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With France in recession, 56% of IT directors expect 2013 to be a dud year

May 15, 2013 by Trista Bridges

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A recent study conducted by IT Research in conjunction with the Club Decision DSI (French / European IT director association) found that most French IT directors expect that 2013 will be a difficult year for IT investments. In study, which was conducted with 150 top IT decision makers in France, 56%...

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Orange CEO Announces first class of startups at Orange Fab

May 14, 2013 by Nora Poggi

Orange CEO Stephane Richard flew from Paris to San Francisco on Monday 13th, to kick off the first class of Orange Fab, the startup accelerator launched in March by the European telecom giant. The 3 months program, as we reported last month, “supports U.S.-based start-ups with an existing product which...

[Enterprise][Hardware][Mobile]

Adyen brings its global payments solution in stores with POS to blend online & offline

May 3, 2013 by LiamBoogar

Last week at The Next Web, I met up with global payments player Adyen, who has been enabling eCommerce sites like Mango & Groupon to accept payments from all around the world. The space is heating up, and with Adyen having already processed $10 Billion + in transactions as of...

[.Gov][Cloud][Data][Enterprise]

[TNW STARTUP RALLY] Meet kompany: the online background check for companies

Apr 24, 2013 by LiamBoogar

As we get ready for TNW Conference, and the Startup Rally, the Rude Baguette sat down to talk with kompany, one of the startups who will be competing this week. kompany was founded in February 2012 by Russell E. Perry, Bernhard Hoetzl, Peter Bainbridge-Clayton and Iris Pittl to provide easy and instant...

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Hollande’s €150 Million Lottery for Disruptive Innovations

Apr 24, 2013 by Nadia Leung

The Race to Innovate or A Hit Reality Show? When we think sponsored events and prizes, we think of the Tour de France, marathons, maybe even nationally televised shows like Nouvelle Star. Like a cosmetic surgeon promising instant reduction in wrinkles and long-lasting results, French President, François Hollande, has a “quick...

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Augment raises 220K€ to take its 3D Augmented Reality app to the US

Apr 12, 2013 by LiamBoogar

3D Augmented reality app Augment has raised 220K€ from Paris investors, including PriceMinister cofounder Olivier Mathiot(1001Pharmacies), LeGuide COO Nicolas Vauvilliez, Laurent Therezien & Tristan Vyskoc (who also recently invested in TheFamily). Created in 2011, the company’s cofounders, JF Chianetta, Cyril Champier, and Mickael Jordan were part of Paris Accelerator LeCamping‘s 3rd batch of startups in...

[Enterprise][Games][Hardware][Mobile]

In alternate reality where Windows 8 was called XboxOS….

Apr 11, 2013 by LiamBoogar

While the Rude Baguette tends to stick to covering the French tech market, I couldn’t resist speaking about a topic which has been bugging me for quite some time. Imagine for a moment, if you will, that Microsoft had decided to call Windows 8 “XboxOS” instead of Metro, or Windows...

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