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Whatt launches as Whatsapp for Status Updates
Remember the days when Facebook was a way to tell your family how you were doing, let your friends know where you were, and tell a group of people “I’m eating breakfast. Rad.” ? Well, with the advent of Facebook events, groups, pages, games, apps, ads & messages, it seems the traditional Facebook status update […]
When is the right time to launch your product?
How to assess if you product is market-ready, bug-free, problem-solving or viral-material? The issue of launching is highly important for entrepreneurs since it can cost a lot of time and money, and let’s face it, it kind of feels like this: Here are a few pieces of advice coming from fellow bloggers, journalists, […]
Announcing the Paris Founders Event at Google – where the hottest products launch
Five startups and/or products will be selected to launch on stage at the Paris Founders Event in front of the whole community of founders, investors and journalists. Throughout last year, the Paris Founders Event gathered the ecosystem around good food and exchange of experiences. In 2014 PFE brings you even more: 600 people will attend […]
Dataiku launches its Data Science Studio to make sense of Big Data
Analyzing big data (a $16.1 Billion market) requires skills that most companies lack. Dataiku, the Paris-based startup founded by Florian Douetteau (previously Exalead), Marc Batty, Thomas Cabrol and Cément Stenac, specializes in building predictive apps using big data. Today they are taking it a step further with the launch of their Data Science Studio. “We […]
Dealissime cofounders launch Selectionnist to bridge Women’s media & eCommerce
Two of France’s biggest success stories in recent years, Tatiana and Lara Rouyres, cofounders of Dealissime which sold to Living Social just one year into launch, have left their roles as French country managers of Living Social, and have announced their next startup: The Selectionnist. Meant to bridge the gap between magazines like Elle, Vogue […]
Uber to tackle urban ridesharing, launches UberPop in Paris
Uber announced today via their blog that they will launch on February 5th UberPop, an urban ridesharing service that will undercut UberX prices by nearly 50%. The offer, which will allow individuals to register their car on Uber and transport other individuals, comes just days after the 15-Minute law was confirmed by the French Government, forcing […]
AirBoxLab launches Alima and we finally get an air monitoring device with a sound proposition
Unless you’ve been living in a cave you’re pretty much aware that your home is getting more connected, and smarter. AirBoxLab has launched Alima, a new connected device for monitoring air quality. Now before starting rolling your eyes with yet another air quality device the value proposition behind Alima is quite different from the typical […]
“LaFrenchTech” to launch this week: the same bag of tricks or a real change in strategy?
This Thursday evening, ‘Startup Minister’ Fleur Pellerin will welcome members of the French tech community as she gives her voeux, a tradition in France akin to New Year’s Resolutions, during which she will talk about what she wishes for the French tech community in 2014. In addition to plaisanteries, Pellerin will officially announce La FrenchTech, an […]
3 Months after launch, “MTV for Mobile” Mindie raises $1.2M led by SV Angels & Dave Morin
If you’ve been following the story of Mindie, then it’ll come as no surprise to learn that Mindie just raised $1.2 million from SV angels, Lower Case Ventures, David Tisch, Dave Morin & Slow Ventures, Betaworks, Pete Cashmore, Michael Arrington, Troy Carter, Chris Howard & Cashmere Entertainment, along with many other angels. The product, which launched […]
Apple’s former iCal & iSync creator launches Nephorider to visualize your Cloud Infrastructure
A new App has been made available an Apple’s desktop App Store: Nephorider has launched its cloud visualization tool in order to help developers manage, visualize & analyze their cloud infrastructure in a more intelligent way. Currently compatible with Amazon Web Services (AWS) – though co-founder Laurent Cerveau says the product will quickly be cross-platform. […]