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Business
Microsoft Now Serving Cappuccinos At The Windows Cafe In Paris
4:57AM Sean Fallon | If you live in Paris, you can head on over to 47 Boulevard Sebastopol and enjoy coffee and pastry served up by Microsoft. Their Windows 7 Cafe is now open for business. More »
Software
Microsoft Opening Windows Cafe In Paris
5:20AM Sean Fallon | How do you get the French excited about Windows 7? Apparently, the sales pitch goes down better with some coffee and pastry. That’s why they’re building a full-on cafe in the heart of Paris (47 Boulevard Sebastopol). More »
Software
First Augmented Reality iPhone App Now Available For Paris Travellers
7:00AM Sean Fallon | After a whole bunch of hype, the first augmented reality app for the iPhone 3GS is now available (yeah!)…for Paris subway travellers (Ugh). More »
Gadgets
The Parachute That Killed Its Inventor
10:00AM Adam Frucci | On February 4th 1912 Franz Reichelt attempted to test his latest invention — a parachute jacket — at the Eiffel Tower. He donned his apparatus and tentatively stepped to the edge of the viewing deck. More »
Design
The Future Beckons, And It’s a Perspex Chanel Briefcase
1:50AM Mark Wilson | Spotted at Paris Fashion Week, here is one designer’s take on the next era of Chanel accessories. Yes, it looks like a purse was never removed from its blister pack. [the cool hunter via trendsnow] More »
Design
New Paris Building Casts No Shadows, Generates Electricity
1:30AM Jesus Diaz | Le Project Triangle is one of those buildings that make us think that we may actually drive flying cars one day. To be completed by 2014 in the Porte de Versailles area in Paris, its most impressive feature is that, according to the architects, it won’t cast shadows on adjacent buildings. The trick is the orientation and its shape: While it looks like a massive pyramid from one side, the other side shows that it really is an ultra-thin triangle resembling a shark’s fin: More »
Phones
Sony Ericsson Cancels Paris and BeiBei Smartphones
10:45PM Gizmodo US Edition | Sony Ericsson’s Paris, much coveted by S-E purists, has been canned, according to the Unofficial Sony Ericsson Blog. The Paris, aka the P5i, has been filed under T (for trash) alongside its sister smartphone, the BeiBei, or the G702. Apparently it’s to do with the less-than-enthusiastic reactions from some of the mobile phone bloggers, who weren’t exactly gagging for it. There’s also speculation that a lot of its features were already lagging behind those of its competitors–and this is before it had even hit the streets. I guess we’ll never have Paris. [Unofficial Sony Ericsson Blog via Mobile Mentalism] More »
Random Stuff
Louvre Apple Store Now Official, Mona Lisa Keeps Smiling
10:30PM Gizmodo US Edition | The Gioconda will be surrounded by fanboys with white earbuds soon, as Apple gets ready to open an Apple Store in the Louvre following the official approval of the project. Like the Regent Street store in London or the Fifth Avenue store in NYC, the Louvre store will be located in one of the busiest tourism spots in the planet, with 8.3 million visitors each year. More »
Phones
Sony Ericsson Paris Promo Vid Confirms a Few Rumours
9:56PM Gizmodo US Edition | We’ve been talking about the upcoming Sony Ericsson Paris mobile phone for a while, but we’ve not had much to go on. But now this new promo vid confirms that it’ll have some kind of weather widget and also demos Google maps app in action, plus the (presumed) 5-megapixel camera. Also looks like there’s an orientation sensor in there. Oh, and it’ll make calls too. [Youtube] More »
Phones
