SimpliField launches new version to help companies better boost worker productivity
Having raised a first round, led by Kima this past May, SimpliField releases a new version of its web and mobile solution which connects companies’ field workforces and their Executives. SimpliField’s simple mobile-first solution now incorporates advanced features such as a real-time custom dashboard, cross-platform apps, on-mobile knowledge base, internationalization, to help boost worker productivity. A […]
Orange’s launch show ‘Hello’ puts connected objects front and center
Orange welcomed yesterday 1k journalists, tech enthusiasts and others to hear about their latest innovations at their ‘Hello’ show. This time they unveiled 20 new products and services, of which connected objects featured prominently. Some of their new connected object innovations include: Orange Datavenue: Targeted at service providers and manufacturers of connect objects, Datavenue is […]
Free’s latest Triple Play box to run on Android?
With the latest Freebox, the Freebox v7, coming to anxiously awaiting Free users sometime in 2015, Xavier Niel may be set to bring a surprise to Free’s new box in the form of Android TV, which will reportedly be at the heart of the v7 according to the French Android expert blog, Frandroid. This move is a bit unexpected, to […]
Musings on shaving, child actors, and business models
Anyone exposed to American television in the early 80s might remember the hit series Different Strokes. The sitcom portrayed a story of two African American boys from Harlem (played by Gary Coleman and Todd Bridges) who were taken in by a rich white Park Avenue businessman and widower named Phillip Drummond (Conrad Bain) and his […]
The 1st Fashion & Tech Week comes to NUMA next week
Paris’ Fashion week gets underway next week and for the first time, NUMA in conjunction with Parsons Paris, Fashion Technology Lab and Fashion Capital Partners, will host the 1st Fashion & Tech week 22 – 28 September to explore the impact of new technologies on the fashion industry. More than 70 hours of events have been organized to […]
TransferWise launches new UX, mobile app and more in bid to help consumers beat bank fees
After having raised $33 million from investors such as Richard Branson, Peter Thiel, Max Levchin, and Xavier Niel, hitting the £1bn in transaction volume milestone, and saving customers a whopping £45 million in banking fees, TransferWise has announced today various new functionality and features to put them squarely on the path to challenging the big banks […]
Numericable launches VOD offer ‘LaBox Series’ to counter Netflix
The efforts to counter Netflix’s big push in France continues. Telco operator and soon-to-be SFR owner, Numericable, just launched their own VOD service to rival Netflix via their LaBox Fibre. The platform, LaBox Series, will be free for their 380k fiber subscribers, giving them access to up to 3k TV shows and will eventually extend to movies. […]
LVMH’s TAG Heuer planning smartwatch launch
Known as the undisputed leaders in watchmaking, Swiss watchmakers have, up until now, taken a ‘wait and see approach’ to the rise of the smartwatch. Although consumers have yet to take to smartwatches en masse, the advent of more luxury, design-focused smartwatches, such as the more high-end versions of Apple’s iWatch, HP and Gilt’s Michael Bastian […]
Autodesk to launch its first pop-up gallery in Paris – “The Future of How Things are Made”
For the first time ever, Autodesk will offer the public a glimpse of their thinking and work around the future of engineering and design. From 9 – 23 October, Autodesk will bring to Paris’ Marais district its first Autodesk Gallery pop-up offering innovative and interactive exhibits on the future of areas such as architecture, industrial design, […]
Wuaki.tv leapfrogs Netflix by launching this week in France
With Netflix launching in France on September 15 with a strategy to not only offer an extensive catalog and awarding winning content, but also produce customized, high quality content for the French market (a French House of Cards anyone?), others are also setting their ambitions on conquering the French VOD market. Rakuten’s Wuaki.tv got a jump on Netflix […]