Topic: France

If You're Happy and You Show It...

...move to France? A recent survey indicates that nine out of 10 people in France are happy in the workplace. Surprisingly, people working in the public sector are happier than those working in the private sector. 91 percent of ...READ»

Bow to Your Robot Overlor... Er, We Mean, Check Out This Butler and Housemaid of Tomorrow!

We've joked about the robocalypse a lot, but robot tech really is developing at one hell of a clip. And you may be rubbing, um, shoulders with robo-house assistants sooner than you think, as two recent developments from France and ...READ»

Failblog: Following France's Tough Piracy Law, Piracy Rates Go Up

Here's one of those fabulous stats that basically explodes an argument people thought was done and dusted: New data shows that online content piracy has risen in France despite the nation's super-tough three-strikes Net ban law. ...READ»

Juicy Leak: Orange France's Boss Basically Confirms the iSlate [Updated]

Oh boy, adding to the spiraling whirl of Apple Tablet rumors it looks like the number two exec at cell-phone network Orange France has basically confirmed the iSlate is real, it's coming soon, and it'll have a global ...READ»

Psst! Wanna Cheap iPhone? Try France, Monsieur

The iPhone 3G S is only six months old, but in France the public and cell phone networks think time is ripe to stir things up a bit--by slashing prices to levels that'd make U.S. consumers swoon. France is one of the many countries ...READ»

Body Fluid-Powered Fuel Cell Could Turn Pacemaker Patients Into Steve Austin

Fuel cell technology is hyped as a possible future power system for electric vehicles, but it's actually got a plethora of uses: The latest, and perhaps greatest, is a glucose cell for medical devices that could get its "fuel" from your body.

French Way of Life & Why it’s Good for Business-Robin Trehan

The government isn’t the dominant figure, the people are. So in order to keep protests and strikes down, businesses and the government do what’s needed to keep the people happy. Even in healthcare, doctors are paid more to help people quit smoking and keep patients from coming back to the hospital frequently.READ»

Gourmet Chocolate Presents

Gourmet Chocolate Presents – Celebrate Easter Like the French This Easter, what better way to celebrate the coming of spring with a box of award-winning French truffles handmade in France and delivered right to your ...READ»

Digital Music a la Francaise

Love 'em, hate 'em, the French aren't afraid to buck the norm. While students riot in the streets over a proposed change in the labor laws, the French parliament tossed an egg at copy-protected digital music systems with a law that ...READ»

France and Sanity

So, the French government caved. After months of protests by hundreds of thousands of university students, President Jacques Chirac agreed last week to kill off a proposed law that would have allowed private employers to fire workers ...READ»

iFive: Twitter Bug Closed, LTE Phones Arrive, France's File-Sharer Furor, Moses' Big Wind, Google-Hunters

It's early morning for some, but late in the day for other folks around the world, so here's today's first news boiled down for you.READ»

South France Immobilier

I work in Cannes as a South France Immobilier  (real estate agent) which is great fun and I really enjoy it..READ»

How to Be Idle? II

Following on John's post, it seems laziness has become the new management fad in France. (Of course some might argue that in the land of mandated 35-hour work weeks French sloth is hardly a new concept.) Corinne Maier, an economist ...READ»

Risk and Reward on a French Water Slide: is your business making a splash?

Starting a business is always risky. For those of us who’ve started successful businesses we’ve had to balance risks and the promise of rewards. Sometimes you feel the fear but do it anyway, because if you don’t do it, ...READ»

Lance Armstrong Last Tour de France Is a Victory Lap for Nike, Livestrong

The Tour de France kicks off this weekend, which means Nike's monstrous marketing machine starts to focus on something that isn't spherical. (Which is good news since Kotaku's Luke Plunkett posted a sneaky observation on Twitter that ...READ»

Vonja Gentle

Vonja Gentle Jewellery Mikimoto Pearls Pearls were very fashionable, but still very, very costly. After the 1890s Kokichi Mikimoto of Japan produced highly acceptable cultured pearls by placing a small bead into an oyster shell. The bead coated itself with nacre (mother of pearl) and so good looking pearl jewels became more affordable. READ»

Consumers Only Want Green Cars If They Are Superior in Every Possible Way

Think consumers are so hungry for all things green that they will buy a hybrid car just because it's a hybrid? Think again. A study from Accenture shows that 6 out of 10 people are more likely to buy a hybrid or electric car only if ...READ»

Q&A: Inga Sempé on Designing a Sofa That Doesn't Bore Her Stiff

Parisian designer Inga Sempé discusses her exuberant new Ruché sofa for Ligne Roset.READ»

The tendency of wedding in west culture

There are so many differences between the eastern culture and that of the west. Take wedding for example, they differs in many aspects.Weddings performed during and immediately following the medieval era were often more than just a ...READ»

French Constitutional Council vs. Citizen Journalism

How backwards is this? France bans citizen journalists from reporting violence Law could lead to imprisonment of amateur videographers and Web site operators who publish their images By Peter Sayer, IDG News Service March 06, ...READ»

US, Satisfied?

Boy, are we a finicky bunch. According to a new study by Accenture, the industry Americans are most satisfied with is -- get this -- postal services. And that top spot in the results only means that a meager 44% of Americans are ...READ»

Doctors Without Borders ... With Inflatable Hospitals

Hocine Bouhabib worked with Doctors Without Borders' R&D teams to transform inflatable tent structures into fully functioning hospitals.READ»

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Frenchies Go Gaga for Stupid Ads

It’s smart to be stupid. At least that’s the case for Anomaly, creator of Diesel's "be stupid" ad campaign and winner of the Grand Prix for outdoor advertising at this year's Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival ...READ»

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Be Careful Not to Become a Conference Ho

You know the type. You see them on Twitter, Facebook, or Plancast plotting out their next 12 conference. You see their Tweets from airports across the globe. Look at me! I'm in Spain! Now I'm in Amsterdam! Next week I'm speaking in Cabo San Lucas! They are professional conference attendees.READ»

Robocalypse Alert: New Transistor Mimics Synapse Functions

Talk of androids, advanced computer-based brain simulations and war robots is very exiting, but the development of artificial intelligence has been slightly stumped by a lack of transistors that work like our brains do. Until now.Now, ...READ»