Google has long been a confrontational relationship with France. But it seems that the Mountain View-based company has developed a way to override this problem by throwing money at it. Taking now the company's official blog, the chairman Eric Schmidt announced the creation of a? 60 million Innovation Fund Digital Publishing, in collaboration with the French prez Fran?ois Hollande, who will help "stimulate innovation and increase revenue "for publishers. Y

in a move that is in no way selfish

as a gesture of goodwill, Google also promises to work with publishers to help monetize their digital offerings that use AdSense. defending the search giant is had

begun to work more closely with the Tour de France in 2011, up even create a cultural center in Paris, a city once described as "one of the economies of Europe's fastest growing Internet." So, well, maybe there's more to this investment to strengthen the bottom line. Now, if only I could talk to Holland on Google hashtag ...