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In its 4th year, the 2008 edition of Festiblog BD will be held 27-28 September in Paris. Comics, or bandes dessinées (BD), play an important role in French pop culture and many promising young artists use blogs as their medium to practice their craft.To see a few sample styles of the French BD genre, take a look at TypePad blogs Ma vie est tout à fait fascinante, Goth 'N' Roll Graphik Blog and  Paprika's BD Blog....

In mid-May, Six Apart EMEA assembled a new Services team to provide professional users with personalized technical and design assistance.  The first such project is a multi-author blog dedicated to  security issues for Orange Business Services.Orange Business Services opted for a TypePad Business Class account to power “Le Blog Sécurité”, established to inform the public on issues concerning Internet, telecoms and digital security.  “For this particular project, the challenge was to create a community of authors in accordance with the client’s vision. Each author has a full profile page that...

TypePad France launches its first blog portal today, dedicated to indexing TypePad blogs across genres. Its mission is twofold: to showcase some of the best blogs in the francophone blogosphere, and to facilitate easy exploration of TypePad blogs by category, tags, or through random browsing.TypePad has always had an active and diverse community of bloggers. Recently, the team behind TypePad France launched a VIP Program and a Community blog to further their commitment to its users....

Our popular native TypePad application for the iPhone is now available in 7 languages: English, French, German, Dutch, Spanish, Italian and Japanese! TypePad for iPhone is available free from the official iPhone App Store.We've already seen dozens of positive reviews floating around the Internet since TypePad for iPhone was unveiled at the WWDC 2008, including one at Mashable, comparing the top 2 blog applications for the iPhone:  "I have already offered my own impressions about both applications, and happen to favor TypePad’s application a bit more than the WordPress release...

Our latest update in the Adventures of Laurent Gouezigoux sees the 27 year-old Breton skipper firmly planted in the Figaro-Bénéteau circuit, racing for a brand-new sponsor: Vendée-based construction company Boistech. Laurent departs La Rochelle on 25 July to embark on his long-held dream.Previously in the Adventures of Laurent Gouezigoux:TypePad responds to racing hopeful's SOSLaurent secures a boatOur favorite skipper earns a position in the Figaro-Bénéteau...

We came across a video demo of TypePad for iPhone on Giiks.com, in which Six Apart Mobile Product Manager Stéphane Delbecque shows off some of the native application's more prominent features. Video in French. Demo Typepad sur iPhone sélectionné dans Web & Technos et Mobile...

The new Apple iPhone 3G was made available today at select locations throughout the French capital and the Six Apart Paris team was there to help celebrate.Well, technically we were there to offer iPhone fans a 20% lifetime discount on TypePad, following the standard 14-day free trial.(Hint: Sign up with the code "iPhone" on your preferred TypePad portal - UK, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Belgium or the Netherlands - before 15 August 2008.)As demonstrated at this year's Apple Worldwide Developers Conference, the native TypePad application for iPhone offers the fullest...

For the lucky ones who already have an iPhone and a TypePad account, we are happy to announce the availability of a free native TypePad application. The application allows for a full, seamless mobile blogging experience anytime, anywhere, and can be downloaded from the official iPhone App Store.For a brief, unbiased review of the native TypePad app for iPhone, look no further than Mashable.And for the (slightly less) lucky ones who have an iPhone but no TypePad account, never fear: TypePad offers free trial accounts direct from all of its...

We are pleased to announce the inauguration of an official group dedicated to the French TypePad community on Facebook! A private group open only to current TypePad users, it is designed to serve as a forum where TypePad bloggers everywhere can meet, share their news and gain some visibility. Joining the group is easy: simply sign up and provide Anna, our Community Manager, the URL of your TypePad blog.TypePad is proud of its diverse and international community. Join us! ...

Quite possibly the coolest project of the century, Paul St George's Telectroscope allows Londoners to see New Yorkers in real time via a telescope placed in a tunnel that runs between the two cities. Follow the project from its inception to its triumphant conclusion on http://timwright.typepad.com/telectroscope/....