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Pearltrees Delivers Real-Time Human Curation of the Web: Feature Updates

February 22nd, 2010 · No Comments

Pearltrees, the first human-organized network of interests on the web, unveiled a number of new features today, to manage your own web – instantaneously, in just two clicks. Users organize their interests and passions on the web using intuitive drag…

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Colors of Paris on a Brutally Cold December Week

January 15th, 2010 · No Comments

As always, I took a smattering of photos during my recent trip to Paris; it was much harder this time of year given how brutally cold it was. Blue fingers and all, below are a handful of my favorites. Montmartre…

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How Worldeka Brings Together Charities & Brands Online #tg09

January 5th, 2010 · No Comments

In the press and blogger lounge at LeWeb in Paris earlier this month, I interviewed Worldeka’s Sophie Cox who talks to us about how charities and communities can use their service to extend their conversations, their voice and their brand.

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Tags: France · United Kingdom · Videos

Le Digital Photo Frame #tg09

January 4th, 2010 · No Comments

Parrot’s designer digital photo frame – a closer look at it as demoed by Parrot’s CEO at their offices in Paris in December.

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Tags: France · Videos

Coworking in Paris: Meet La Cantine #tg09

January 3rd, 2010 · No Comments

At Silicon Sentier and La Cantine in Paris, the goal is provide a environment in which to foster ecosystems and have companies collaborate and make projects emerge and happen. I spent some time there with folks from Invest in France…

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How & Why We Look at Art

January 2nd, 2010 · No Comments

There’s something about the museum experience in Europe that is always different for me than any other museum experience in the world. Sure, part of it is the age and the seriousness of the history that hits you in the…

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Sacha Finkelsztayn for a Yiddish Gastronomic Wonder

December 31st, 2009 · No Comments

I ran across legendary Sacha Finkelsztayn in Paris earlier this month. On a mission to find dark chocolate, my tastebuds found taramasalata, mini baguette-like pastries with poppy seeds and some wondrous looking dumpling instead. Imagine trying to get a shot…

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Action Shots from Traveling Geeks Paris & LeWeb

December 30th, 2009 · No Comments

A number of memorable moments from the Traveling Geeks tour to Paris….below in trains, at meet-ups, tweet-ups, incubators, startups, dinners, and LeWeb. Beth Blecherman Jerome Tranie The Pearltrees team at their Paris’ offices Robin Wauters Meeting with Orange David Spark…

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Nicolas Steeghann from Stupeflix Gives GREAT Demo #tg09

December 29th, 2009 · No Comments

I’m looking forward to doing a custom project with the guys at Stupeflix. The Traveling Geeks met with them in London over the summer; I learned about new features and functionality from him in Paris earlier this month at one…

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Tags: France · Videos

Urbi on Robotics

December 29th, 2009 · No Comments

Another innovation we saw during the Traveling Geeks tour to Paris was Urbi, robotics software platform and operating system from Gostai, that makes all robots compatible. Urbi is already compatible with numerous robots on the market, including Nao, Aibo, Spykee…

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Tags: France