Archive for June, 2008
Tuesday, June 24th, 2008
SmugMug has always been in a category of its own. I have been using it for longer than Flickr because it addressed my need for a sound place that will take care of my best pictures. Their mission to keep my pictures in perfect (digital) conditions makes me feel safe. ...
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Monday, June 23rd, 2008
Even if a small ecosystem of entrepreneurs already exist in France, what you hear on the street, in the media and in the mouth of officials is that it needs to be stimulated to reach a level that we can see in other countries. And who are better than north ...
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Sunday, June 22nd, 2008
Another week passed, and its now officially the summer. With it comes Firefox 3 and a few stories:
Firefox was launched and has set a world record with over 8 million downloads in a 24hour span. Download it here. But be carefull not all FF2 extensions work with this new release, ...
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Sunday, June 15th, 2008
Digital ink has flooded since last Monday's announcement by Steve Jobs of the release of the next generation iPhone, named appropriately the iPhone 3G.
That day, the first shockwave happened when Steve announced that the price of the phone would be dropped to $199 for the entry-level model. Everyone rejoiced. The ...
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Saturday, June 14th, 2008
This week as led by to major news.
The release of the iPhone 3G second generation. People (including me) have been waiting for it, predicting its arrival day, its features and the ones lacking. Most were right on it. The new iPhone was announced monday, will be released in 22 countries ...
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Sunday, June 8th, 2008
Back from an exciting week at La Baule for the World Investiment Conference & CaliforniaTechShowcase, I had to play catchup with the news this weekend. Here is what happened during the week:
[OUTAGE] Amazon.com (not the Web services) was down for nearly two ours on Friday. They should learn from Twitter ...
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Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008
Aside from being very funny, here is one more proof that computer-based translation tools can have some real life collateral damages. This Paris bistro announces "we speak English" on its front door and proudly prints its menu in both French and English.
Looking quickly at the menu, I was amazed at ...
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Monday, June 2nd, 2008
This morning, both Loic Le meur and Mark Evans mentioned they would love to see a name reservation system. Bouncing the idea further around coffee earlier, we think it can have great potential with incentive on both side of board, for the startups and the early adopters.
30 some words to ...
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Sunday, June 1st, 2008
I'm having a hard time getting through all the news every week now. I really hope aideRSS will soon work under FF3 to help prioritize.
Anyhow, Android has been the big item this week at Google I/O. Everyone likes it, but where is the slick phone to go with it? read ...
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Technology entrepreneur based in Paris, I moved from Montreal late last year and founded 