Now Google Is Pissing Off the French Authorities
Ms. Falque-Pierrotin (cnil.fr) Mere weeks after being slapped with a $25,000 fine from America's own F.C.C., Google is antagonizing yet another government body with its tight-lipped, unhelpful...
View ArticleBooting Up: The Mayer Effect Edition
Seemed like a cat pic kind of day. (Photo: Pusheen.com) Two more execs are leaving Yahoo. Call it the "Mayer effect." Or is that the term for bringing Googlers to Yahoo? [AllThingsD] The social media...
View ArticleBooting Up: Who Made Business Insider’s Silicon Alley 100?
(Photo: flickr.com/wlappe) Tim Cook wants you to understand that the iPad mini is, like, totally not just a seven-inch iPad. [The Verge] You can now legally jailbreak your smartphone. Good luck getting...
View ArticleBooting Up: Maybe You’d Be More Qualified If You Were a College Dropout
(Photo: flickr.com/kla4067) In a talk at DLD, Ben Horowitz revealed that his VC firm had closed (non-seed) investments in a mere 24 companies, most of them created by “college dropouts with insane...
View ArticlePinterest Adds French Site in Order to Become More Insufferable
Qu'est-ce que c'est "repin"?(Photo: Pinterest) Pinterest is taking its well-lit show on the road, expanding eastward to the land of cigarettes, simple carbs and wafting B.O. -- France. The site, which...
View ArticleHigh-Tech Fridge Denies Beer to Non-Canadians
She thirsty. (Screengrab: YouTube) It's a common problem: you're walking down the street in a European tourist destination and you come upon a giant fridge with a beer logo on it. But try as you might,...
View ArticleConvenience-Hating French Prime Minister Cracks Down on Uber
"Allez vous faire foutre, les startups." (Photo: Getty) Between the terrible restaurant service, the 1 a.m. Metro closing time and the lack of plumbers, Paris is not a city known for its convenience....
View ArticleFrench Legislators Move to Ban Amazon (and Everyone Else) From Offering Free...
French culture minister chillin' (PIERRE VERDY/AFP/Getty Images) Americans are fond of wringing their hands over Amazon's seemingly endless, Borg-like growth. Is there any hope for bookstores when...
View ArticleUK Man Builds World’s Biggest Fart Machine in Giant Butt, Aims it at France
It won't be this cute (Image via Flickr). Ahhh, the sweet smell of innovation. Wait, those are farts. One silly English dude is building the world's biggest fart machine so he can let one rip on...
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