Nicolas Ferrary, the French manager for Airbnb, tells TechWeekEurope that 'shareconomy' is much more than a buzzword.
TECHNOLOGY POWERING BUSINESS
2013
Fury Over NSA Interception Of Verizon Customer Communications
US spy agency, the NSA, is conducting mass surveillance of American citizens' telephone communications thanks to a secret court order
Government Pressures Tech Firms To Censor More ‘Harmful’ Sites
Maria Miller asks Google, Facebook and BT to meet on blocking illegal content... something they already do
LeWeb 2013: Cookening Is “Come Dine With Me” On An Industrial Scale
Cedrik Georgi, CEO and co-founder of Cookening, thinks everyone should have a choice between a restaurant and home cooking, even when far away from home. His start-up links good food enthusiasts into a network that sounds a lot like "C ...
BT Wins Coventry, Solihull And Warwickshire BDUK Funding
BT wins yet more BDUK funding after agreeing West Midlands broadband deal
LeWeb 2013: Cookening Is “Come Dine With Me” On An Industrial Scale
Cedrik Giorgi, CEO of French start-up Cookening, wants everyone to eat homemade meals, even when hundreds of miles from home
UK Committee Frets Over Containment Of Huawei Security Threat
Committee worried about how the UK checks Huawei kit and how an old BT deal was initially cleared
‘Majority’ Of US Firms Testing BlackBerry 10 Ahead Of Q10 Release
COO says 60 percent of Fortune 500 companies are testing BlackBerry 10 ahead of crucial US BlackBerry Q10 launch
AMD Breaks With Microsoft And Looks To Android, Chrome
AMD processors currently run on Windows, but will reportedly in future also run on Google's Chrome and Android
Apple Plans Hiring Spree For Spaceship Campus
Apple has revealed plans to hire up to 7,400 new staff as it files documents for its new 'spaceship' campus
Google Glass Update Improves Camera Capabilities
The second software update for Google Glass offers improved photo-taking and the addition of image captions
Cisco Releases Green Switch And Looks To Midmarket
Cisco looks to the midmarket as it releases a new green switch and cloud network management dashboard
Android
Chinese Internet Chief Hits Back At US Hacking Accusations
A top Chinese official says it is the US that is doing the hacking, and claims to have “mountains of data” to prove it
HTC Executive Exodus Continues As COO Matthew Costello Steps Down
HTC Chief Operating Officer pays the price for HTC One delays, but wll continue as adviser
LeWeb 2013: AdTelligence – Personalising The Internet In Real-Time
Thor Angelo, vice president of AdTelligence for Northern Europe, thinks the Internet is going to get more and more personalised in the future. We already have targeted ads and recommendations based on our habits, but what if a more c ...
LeWeb 2013: AdTelligence – Personalising The Internet In Real-Time
Thor Angelo from AdTelligence says the Internet should adapt to the individual user
LeWeb 2013: DataSift – Social Analytics Has Come Of Age
TechWeekEurope talks Big Data with Nick Halstead, founder and CTO of DataSift
LeWeb 2013: Paytrail – The Problems With Modern Day Payments
Payment systems on the Internet are too complicated, says CEO of start-up Paytrail, Lennu Keinanen. The Finnish firm thinks its model, based on a PIN system, is simpler and better. How will it take on the likes of PayPal though? And ...
LeWeb 2013: Paytrail – The Problems With Modern Day Payments
Paytrail says it is going to shake up the payments space
LeWeb 2013: DataSift – Social Analytics Is Going To Be Huge
DataSift is one of the more exciting British start-ups at LeWeb. It is looking to help organisations mine information not just from within their own network, but across all their related networks, especially those in the social space. ...
Waterproof Samsung Galaxy S4 Active Set For June Release
Samsung releases another variant of its flagship smartphone
LeWeb 2013: GoodBarber: Start-Up Trouble In France?
France, under President Francois Hollande, might become an increasingly hostile environment for businesses in the coming years. As yet unfulfilled promises of higher corporate tax rates are worrying many, whilst the UK is telling start ...
LeWeb 2013: Good Barber Warns Of Start-Up Trouble In France
Jerome Granados of Corsican-based app shop Good Barber, warns that President Hollande may stifle startups
LeWeb 2013: MyPermissions – Giving Devs And Users Privacy
MyPermissions thinks there is a market in ensuring privacy - and Oliviear Amar told us why
LeWeb 2013: EasyBring – Crowdsourcing Mail
EasyBring is like an Airbnb for mail. If you're heading somewhere, advertise that fact on EasyBring and if you're picked to take a package somewhere, you can earn some money. That relies on a lot of user trust, so can EasyBring reall ...
LeWeb 2013: MyJobCompany Pays Money For Job Recommendations
We find an internet recruitment firm at LeWeb, which actually offers cash for recommendations
LeWeb 2013: Robert Scoble Predicts Wearable Computing Boom
Robert Scoble tells us that Google Glass will lead a boom in cloud data
LeWeb 2013: Robert Scoble: How Rackspace Plans To Exploit Wearable Computing Craze
You'd be forgiven for thinking Robert Scoble led two separate professional lives - one as a globe-trotting blogger, one as a Rackspace "racker", spreading the good word on the cloudy company. But the two are linked. Take his Google G ...
LeWeb 2013: MyPermissions – Giving Devs And Users Privacy
As market forces start to make privacy better for end users, as seen in Microsoft's major marketing push designed to show it is a company people can trust with their data, start-ups are forming to exploit the trend. MyPermissions is on ...