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01
Mar
#MWC13 SticknFind Raises Close to $1m on Indiegogo For Object Tracking
No, you’re not deaming! The SticknFind startup raised closed to 1 million dollars on the Indiegogo crowdsourcing platform. And The founders of SticknFind are no rookies either for they have been pioneers of Bluetooth products since 2003 and 2004 and they have been working for the automotive industry and have won many awards since then [...]
27
Feb
STMicroelectronics enhances mobile usage through nano technology #mwc13
Yesterday I had a chance to pay a long visit to the stmicroelectronics stand at MWC. So many innovations were on display that I had to shorten my visit in order to find time to write up this story. So here is how devices and especially mobile devices are becoming more intelligent thanks to nano [...]
26
Feb
behind the scenes of the ZTE press conference – #mwc13
What are the telltale signs of a very important press conference: it tends to look like more of a Rugby scrum when you look towards the back and you see journalists fighting for an inch of space. This ZTE conference was really something … and you can check the Orange Business Services ‘enterprising business blog’ [...]
25
Feb
the Orange stand at #MWC13: flying the flag for innovation and NFC
It wasn’t easy to choose between all the technologies on shown on the Orange stand at MWC 2013 this morning, but since it would be impossible to show you everything, I’ll try to give you a quick round-up of the things that caught my attention. Here are a few points of view and notes taken [...]
25
Feb
Showstoppers, a pictorial guide – #mwc13
On February 24 at four o’ clock sharp, we were queuing for our badges at the Barcelona Opera House in Liceu, so as not to miss anything about Showstoppers. The basement of the venue (see photo per below) was absolutely jam-packed and it was quite difficult to approach the stands and ask questions. Nonetheless, Leigh [...]
25
Feb
new horizon for mobile communications – #mwc13
Today, February 24th, 2013, we paid a visit to the Grand Fira which is the brand new venue for the MWC conference in Barcelona. Everything here is brand new and even though they built dummy columns at the entrance to remind visitors of the old place it is certainly lacking the lustre of the old [...]
11
Dec
Eric Scherer on big media: “a paradigm shift is inevitable” #leweb12
On day two of the LeWeb 2012 conference a panel discussion took place with Eric Scherer, director of Future Media at France Television (the French broadcasting corporation) and Vivek Badrinath, CEO of Orange Business Services. Here is my account of this exchange of views between two incumbents that are embracing innovation bodly. Who is afraid [...]
06
Dec
#leweb12 Mike Lazerow: “Social Media Is About Turning Consumer Insights Into Action”
On the afternoon of the second day at Le Web 12 in Paris, I attended the social media panel discussion hosted by America’s (and the World’s) most famous blogger and tech evangelist, Robert Scoble who was interviewing Mike Lazerow, CMO, Salesforce Marketing Cloud, and the former owner and founder of Buddymedia. Mike is well known [...]
05
Dec
#leweb12 Cloud Computing For Those Who Understand Little Or Nothing About It
After a great day jam-packed with exciting conferences and presentations on Dec 4 at Le Web 12 in Paris, the recap made by Loic Le Meur in his opening speech today showed that 3000 devices were connected to Wi-fi and that 23,000 tweets were sent over that day, covering many countries, the US coming first [...]
04
Dec
The Internet of Things (IOT) For Those Who Know Little Or Nothing About It #leweb
written by Yann Gourvennec on behalf of Orange at Leweb12 in Paris Geraldine and Loic Le Meur, the founders of Le Web opened the 10th edition of the international conference today in Paris. This year’s main topic is the Internet of Things, a word of connected objects monitoring all sorts of things from blood pressure [...]
