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Originally posted on Michel Kichka:
C’est en 1966 au collège, que je découvre Pilote. Jusque là j’étais un fervent de Spirou qui m’offrait des rendez-vous hebdomadaires avec Gaston, Spirou et Fantasio, Lucky Luke, Johan et Pirlouit, Jerry Spring, Gil Jourdan, Boule et Bill et compagnie. Pilote m’offrit Blueberry, Astérix, les Dingodossiers, le grand Duduche, puis…

How France’s Free will reinvent mobile

Originally posted on Gigaom:
Updated: Xavier Niel, the maverick founder of Iliad, the company behind Free.fr broadband service, is about to redefine the mobile landscape, perhaps as early as tomorrow, when he launches the much-talked about Free Mobile. In doing so, he will redefine what the idea of a carrier in the 21st century is,…

Enough with the non-existing digital frontiers: Louis CK experiment a tremendous success

“I have a profit around $200,000 (after taxes $75.58)” https://buy.louisck.net/statement Louis CK is selling a professionally produced show for $5 with no DRM or regional restrictions. Success. I steal content when I’m not allowed to buy it legally. If I can, I make the effort to connect through a proxy to buy some music, or …

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How Do People Use Apple TV?

John Gruber: Only 30 percent? That seems crazy to me. 70 percent of Apple TV owners don’t rent any movies or TV shows? From How Do People Use Apple TV?. Well, in most countries movies and TV shows aren’t even available in iTunes. We (I) just use the AppleTV to run XBMC, my 2nd favorite open …

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