Month: December 2011

AveComics at LeWeb 2011

Posted by – December 9, 2011

This is an app for digital comic books.

Yves Behar at LeWeb 2011

Posted by – December 8, 2011

Interview with Yves Behar, the designer of the OLPC XO-1, about design, about technology, business, non-profit, consumer electronics design philosophy.

Salesforce.com at LeWeb 2011

Posted by – December 8, 2011

JP Rangaswami talks about some of Salesforce.com’s work with social media for the enterprise.

Bill Gross at LeWeb 2011

Posted by – December 8, 2011

Here’s my interview with him talking about the tech industry. You can watch his whole keynote video here: http://youtube.com/watch?v=gSqQPgwhYuM

Marissa Mayer at LeWeb 2011

Posted by – December 8, 2011

She didn’t want to let me interview her, but I recorded a bit from her discussion on stage with the Apple fanboy MG Siegler. You can watch the whole video on the official LeWeb Youtube channel here: http://youtube.com/watch?v=tIYfnMx8CMM

Renault’s role in web technology, encouraging Android app ecosystem for the car and more

Posted by – December 8, 2011

Matthieu Tenenbaum talks about some of the things they Renault is doing to encourage more technological integration in the car.

Google Analytics Interview: Bringing accountability to Social Media

Posted by – December 8, 2011

Google is launching this new tool to measure the value of social media. Read more about it here: https://code.google.com/apis/analytics/docs/socialData/home.html

Windows Phone 7.5 at LeWeb 2011

Posted by – December 8, 2011

Microsoft is presenting the Windows Phone series, now made by Nokia, HTC and Samsung. They are doing a big marketing push in Europe, I don’t know how many they are selling.

Archos 101 G9 Turbo 1.5Ghz OMAP4460

Posted by – December 7, 2011

This is the first demonstration of the 1.5Ghz OMAP4460 running in a fully optimized Honeycomb Tablet. Archos is releasing the Turbo 1.5Ghz in January 2012 worldwide starting at $399 MSRP (actual retail price may be as low as $369 I guess, based on the 1Ghz Archos 101 G9 being now sold for $339 and the 1Ghz Archos 80 G9 being sold at $269.) The price difference between the 1Ghz and 1.5Ghz Archos G9 tablets is supposed to be about $30.

Test driving the Renault Twizy Electric Car

Posted by – December 7, 2011

This is an awesome compact electric car, safer than a motorbike, smaller than a car, it’s being sold at around 7000 euros (first deliveries to happen before March 2012), it’s smooth and fast to drive around with, range is enough for most city driving use.