters conducts an extensive study to identify the most innovative countries in the world. While the US, not surprisingly, came out on top with 45 companies on the list and Japan came in second with 28, France came out on top in Europe with 12 companies making […]
With a new multi-billion euro fund dedicated to startups and PMEs, the EU starts to shift its focus
With the European elections rapidly approaching this weekend, the big question is usually top of mind for most electors is ‘what has the EU done for me lately.’ Of course, although the EU plays a central role in Europeans’ everyday lives, there is often a general lack of awareness of not only what the EU does […]
Study shows kids learn Algebra in hours playing Dragonbox game
A couple years back we introduced you to Norwegian-French startup WeWantToKnow and their highly impressive algebra learning game called Dragon Box. From our initial review, Dragon Box looked to be well on the path to joining the ranks of startups such as Coursera, Udacity and France’s Neodemia as one of the emerging startups disrupting the […]
After winning out on SFR, Numericable buys Virgin Mobile
After coming out on top in the negotiations for SFR, Numericable announced Friday that it is also entering into exclusive negotiations to purchase Virgin Mobile. According to Carphone Warehouse Group, 46% owners of Virgin Mobile’s France holding company Omer Telecom, the transaction would be valued at around 325 million euros. Carphone Warehouse Group, looks to […]