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26
Dec
secure your smartphone with Lookout
The smartphone market is booming. For example, 330 million Android tablets and smartphones were sold around the world in the first 10 months of 2012 (source IDC). These ever more powerful machines in which we are entrusting more and more of our personal data are becoming profit centers for people looking to exploit sensitive data [...]
13
Dec
The Orange offline bubble at #LeWeb12 Paris
Having brought you articles, interviews and slideshows from this year’s LeWeb12 conference in Paris, I’m going to finish off by looking back on a magical timeless experience at LeWeb: the offline bubble on our stand. The concept? A square-shaped bubble – you had to see it to believe it! – soundproofed to allow you to [...]
13
Dec
#leweb12 Touchalize: where videos become interactive
Touchalize is a startup from Phonitive, created by Guillaume Lemoine. He participated in the start-up competition at LeWeb12 Paris, where he launched his product. Touchalize is a new form of technology which allows video creators to make their content interactive. To put it simply, they run their video through Touchalize, and hey presto, you and [...]
12
Dec
Pixplit: creative collaboration for photo collages! #LeWeb12
Pixplit is a new mobile app devoted to photography. ‘Not another one’, I hear you say! Sure, but this one has a rather clever and original concept. And at a time when Instagram has decided to pull its photos from Twitter, Pixplit could be an interesting alternative. Whereas Instagram allows you to snap what you [...]
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 [...]
11
Dec
The connected fork on show! #leweb12
Hapilabs has come up with the intelligent fork you’ve always dreamed of! We take a closer look at it in the aisles of LeWeb12 Paris! All LeWeb conferences are held in the plenary areas while workshops and other events are located on the upper floors. In short, it’s the kind of jam-packed program you dream [...]
10
Dec
our top quotes from #LeWeb12 conference
During three days of conferences, networking and meetings at Le Web, I managed to see very inspiring speakers and I would like to share with you some quotes I noted down that marked me. Don’t hesitate to add your favorite quote in comment to this post “I can’t think of a better time to be [...]
07
Dec
slideshow #leweb12 third day
On this third and last day at Le Web 12 conference in Paris, we take a tour of all the startups, visited our colleague on Orange booth, took the time to disconnect in Orange Bubble, watch our pics of this day here Check our first day diaporama and our second day one
07
Dec
#leweb12 wezzoo: the first social network where you make the sun shine or make it rain!
Do you remember when Edouard Austin met Clément Guillot, co-founder of wezzoo, at LeWeb London this year when he took part in the start-up competition? (visit this link if you don’t ) Back then, the mobile app was still in its beta version, but the app was finally released this week. You can download it [...]
07
Dec
A great Christmas gift idea: Ubooly, the connected soft toy #leweb12
In his interview with us, Rafi Haldjian predicts that everything will be connected within a few years, and judging by what’s on show at LeWeb‘12 Paris, this certainly seems to be the case. Light bulbs, thermostats, bathroom scales, sensors for plants, hairbands … connected things are coming thick and fast, and bear no resemblance to [...]
