• August 16th, 2010

    France.fr Is Finally Online. Turns Out It's A Website!

    I’ve spent the past 11 days on the isle of Crete, so I had to make sure I wasn’t still in a vacation daze this morning when I noticed that France.fr was available online, after being down for an entire month or so.

    After rubbing my eyes for 2 minutes and slamming my head against the wall a couple of times, I looked again, and sure enough there’s a live website when you visit that URL. → Read More

    July 23rd, 2010

    French startups want the last laugh at France.fr disaster

    Not to worry, France.fr is still down – not much has changed on that front – but turns out French startups want to join in the fun and be the ones who get the last laugh. Which is perhaps why a couple of French startup guys got together and built the hilarious mock-site France.fr.has-failed.com (everything you need to know is in the URL).

    To cut a short story even shorter, Yoocasa co-founderĀ → Read More

    July 23rd, 2010

    French startups attempt to get the last laugh at France.fr disaster

    Not to worry, France.fr is still down – not much has changed on that front – but turns out French startups want to join in the fun and be the ones who get the last laugh. Which is perhaps why a couple of French startup guys got together and built the hilarious mock-site France.fr.has-failed.com (everything you need to know is in the URL).

    To cut a short story even shorter, Yoocasa co-founderĀ → Read More