It feels like the dying print media industry is trying to die faster in France
Today, print kiosks are closed in Paris. It’s not because all the “quotidiens” (daily print newspapers) have simultaneously closed. No, it’s because Presstalis, the sole distributor of newspapers has gone on strike so many times in the past month, which has meant that vendors haven’t been able to sell newspapers, that the vendors are striking […]
Airbnb’s key to success in the French market: offline engagement
2013 has already been declared the year of the Sharing Economy, with Airbnb founder Brian Chesky appearing on the cover of Forbes as the spokesperson for the aforementioned billion dollar industry. Airbnb has certainly risen to the top of the rising trend, with almost any new player in the market or any new implementation on […]
Indian Giant Tata to open office in Euratechnologies for its consulting arm
Indian Giant Tata has announced it will be opening up an office in the Euratechnologies ICT Cluster in Lille for its consulting subsidiary, Tata Consulting Services. TCS has been operating in France for five years already, and, according to Invest in France, “its choice reflectsits confidence in France, the buoyancy of the market and France’s […]
Orange’s latest Ad Campaign features Norman, one of France’s biggest YouTube stars
In its most recent ad campaign, Orange has teamed up with Norman Thavaud to push their most recent set-top box, the LiveBox Play. It’s pretty normal for Orange to pick up well known TV stars to gather interest and attention; however, this tishome Orange partnered up with one of France’s biggest YouTube stars. Known for […]
Eventbrite: How they managed to integrate Facebook’s “Buy Tickets” feature in just 48 hours
Last week, Eventbrite announced integration of Facebook’s new “Buy Tickets” feature – a feature which allows Facebook Events to integrate ticket purchasing – so that Eventbrite events can now be posted to Facebook as events, allowing users to buy tickets to your event directly from Facebook. The news was pretty interesting, mainly because that feature […]
Here’s some new Tax Credits just for French startups
The 2013 French Finance law, voted last December, has been a hot topic in the startup community because of a controversial capital gains tax hike proposal. The directions for the new law were set in the National Pact for Growth, a set of measures aimed at helping SMEs grow by fostering innovation, among other things. Apart […]
Norway, France & Holland have highest penetration of tablets, smartphones, and connected TVs
France ranks #2 in terms of Smartphone, tablet, and and connected TV adoption, according to a recent report by Offremedia. The report claims that penetration of these ‘new media’ is at 38.8% in Norway and 35.7% in France, as of 2012. The report also makes predictions about where these countries will be in 2015, and has […]
Deezer shakes it up with their version of The Harlem Shake
Yesterday the team over at the Deezer Paris Headquarters posted a video of them “doing the Harlem Shake.” The video, which is based off of this original video, which was uploaded at the beginning of the month and has since gone viral, accumulating over 7M views. While Deezer’s version may not be as good as […]
3 French games studios in trouble – are Social & Mobile still keys to success for games studios?
Two social gaming studios publicly announced they were closing these past few weeks in France, Mandala and Qozmo. We often hear from companies having a hard time that the Facebook market has been becoming tougher in recent years, and if several companies in the same space fail in a short time, this can turn into […]
eDeal Summit 2013 brings together Europe’s top eCommerce Deal leaders
The eDeals industry (think Daily Deals, Flash Sales, Coupons/Vouchers, Social Commerce, etc) has been experiencing both substantial growth and significant challenges over the last couple years. Groupon and Living Social have obviously been the biggest news (not all of positive of course). But they’re just a small part of what’s becoming an increasingly crowded space. In […]