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First trailer for Dark Shadows released online
Tim Burton and Johnny Depp have teamed up yet again for new gothic comedy-drama Dark Shadows – and the first trailer has been released online. Based on the cult US TV series, Dark Shadows is set for release on 12 May 2012. Here’s the official synopsis; In the year... Read More
Six Nations : France left wailing in Cardiff
France’s 2012 6 Nations campaign came to an end on Saturday with a narrow defeat against Wales in Cardiff. The Red Devils secure a third Grand Slam since 2005. With only two wins from their five games this season, les Bleus have struggled to carry on their form from last autumn’s... Read More
Six Nations: revenge is in the air
©Michel Birot - Attitude Rugby one week after their defeat against England at the Stade de France, France travels to Wales this Saturday for the last day of the Six Nations. In the intense atmosphere of Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium, sparks look set to fly in this final... Read More
How would you like to win UEFA EURO 2012 tickets for you and your friends?
a competition has just begun on our Orange Supporters’ Cup website, which we recently told you about. Just to remind you, you can read journalists’ reports there from all over Europe, meet football fans from different countries, practice singing the national anthem or even... Read More
SXSW Interactive 2012 : wallets going mobile with Isis
the 2012 South by South West came to an end on Tuesday after five enlightening days. Before leaving Austin, Texas, our special reporter Delphine Remy-Boutang met with Jaymee Johnson, head of marketing at Isis. An ideal platform for the launching of new products, the SXSW kept... Read More
SXSW Interactive 2012 : the pen is mightier than the sword !
the South by South West is a unique opportunity to find out more about new exciting web applications, but also to discover the numerous gadgets on display in Austin. And this year, one particular device has made a big impact at the SXSW : the digital pen, produced by Livescribe.... Read More
SXSW Interactive 2012 : the Highlight of the year ?
After Instagram on Monday, our special correspondent Delphine Remy-Boutang brings us another popular application from the South by South West 2012 : Highlight. In 2007, Twitter had made the most of the SXSW to gain popularity at an international level. Two years later, in 2009,... Read More
SXSW Interactive 2012 : Instagram’s ambitions
Throughout the week-end, our special reporter on-site in Austin Delphine Remy-Boutang met with several major players in the web industry, who told her about their plans for the future… The 2012 South by South West Interactive has been under way for the last three days and the... Read More
Orange Warsaw Festival – First Star
Linkin Park, one of the most popular rock bands in the world, are headlining this year’s Orange Warsaw Festival in Poland. American band Linkin Park’s very first album Hybrid Theory shot to the top of the charts. Later releases consolidated Linkin Park’s status as rock... Read More
SXSW Interactive 2012 : and we’re off !
the South by South West Interactive got under way on Friday in Austin, Texas. Our special reporter on location for the live Orange blog and frenchweb.fr Delphine Remy-Boutang will share her take of the event throughout the duration of SXSW and will keep us posted on all the latest... Read More
UEFA Euro 2012™ – ladies, they will make you dream !
in 92 days, UEFA Euro 2012™ will begin in Ukraine and Poland to the joy of millions of soccer fanatics. However, for a good number of women, this month of June will be a tough one, with an average of one football game per day on television ! For others, on the other hand, this... Read More
SXSW Interactive 2012 : all eyes on Austin
the 19th edition of the South By South West Interactive begins this Friday in Austin, Texas, where some of the most influential individuals in the field of emerging technologies will converge. During five days, 17,000 people will have the opportunity to attend over 200 conferences... Read More
No fairy tale for Mormeck
Jean-Marc Mormeck barely existed in the ring at the ESPRIT Arena in Düsseldorf on Saturday night. Stopped by the referee at the start of the 4th round, following a dazzling left-right-left combination from Wladimir Klitschko, the Frenchman saw his dreams of a world title left... Read More
#MWC12 5 very cool Japanese mobile technology companies
by Jason Lim live from Mobile World Congress 2012 in Barcelona Japanese are known for their quirky creativity and advanced technology. When I visited the Japan Pavilion at MWC, I had the chance to see what bizarre mobile product ideas are coming out of the Land of the Rising... Read More
Mormeck takes on Klitschko!
© Orange Sport it’s THE fight of the year. This Saturday in Düsseldorf, in front of more than 50,000 spectators, Jean-Marc Mormeck will pit himself against the immense Wladimir Klitschko, aiming to take possession of the four world heavyweight belts (WBA, WBO, IBF, IBO)... Read More
#MWC12 Cheap tablets – Quality doesn’t need to be compromised
by Leigh Geary, live from Mobile World Congress 2012 in Barcelona The final day of Mobile World Congress here in Barcelona and, although the crowds are starting to thin out. It’s perhaps the best time to go to the very back of these great halls and seek out companies that... Read More
a fine team of bloggers at #MWC12
By Yann Gourvennec, live from Mobile World Congress 2012 in Barcelona The Mobile World Congress conference isn’t quite finished and we haven’t yet published all the posts but all I know is that the quality of the content produced (close to 70 posts overall) for the Orange... Read More
Found! There is a QWERTY phone here #MWC12
by Leigh Geary, live from Mobile World Congress 2012 in Barcelona Imagine your next phone. Perhaps you’ve already seen it during Mobile World Congress. Now, let me try to guess what that phone will have. First, I’m guessing it’ll have a touch screen. Second,... Read More
NEC to make a come back? #MWC12
by Leigh Geary, live from Mobile World Congress 2012 in Barcelona This year there’s a number of manufacturers, old and new, trying to break into the mobile space. I think it’s been about 7 years since I last used an NEC phone, back when 3G was a new technology and... Read More
mobile security takes a front row seat at #MWC12
by Frédéric Lardinois live from Mobile World Congress 2012 in Barcelona Not too long ago, nobody really worried too much about mobile security. The worst thing that could really happen to your data on your phone, most people thought, was that you would lose the physical device... Read More
for Qualcomm, making mobile browsing better starts at the chip level
by Frédéric Lardinois live from Mobile World Congress 2012 in Barcelona When it comes to browser performance, we tend to talk a lot about what browser developers like Microsoft, Google and Mozilla can do to render web pages faster and make complex web apps like Gmail run smoother. Especially... Read More
#MWC12: what is Orange’s vision for Africa and Tunisia?
by Mohamed Ali Souissi, live from Mobile World Congress 2012 in Barcelona Orange does what it takes to respond to the specific needs of the local African market. We can mention for example the increasing development and marketing of telephones especially designed for Facebook,... Read More
Oracle keep it open #MWC12
by Glenn Le Santo live from Mobile World Congress 2012 in Barcelona Oracle is one of the world’s old school technology businesses, formed long before the era of Facebook and Google. They come from a time when, along with companies like IBM, they ruled the roost. But just... Read More
Ubleam, when looks come to the rescue of tags
by Christos, live from Mobile World Congress 2012 in Barcelona On the third day of MWC, we had the chance to meet the team behind Ubleam. This French venture looks like quite a gamble: to consign QR codes to oblivion in favor of ″bleams″, colored circular tags with a logo... Read More
is it all about the brand? #MWC12
by Leigh Geary, live from Mobile World Congress 2012 in Barcelona What is it about a brand? I had a pretty long conversation this evening about just that. Sure, specs and build quality matter. Innovation, ease-of-use and simplicity matters. However, there’s a definite... Read More