Archive for August 2012
France's Cloud Startups (series): Meet Hedera Technology
This series of articles exploring the various innovations going on in the Cloud by French startups. In our last installment, Quentin Adam, co-founder of Clever Cloud took us through the innovation he’s looking to bring to the cloud space with his company. This week, we look to do the same with French cloud management software […]
Digital Media Hub Awards Nominees Announced!
Roll out the red carpet for the Digital Media Hub Awards 2012! HUBFORUM, partnered with FrenchWeb.fr, will hold an awards ceremony in Espace Cardin on October 11-12 to honor the the most influential digital personality of the year, start-up of the year, and digital marketing and communications book of the year. Expecting 600 guests in attendance, […]
MiddleVR brings 3D apps to Virtual Reality
Two weeks ago I presented VRGeeks, an association promoting Virtual Reality (VR) among hackers and technology enthusiasts. Still on the VR topic, allow me to introduce I’m in VR, a Telecom ParisTech-incubated startup that develops software that aims to simplify the creation of VR applications. MiddleVR, their first realisation, is a Unity plugin that bridges the gap between […]
Rakuten's Global eCommerce study on eShoppers
As discussed previously, eCommerce has grown astronomically here in France in recent years, with sales of online goods now reaching approximately €40+ billion annually. With so many consumers now shopping online, the French market has, not surprisingly, been inundated with eCommerce sites. One of the most important ways for these vendors to set themselves apart from the pack […]
Curation, Creation | Enemies or Friends?
There’s no denying the old Internet mantra, that Content is King. All major Internet companies eventually tend towards it: AOL & Yahoo are drowning in it, Google’s transitioning into a content company, trying to transition from a search monopoly to a content monopoly. Facebook & Twitter don’t create their own content, but their revenue model […]