Orange is about to launch Soundtribes : a new business model for self-produced artists. Soundtribe is a community for Music Lovers, artists and musicians to promote, to distribute and to sell their music as ringtones on mobile phones. The artist receives a revenue share from ringtones made from his own music. Price is around 3€ […]
I’ve browsed the blogosphere and the web to read the comments about this acquisition. Here is the synthesis of what i have found so far. 1. High valuation : x10 – revenues are $300 million for a mature company 2. The 2 private equity firms, Hellman & Friedman and JMI Equity, which took DoubleClick private […]
Some ideas are breakthroughs and reveal mysteries which themselves have been investigated for centuries. Jean-Pierre Houdin theory’s about the construction of the great pyramid of Khufu will undoubtedly be a new beginning for historians and lovers of egyptology. It is a simple idea : the pyramid from built from the inside not from the outside […]
3.5 billion cash transactions / year in Belgium. Doctors, nurses, nannies, electricians, dentists, plumbers, taxis, deliveries… 200 000 POS. What if one could capture part of this volume and propose to use mobile phones for payments? Pay2me is that solution launched by Banksys (acquired by Atos mid 2006). Merchants need to register to use the […]
Paris’ last mobile monday, on April 2nd, focused on mobile paiements.. Tim Baker presented Inside ContactLess, a semiconducteur provider, also a 12 year old startup (yes!), developing technologies – NFC (Near Field Communication)– about to emerge in everyone’s day-to-day life. You’re about to use your phone to pay, travel, enter theaters etc. Nothing new about […]
Hard for me not to share with you our latest PR relase about EYEKA. We’re launching our recrutment campaign today, after a few months of Alpha and Beta testing. Some say that we could have launched before. I kind of agree…Our vision is to help define how will TV on mobile and web look like […]
Jean-Michel’s weblog header says : “Vivement my retirement”. But let it be no misunderstanding. This guy will never retire and, like Moliere, die in front of a keyboard, or on stage giving a conference. His bio is impressive. Jean-Michel has been a driving force behind Minitel, , often considered as the “french internet before the […]
Gilles Babinet is a master at sniffing a good idea, financing it and creating value for the company. After Musiwave, Eyeka, before Digicompagnion, MXP4 interactive Music will undoubtedly follow a successful path, knowing the deals he already is about to unfold with some of the music tycoons. I had the privilege to get a private […]
To support US leadership in high-tech industries, Bill Gates told the Congress that the US should ease visa and immigration restrictions for scientists, researchers and brain power in general. More here For generations, America has prospered largely by attracting the world’s best and brightest to study, live and work in the US. Unfortunately, America’s immigration […]