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Want to learn English watching Game of Thrones? Fleex’s new video player is the solution.
Following on to the launch of the premium version of its video language learning service, Le Camping almunus Fleex has launched the Fleex player, a vlc-based video player that packs all the best of Fleex in an intuitive, user-friendly desktop app. The desktop app aims to ease the language learning experience for users by seamlessly […]
Pioneers Festival launch innovation platform in preparation for October 30/31st event.
Although there are increasingly more and more great conferences for entrepreneurs around Europe, one big question all these conferences are trying to address as they grow is how to keep participants engaged and continue the ‘conversation’ after the conference wraps-up. The creators of the Pioneers Festival are hoping to offer a good answer to this […]
The worst appears to be over as seed and early stage investments jump dramatically in first half 2013
After a dismal Q4 2012 for startup investing in France due to the ill-conceived tax hikes and ‘reforms’, things turned around significantly in the first half of 2013 for seed and early stage investments with a 80% jump in the total amount raised and 108% in the number of announced fundraising events. This encouraging news […]
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[Sponsored] Make it easy and seamless for customers to connect with you
With the growth of mobile and continuously connected devices, agenda management, while not perfect, has become a lot easier than in the past. The vast amount of applications out there offering to help us all better manage our time is seemingly endless. From standard and usually reliable Google calendars to ‘smart calendars’ such as Tempo […]
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[Interview] Giving Corner leveraging charity to improve employee morale & performance
Long-time tech and startup veterans Tim Lovelock and Francois Bracq set out in 2010 to create a business with a double mission. The first, to enable companies to improve employee performance and engagement and the second, to help these same companies better deploy their corporate philanthropy budgets. The answer was Giving Corner, the first platform of its kind to […]
Orange announces its 5-point SmartCities program to help transform cities
One of the key drivers of growth outlined in Orange’s Conquest 2015 plan is leveraging digital technology to help support the transformation of cities. With all the modern challenges faced by today’s urban areas, including optimizing power supplies and transport, improving quality of life for inhabitants and attracting business and tourists alike, Orange believes their […]
100 French Train Stations will have Free Wifi in 2013
SNCF has been stepping up its transition into the digital age of late and now is taking an even bigger step forward. This past Friday, Fleur Pellerin and transport minister Frédéric Cuvillier announced a range of new digital initiatives that SNCF would put into place in the coming months. The biggest announcement was that by […]
Startup Safary turns to crowdfunding for its mega Berlin startup event on September 6th
Startup Safary, founded in 2012 and based in Krakow and Cologne, is focused entirely on delivering startup immersive experiences for those passionate about burgeoning tech ecosystems across Europe. Thus far, they’ve made a name for themselves through their Startup Safary Office Tours whereby groups of about 20 participants visit about 4 startups for Q&A sessions […]
With the launch of Accelerator Assembly, Europe’s accelerators now have their own network
Backed by the European Commission’s Startup Europe initiative, Accelerator Assembly was officially launched yesterday. Based in London and led by Seedcamp, TechStars, Startup Weekend, Bethnal Green Ventures, Seed-DB, Nesta and How to Web, Accelerator Assembly is a pan-European network for accelerators with the objective of “sharing best practices and learnings on how to improve knowledge on […]
Android dominating mobile sales across Europe
In stark contrast to the US where iOS is still holding its own, Android is largely pulling away in the mobile market share race in Europe. According to recent numbers released by Kantar Worldpanel ComTech, during March – May of this year, Android captured an average of 70% of mobile phone sales in across 5 […]