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Archive for February 26th, 2010

Liberté, égalité, sororité: women in the French tech space

Posted in France, Business, Entrepreneurs, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on February 26, 2010 | 2 Comments »

I naturally get excited when I come across a young entrepreneur. But, in the male-dominated tech environment, I get even more excited when that young entrepreneur is female.  Here is a look at 3 French start-ups founded by 20-something-year-old ladies. Leetchi (@Leetchiweb)  The company is founded by 27-year-old Céline Lazorthes (@celinelazorthes) and is a platform that [...]

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l’Académie française: Has Micro-blogging Killed le Vouvoiement?

Posted in Business, France, Internet, Microblogging, Technolgy, Twitter, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on February 26, 2010 | 4 Comments »

Disclaimer: this post is probably more for myself than anyone else. Remember that terrible 80′s song by The Buggles, “Video Killed the Radio Star”? Well, if video killed the radio star, I’m pretty sure that the evolution of web 2.0 - with my figer pointing at micro-blogging in particular - has killed le vouvoiement. French 101 For anyone [...]

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