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December 2007

China : more than one fourth of Internet users has a blog

Posted on 26 December 2007 at 20:39

From Xinhua press agency about blogs in China :
China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) surveyed 1,862 Internet users in late November. Extrapolating from this group, CNNIC calculated that 47 million Chinese have blogged, more than one fourth of the 180 million people who have surfed the net in China.

But many blogs have gone blank: only a persistent 36 percent kept their sites updated.

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Moratorium on Paris's WiFi in municipality's libraries

Posted on 19 December 2007 at 21:11

Is WiFi dangerous ? According to Le Monde daily newspaper : on November 30, the Direction des Affaires Culturelles's (DAC) City of Paris (60 libraries in Paris) decided a moratorium for WiFi's installation in libraries. Some staff members complaining about some disorders and troubles (headaches..).

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Wikinomics in the French daily newspaper Liberation

Posted on 17 December 2007 at 15:47

Wikinomics's book coverThis Monday in the French daily newspaper Libération (page 18) an interview of Don Tapscott, author, with Anthony D. Williams, of Wikinomics (this book has been translated in French Wikinomics : Comment l'intelligence collaborative bouleverse l'économie. Wikinomics's site, blog and wiki.

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French TV network TF1 to sue You Tube and Dailymotion : 200 millions $

Posted on 14 December 2007 at 19:05


TF1 (1st French TV network) would sue Dailymotion and Youtube France "pour contrefaçon - couterfeit - et négligence - laxity against piracy - dans la lutte contre le piratage." asking 146 millions $ from YouTube, and 57 millions $ from Dailymotionaccording French weekly newspaper's web site LePoint.fr. Among queries on Dailymotion : some episodes of Heroes aired by TF1 had more than 80 000 viewers, TF1 estimates its loss around 100 000 $ for one episode.

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Breakfast with Om Malik and Kevin Rose

Posted on 14 December 2007 at 12:06

Om Malik and Kevin Rose
Breakfast in an hotel near Paris's Opéra, with some speakers of Le Web 3, Kevin Rose (Digg.com, right) et Om Malik (Giga Om) before they fly back. Short talk with Evan Williams (Twitter), not seen Jason Calacanis (Mahalo) gone to Le Louvre museum.

Photo G.K.

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France 3rd european country for Facebook

Posted on 13 December 2007 at 14:34

According to Dan Rose (Facebook) 28% out of Facebookers are in Europe, 38% in US. France would be 3rd behind U.K. and Turkey as Dan Rose said to the French daily newspaper Le Figaro (online only for thos story, not printed) :
United Kingdom first: 7,7 millions, Turkey 2,1 millions, France 1,1 million whatever it is English version only.

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eBay under scrutinity of the French authorities ?

Posted on 4 December 2007 at 08:40


eBay
, is under scrutiniy of the Conseil des Ventes, the French authorithy for the auction market. Today a full page in the French daily newspaper Libération (page 6) : eBay rattrapé par les arnaques.

If eBay had to follow French regulation, it had to garantee the authenticity of the art pieces on sale, and the payment to the seller

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