French Tech Momentum Builds Paris Startup Ecosystem
The French Tech initiative and growing startup activity in the 2010s turn Paris into a more visible destination for tech founders and…
French Tech Initiative Boosts AI and Tech Startups (2013)
The launch of the French Tech initiative in 2013 provides national support that helps AI and tech startups gain visibility and access…
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Ubisoft / Bon de Placement / Prospectus
Siège social : 107, avenue Henri Fréville 35207 Rennes Cedex 2 335 186 094 RCS Rennes Admission aux négociations sur le marché…
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UBISOFT CARRIES OUT A €20 MILLION BOND PLACEMENT
UBISOFT CARRIES OUT A €20 MILLION BOND PLACEMENT Paris, December 18, 2012 – Today, Ubisoft placed €20 million worth of bonds with…
Early AI Research and Foundations in France (2006–2012)
France maintains strong AI and computer science research through INRIA and universities in the mid-2000s, laying groundwork for later commercial activity.
OPPO Find 5: The 1080p Pioneer That Put OPPO on the Global Map
December 2012. OPPO announces the Find 5 with a 1080p display before any global flagship has one at retail. The phone that…
Amazon Redshift Drags the Data Warehouse Into the Cloud
Amazon Web Services has launched Redshift, a cloud data warehouse, and in doing so quietly fired one of the opening shots of…
Nintendo’s Wii U Has a Great Controller and a Branding Problem That Might Kill It
The Wii U, Nintendo's first high-definition console, faces significant challenges due to its confusing branding and marketing, leading many to mistake it…
ASML’s Customer Co-Investment Program and the Cymer Move
The ASML Customer Co-Investment Program has Intel, TSMC, and Samsung buying equity to fund EUV, while ASML buys Cymer to own the…
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UBISOFT REPORTS FIRST-HALF 2012-13 SALES AND EARNINGS FIGURES
UBISOFT® REPORTS FIRST-HALF 2012-13 SALES AND EARNINGS FIGURES First-half sales outstrip targets, coming in at €279 million § Current operating loss1: €58…
Krait Just Put the LTE Modem on the Die, and That Is the Whole Story
The Snapdragon S4, launched in February, integrates a custom dual-core Krait CPU and LTE modem on a single chip, enhancing efficiency. Qualcomm's…
The Oculus Rift Kickstarter: VR Reborn
Palmer Luckey's Oculus Rift Kickstarter revives virtual reality on cheap phone screens and low-latency tracking, and for the first time in 20…
Three Oracle Engineers Quit to Build a Database for the Cloud
Three data-warehouse experts who spent years at Oracle have walked away to build the thing they believe Oracle never will: a database…
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Ubisoft reports first-quarter 2012-13 sales
Ubisoft® reports first-quarter 2012-13 sales § First-quarter sales: €131 million § Targets for full-year 2012-13 confirmed § New syndicated loan agreement signed …
OPPO Finder: The World’s Thinnest Phone and Android’s Chinese Arrival
July 2012. The OPPO Finder at 6.55mm is the world's thinnest smartphone. OPPO's first Android phone is also the company's first global…