Twitter VP Katie Stanton says France is the next big focus
Le Web’s first day was jammed packed with loads of interesting, high profile speakers. As mentioned earlier, in this version, France seemed to get more focus than in previous years, challenging the conventional wisdom that Le Web is a conference made in France, but in no way really about France. This time around, various French […]
Blablacar releases shocking study on Trust in Online Communities
This morning at LeWeb, Blablacar CEO and co-founder Frédéric Mazzella spoke on stage as one of the Ignite speakers. In his speech, Mazzella announced some amazing figures – Blablacar now matches 400,000+ travelers a month across Europe in a community of more than 2.5 million users; for Mazzella, however, this isn’t good enough. He began asking himself […]
French alcohol producer Pernod Ricard to use Salesforce Chatter
LeWeb kicked off pretty strong on its first day, and the announcements are flying around – one of the more interesting announcements came out of the entreprise giant Salesforce, announcing that French pastis maker Pernod Ricard has now implemented Salesforce Chatter into their company. Salesforce Chatter (demo video available below) is a Enterprise Social Network […]
Fleur Pellerin appoints Tariq Krim to map the Paris startup scene
On the first day of LeWeb, Fleur Pellerin, Minister of the Numerique in France, spoke alongside the new head of UK Tech City Joanna Shields and Katia Gaika, who heads up Russia’s Skolkovo Foundation. The talk, moderated by TNW‘s UK Editor Jamillah Knowles, discussed the role of government in the startup ecosystem. While the conversation itself didn’t dig too deep […]
Gameloft rising fast amongst top 10 iOS publishers
Gameloft, one of France’s most famous games industry success stories, has established itself as a force to be reckoned with in mobile gaming. According to App Annie’s October index, Gameloft jumped 8 places to #4 in the ranking of top app publishers by free download on iOS and is holding steady at #4 amongst game publishers […]
Deezer launches App Studio to take on Spotify App Centre
Deezer announced today the launch of it App Studio, part of the Open Deezer initiatize launched earlier this year which saw the birth of its desktop app platform an iOS API.. Reported on Musically, the app studio will also be accompanied by a Facebook-style App Centre, which will likely compete heavily with Spotify in the coming […]
Google Transit launches metro & RER directions in Paris
Google France announced today that Google Maps will now include public transit directions, a tool that has long been lacking for Paris users, considering the amazing public transportation here. The public transit directions include approximations for departure and arrival times for RER (trains), the Metro, and the bus system. Coming off the release os iOS6, where even […]
99designs launches its crowdsourced design marketplace in France
We’ve got a contest down below for startups to win free designs courtesy of 99designs! US Startup 99deisgns has launched a French localized version of its site, 99designs.fr, today. Originally annoucned by TheNextWeb, the site is reported active in the UK as well as Germany, after an acquisition of berlin-based startup 12designer earlier this year. With […]
European Commission seeks ideas to improve startup ecosystem
The European Commission has launched an initiative to reinforce one of its key Digital Agenda Priorities – to strengthen the environment for web-entpreneurs in Europe. What they’re looking to do is gather ideas directly from web-entrepreneurs on “any actions in the area of ICT innovation for the benefit of web based entrepreneurship / web businesses, which could be […]
Is Captain Dash getting ready to sell to Microsoft?
Speculation began to circle this week as to whether Captain Dash was in final discussions with Microsoft about an acquisition that would allow Captain Dash to launch internationally. The rumor was first mentioned in French web publication Petitweb‘s weekly newsletter, just one week after the an interview between co-founder Gilles Babinet and the publication. The […]