At LeWeb, it’s all hand-wringing: Paris versus London
July 9-10, 2013 San Francisco, CA Tickets On Sale Now Jan Rezab is the CEO of social media and digital analytics company SocialBakers. The LeWeb conference is just winding down for another year in...
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July 9-10, 2013 San Francisco, CA Tickets On Sale Now Carlos Espinal is partner at Seedcamp, a European micro seed fund for internet technology companies. Despite any clouds looming over the...
View ArticleSoundCloud: Why sound will be bigger than video online
July 9-10, 2013 San Francisco, CA Tickets On Sale Now The audio-sharing network SoundCloud, which allows users to share not just music but any audio recording — from company earnings calls to cat...
View ArticleCuriosity Rover’s Chief Software Engineer on sending a robot to Mars (interview)
July 9-10, 2013 San Francisco, CA Tickets On Sale Now Mars may once have looked like Earth. It has seasons, polar ice-caps and once supported shallow seas and flowing streams. So did it also once...
View ArticleFacebook Platform: New home of the million-user app
Facebook announced today at Parisian tech conference LeWeb that Facebook.com was home to more than 350 applications with more than 1 million active monthly users each. In a panel onstage, Facebooker...
View ArticleMeasure your brainwaves and modify your mind
July 9-10, 2013 San Francisco, CA Tickets On Sale Now Can a sleek headband which reads your brainwaves help you to achieve inner peace? Interaxon‘s CEO, Ariel Garten certainly thinks so. Her company’s...
View ArticleAutomate this! SmartThings lets you control the real world
Sept. 9 - 10, 2013 San Francisco, CA Early Bird Tickets on Sale SmartThings CTO Jeff Hagins turned on the Christmas lights in Paris, but the Christmas tree was in Minnesota. And when one of his...
View ArticleOoh la la LeWeb: The 5 coolest things from LeWeb12
July 9-10, 2013 San Francisco, CA Tickets On Sale Now While trying to get a sense of this year’s LeWeb conference, the annual technology culture get-together in Paris, one thing was most striking to...
View ArticleBreather debuts ‘Zipcar for rooms’ to give you peace and quiet on-demand
July 9-10, 2013 San Francisco, CA Tickets On Sale Now Wizards and superheros can open locked rooms without a key, and now you can, too. Breather launched its “Zipcar for rooms” at the LeWeb conference...
View ArticleVC Fred Wilson says Uber’s ‘ruthless execution’ and ‘swagger’ are key to its...
Speaking on stage at LeWeb 2014 in Paris, Fred Wilson, a partner at Union Square Ventures, said that controversies surrounding Uber aren’t surprising because they are the result of the same attitude...
View ArticleBop.fm now wants to break down the music-streaming silos on mobile, launching...
Bop.fm‘s answer to the ever-growing squadron of music-streaming silos is to let you share your music and playlists with friends no matter what service they’re using. The Y Combinator startup has...
View ArticleFrench tech minister thinks her country can take on Silicon Valley — but...
PARIS, France – On the eve of LeWeb 2014, France’s digital minister Axelle Lemaire caused a bit of a stir when she was quoted as saying that the country had nothing to learn from Silicon Valley. Quoi?...
View ArticleFrance cheers and weeps as Lending Club IPO makes Renaud Laplanche...
PARIS — A country hungry for massive exits can now point to a big one. Sort of. Lending Club, a San Francisco-based peer-to-peer lending service, held its IPO yesterday. It was a huge milestone for...
View ArticleLeWeb: 4 social-mobile trends to bank your money on in 2012
GUEST: Carlos Espinal is partner at Seedcamp, a European micro seed fund for internet technology companies. Despite any clouds looming over the macro-economic climate, Europe’s startups and investors...
View ArticleSoundCloud: Why sound will be bigger than video online
The audio-sharing network SoundCloud, which allows users to share not just music but any audio recording — from company earnings calls to cat impersonations — has just launched a new version, “Next...
View ArticleCuriosity Rover’s Chief Software Engineer on sending a robot to Mars (interview)
Mars may once have looked like Earth. It has seasons, polar ice-caps and once supported shallow seas and flowing streams. So did it also once support life? The Mars Curiosity Rover’s chief software...
View ArticleAutomate this! SmartThings lets you control the real world
SmartThings CTO Jeff Hagins turned on the Christmas lights in Paris, but the Christmas tree was in Minnesota. And when one of his developers back in the U.S. hit the liquor cabinet (there was a contact...
View ArticleBreather debuts ‘Zipcar for rooms’ to give you peace and quiet on-demand
Wizards and superheros can open locked rooms without a key, and now you can, too. Breather launched its “Zipcar for rooms” at the LeWeb conference in London today. The startup also revealed closing...
View ArticleFrance cheers and weeps as Lending Club IPO makes Renaud Laplanche...
PARIS — A country hungry for massive exits can now point to a big one. Sort of. Lending Club, a San Francisco-based peer-to-peer lending service, held its IPO yesterday. It was a huge milestone for...
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