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15 countries launch Allied For Startups, a new global startup advocacy network
At France Digitale Day in Paris this week, France Digitale, a startup advocacy association which lobbies the French government for startup legislation, has launched Allied for Startups, alongside 14 other country-based associations of similar nature based on 4 continents: Startup Chile, Startup Brazil, Berlin-based The Factory, Startup Malaysia, the USA’s Engine Advocacy & Startup Malaysia are […]
“Digital Sovereignty” can’t be about an OS “made in France”
The phrase “digital sovereignty” has been all the rage in France since Skyrock CEO Pierre Bellanger first introduced it in 2011: “digital sovereignty is the mastery of our present and our fate as expressed in the use of tech and computer networks”. “No national sovereignty is possible without digital sovereignty. The Internet is a global network entirely […]
LINE vs. WeChat. Get ready to rumble.
An enthusiastic user of LINE, Mark Bivens faces off against Jerry Yang, a WeChat apologist, on the merits of each app. MB: First, I think we can agree on one thing: that WhatsApp, BBM, Viber, Telegram, eBuddy, Nimbuzz, SnapChat, and even Kik do not swim in the same pond as Line, WeChat, and KakaoTalk. To […]
Preparing for September launch, Netflix is producing a new show in France
Netflix’s launch in France may have taken longer than expected; however, their September launch date has now been confirmed (and even specified to the week of September 15th), and there is now word of a new Netflix show which take place in Marseille in the south of France. In addition to access to other popular […]
For the Cannes Festival, Uber offers on-demand jet flights from Paris to Cannes
The annual Cannes Film Festival is going on from May 14th to May 25th, bringing together many of the world’s most well-known (and soon to be well-known) actors, directors, costume designers and other film industry players. Despite ongoing drama in Paris and in France as a whole, Uber announced last Friday that users in Paris & Cannes […]
Netflix is coming to France a little too late – in more ways than one
After months of back and forth with the French government, and delays internally, it seems all but sure that Netflix will arrive in September 2014 – then again, that’s what we heard over a year ago. Nonetheless, Netflix has said it will come to France, via its Luxembourgeoise subsidiary – which is not great news […]
Of course French employees will still answer email after 6PM. Are you kidding me?
Another week, another ridiculous set of accusations to respond to. When Engadget’s “Paris-based” correspondent phoned in a lazy combination of words that can best be described as the editorial equivalent of a Jackson Pollock-inspired work that replaced paint with fecal matter (yes, that’s throwing shit at a canvas and calling it art), I brushed it […]
TelCo Shake-up: With Vivendi selling SFR to Numericable, Bouygues is looking for a buyer
After Vivendi confirmed that they would accept Numericable’s bid to purchase SFR at a valuation of €19 Billlion, Bouygues Telecom, who lost out to Vivendi on the bid for SFR, is now expect to find a buyer – the ailing telecommunications company is currently said to be in talks with Free’s parent company Iliad, as […]
France just put the guy who killed the Yahoo!-Dailymotion acquisition in charge of the Digital Economy
In France this week, President Hollande has announced a suite of changes to his staff of Ministers, in an attempt to improve his approval ratings and turn around the administration. Among those announcements came an announcement that Fleur Pellerin, the Junior Minister of the Economy and Startups, would have her post eliminated and rolled into […]
France is not suffering from an exodus of entrepreneurs: the world is benefiting from mobility
The following guest post originally appeared on Frederic Montagnon’s blog (in french). Frederic is a French entrepreneur, co-founder of Overblog and Ebuzzing, currently based in New York City. The media landscape shows a growing « France bashing » spirit those days, in France and abroad. The blame is that France’s gloominess is pushing its talents outside of […]