Ykone wants to build the bridge of Social Fashion between France and the US
When Ykone sent me the announcement about the opening of their US office I first thought this was the dumbest idea I have heard this year. The use of social media by US brands is years ahead compared to France, in particular within Fashion and Luxury brands. I experienced this first hand when I participated […]
Spideo Brings its B2B Video Recommendation engine straight to the consumer with its new iPad App
A while back we wrote about Spideo, a startup with a powerful video recommendation engine, that is already being used by content publishers like Canal+ to power CanalPlay’s video recommendation. At the time when we first introduced them, they were on their way to New York for the Digital Tech Tour, where they might publishing […]
eBuzzing-owned Beezik to shut down – employees to join eBuzzing team
After having launched 2009 and grown to over 3 million subscribers last year, the music download service Beezik will be ceasing its operations. The owners of the Beezik platform, BeeAd, decided to voluntarily shut down Beezik principally because their model, which was based on advertising supported downloads, was deemed not to be viable outside of […]
Orange launches San Francisco-based accelerator Orange Fab | Applications open today!
French ISP and Mobile operator Orange announced today the launch of Orange Fab, a startup accelerator based in San Francisco intended to help startups with existing products grow their businesses. The accelerator is meant for US-based startups (sorry French startups), lasts for 12 weeks, and will feature a demo day in both the Silicon Valley […]
Pearltrees prepares overhaul of its collaborative library app with new “Boticelli” release
Today, Pearltrees announced a new version of their collaborative library will be released soon. Available on iPad and iPhone for free, the app “transforms organized collections into beautiful illustrated libraries.” The self-proclaimed largest collaboratively library is currently home to 50 million web pages organized into 6 million pearltrees. Pearltrees also had a premium version for $4.99, […]
With 500K+ users, Leetchi brings Social Payments to mobile with a new site & iPhone App
We haven’t heard a lot from the Leetchi team since they raised a €$4Million round of funding nearly one year ago to date, allegedly intended for international expansion. The social payments site, which now boasts 500,000+ users on their service, launched a long-awaited iPhone application, and took the opportunity to optimize their web interface for mobile, […]
MWC: Withings announces full android compatibility for its Wireless Scale and Baby Monitor
French startup Withings announced this morning that Android users will now have full compatibility with two of Withings’ leading devices: The Black Wireless Scale, which uses Bluetooth & Wifi Connectivity and can recognize individual users, & the Smart Baby Monitor, which gives parents a new generation of communication with their infant. The Wireless Scale, which […]
France will have 4G soon, but at what cost to users?
At the end of last year, Bouygues Telecom announced they would request permission from ARCEP to transform their old 2G network into a 4G Network which would be notably compatible with the iPhone 5. Over the past two months, ARCEP has listened to the other three operators – SFR, Orange, and Free – as they […]
Here’s why Qwant is not the Google-Killer that France wanted it to be.
Early this month, out of thin air came Qwant, a new startup that proposed a new way to do search – it was social, it had “Qnowledge,” and most importantly, it wasn’t Google. Last week, it launched, and Le Figaro, like many tech blogs and mainstream media, loved it. They praised its ability to attract […]
Remixjobs now has a mobile app that’s actually WORSE than the web interface.
Whenever I’m asked where one should go to find startups who are hiring, I always reluctantly point to Remixjobs. It’s not that I don’t like the site, or founder ‘Manu’ Dorne, AKA Korben, one of France’s most well-known independent bloggers, it’s just that the site lacks so much of what I would want in it. […]