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[European StartUp Scene]

French Failure to Singaporean Success: Kevin Straszburger

Apr 23, 2013 by
Kevin Straszburger- Parisian entrepreneur turned Singaporean FrenchWeb correspondent and crowdsourcing evangelist- brings back news to the motherland. While he is most likely sunbathing in the infinity pool, he is officially Head of Marketing at Crowdonomic with founder, Leo Shimada, Head of Business Development, Nicola Castelnuovo, and CFO, Eric Tay. His...
[Social]

Twitter Trends now localized in 100 cities: What's the point?

Dec 5, 2012 by
Twitter Trends 100 Cities
Twitter announced on their blog this week that they are rolling out localization for Twitter Trends. Users will now be able to drill down trends not only to countries, as was possible before, but to specific cities. In France, users can choose between Bordeaux, Lille, Lyon, Marseille, Montpellier, Nantes, Paris,...
[Social]

Twitter VP Katie Stanton says France is the next big focus

Dec 5, 2012 by
twitter-france-300x296
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....
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Twitter to hire up to ten in Paris by Spring 2013

Oct 12, 2012 by
Paris Mayor Bertrand Delanoe & Twitter's Jack Dorsey
The City of Paris confirmed yesterday that Twitter will be opening an office in Paris next Spring. The announcement comes after TechCrunch reported just days earlier that it was taking Twitter too long to hire in France, suggesting that hiring in France was particularly difficult. The Techcrunch article, despite lacking in...
[European StartUp Scene]

Despite Delays, SFR launches 3G in RATP

Oct 4, 2012 by
SFR RATP Ad
After an agreement signed between French telecom provider SFR and the Paris region transport authority (RATP), SFR brought up the 1st iteration of their 3G network in the RATP – specifically in two main stations, Chatelet & Gare De Lyon. SFR customers in these areas finally have access the 3G...
[.Gov][`RUDE VC]

Rude VC: Pour une France Compétitive

Sep 25, 2012 by
france_ripped
Over the weekend I had the pleasure of perusing France Digitale’s whitepaper “Pour une France compétitive et créatrice d’emplois.” I say pleasure, because I really did enjoy reading the organization’s pragmatic proposal of four concrete measures to include in the upcoming Loi des Finances 2013. For those who are not...

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