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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 […]
Pearltrees launches its Android app as mobile adoption grows
UPDATE: In a previous version of this article, we suggested that the Android news was an update. While Pearltrees was previously accessibly by web browser, this is the version Android mobile app version of Pearltrees. Pearltrees announced today the launch of the Android version of their content library tool, bringing all of the company’s most recent features […]
Wearable devices and the future of our homes
The new Flex device from Fitbit released in January, the new Pulse device from the French Withings announced this month, and rumored revamp of the current Nike+ FuelBand later this year make the self tracking devices a hot market right now. So far, these companies have been working hard to add more input variables into […]
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 […]
Glossybox announces 200K subscribers & 4M boxes sent. Are Subscription Boxes here to stay?
Beauty subscription box Glossybox has now sent over 4 Million boxs to its 200,000+ subscribers – that’s a lot of beauty products. Based out of Germany, Glossybox currently operates in 15 countries, including France, where it competes with Joliebox (acquired by Birchbox in 2012), and employees more than 300 people. While the market is quite […]
Media for Equity fund 5MVentures launches with investments in YouBoox & JobAroundMe
The first Media for Equity fund in France has launched. With the support of ClearChannel and 20Minutes, 5MVentures announced investment in the subscription model eBook vendor YouBoox as well as local job board company JobAroundMe. We’ve already written about YouBoox’s success so far, and it will be interesting to see how their Media for Equity exchange will […]
SNCF riders increasingly interested in buying their tickets via Google or Amazon
A far-reaching study conducted by Accenture across 8 European countries revealed that significant numbers of train riders would buy their tickets via Google or Amazon if they could. Google leads the way in the minds of riders as the best potential source for finding train tickets as 55% overall and 45% for Amazon. Facebook came […]
Mobile app Soundwave answers the question “What are you listening to?”
Earlier this month, Dublin-based Soundwave made a big splash when they launched their iPhone and Android app. With a launch event featuring Stephen Fry, the polished mobile app promises to change music discovery for the ages. A newsfeed that aggregates music that your friends listen to on popular music services like Spotify, Soundcloud, or YouTube, the […]
Streaming continues to surpass downloads in France
Hadopi and Opinion Way have just released an extensive study on how French internet users access content online. The study confirms what has been a rapidly growing trend since the introduction of the Hadopi law in 2009, namely that streaming is the dominant way the French access video and music online. Some 84% of French internet […]