Dear LaFrenchTech: Let’s never stop learning
Arguably at one point the hottest tech conference on the European continent and still undisputably one of the top tier events, LeWeb took place last week and brought leading international entrepreneurs and investors like Phil Libin, Hiroshi Mikitani, Kevin Rose, Yossi Vardi, Tony Conrad, David Hornik, Jeff Clavier, and Fred Wilson to Paris. The conference […]
Following SFR and Virgin Mobile, Altice looks to acquire Portugal Telecom
Altice, led by telco mogul Patrick Drahi and owner of now SFR-Numericable, has their sights on Portugal Telecom (PT) for which it has made a reported 7.4 billion euro offer. As their offer proved to be more attractive than a rival 7.075 billion euros offer by Apax et Bain Capital, PT’s owner, Brazilian telco Oi, quickly advanced negotiations […]
Airfrance partners with Orange on project to expand wifi on its flights
Last year, Airfrance-KLM rolled-out a very limited launch of wifi on its flights – Paris.New York (Air France) and Amsterdam-Panama (KLM) at a price of 10.95 eur for one hour and 19.99 eur for connectivity for the entire flight. Presumably, the first experiment proved to be enough of a success for them to establish a […]
Amaury partners with Paris Region Lab to launch France’s first press incubator
Amaury, known for their news publications such as L’Equipe and Le Parisien, just launched the first accelerator in France dedicated to the press industry. The accelerator, dubbed Amaury Lab was developed in conjunction with the Paris region and has a double objective: first to accelerate fast-growing startups and facilitate collaboration and opportunities for co-development between these start-ups […]
11/11: Remembering our veterans and remembering the genesis of the EU project
Today is a holiday: 11/11. Europe celebrates it as Armistice Day, commemorating the end of World War I (the war to end all wars), of which the fighting stopped on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of 1918). The Commonwealth nations observe 11/11 as Remembrance Day in honor of the […]
France leads the world on wifi hotspots…for now
France currently leads the world in terms of number of public wifi hotspots with 13 million (commercial and community hotspots) according to a far-reaching study by global wi-fi provider iPass. The US comes in second in terms of number of hotspots at 9.8 million and the UK third at 5.6 million. Europe overall has the world’s largest […]
Soon to be launched Névo connected watch to take on Withings’ Activité
The wearable market has seen several of new devices on the market in recent months, particularly the connected watches. While iWatch has certainly been the most heralded, Withings also made a big splash with their state-of-the art connected watch Activité which launched this fall. Now a new entrant the Névo, which is result of […]
Criteo ads reach nearly one billion users worldwide each month
A latest study by comScore has found that Criteo reaches nearly one billion Internet (precisely 994M) users each month with their customized ads, dynamically created in real-time. This finding underscores Criteo’s increasing dominance in the online ad space, with their global reach only second to Google’s Display Network. Criteo has sought to reach new internet users […]
Mobile payments in the West, a primer
Last week Square raised a new $150m in equity financing led by the Singapore government fund, valuing Jack Dorsey’s mobile payments juggernaut at a rumored $6 billion. Also recently, Amazon launched a Square competitor, Tim Cook announced the iPhone 6 and Apple Pay, and Paypal reclaimed its independence from eBay. And that is just in America. […]
Meet My Designer to introduce meltyFashion’s readers to talented, up-and-coming designers
Meet My Designer (MMD) is fast becoming a great site for discovering new up-and-coming designers. As a crowdfunding platform for fashion’s burgeoning talent, MMD is not only a place to help designers overcome the financial challenges of bringing their new collections to market, but also a way to build a following with fashion enthusiasts. meltyFashion, […]