Monday, November 11, 2013
How Hipsters Ruined Paris
PARIS — THE northern edge of Paris’s Ninth Arrondissement, near the Place Pigalle, was once known as “la Nouvelle-Athènes,” both for the neo-Classical flourishes of its most graceful blocks and for the creative geniuses who swept in to inhabit them. via Pocket
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Coolpad reduce the price of the dual-core 7231 to just $47
The Coolpad 7231 dual-core Android smartphone has just had it’s price cut to only $47 for customers in China. Coolpad are on of the larger brands in China, and much of the success is due to smartphones similar to the $47 Coolpad 7231. via Pocket
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Sunday, November 10, 2013
Grenoble Is the Powerful Tech Hub You Never Heard Of
On arrival in France at Lyon’s Saint Exupéry Airport, you wouldn’t picture the Alps city of Grenoble as a major French tech hub or a challenger to Paris. The taxi driver tells me the city is more than 60 miles away. The journey will take more than an hour. via Pocket
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