Whoa, algae fuel startup Sapphire Energy is more than a little confident of its production schedule. The company, which is working on squeezing green crude from algae for high-octane fuels and was just founded in 2007, said today that it is ramping up its production… Read More »
Archive for April 2009
CEOs are typically shy about talking about other companies during analyst calls; Google’s Eric Schmidt is even more bashful on this front than most. So it was interesting that when Schmidt was asked about Twitter this afternoon, amid reports that Twitter is shopping around… Read More »
By the time you read this, I’ll be at a parent-teacher conference. Since I had to run out anyway, I decided to take the HP dv2 on the road for some initial thoughts. I also just signed up for a paid Boingo Wireless account last… Read More »
Despite the current economic climate, in which training tends to be the first thing cut from tightened budgets, the coaching industry continues to grow. A coach acts as a sounding board, motivator, mentor and teacher, and can provide advice topics ranging from time management to… Read More »
YouTube, as expected, has revised its site design to better showcase premium content. While the redesign does not appear to be live just yet, it will include new tabs for shows and subscriptions. The new shows page features a rotating spotlight section and a list… Read More »
It’s no secret that the UK government wants its roads to one day serve a fleet of clean plug-in vehicles. Earlier this month we wrote about Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s pledge to launch up to three electric car pilot projects within a year, eventually building… Read More »
Update April 17: It appears Rocketboom will be getting a new host for its main show. Today’s episode brings the news that it is host Joanne Colan’s last. Rocketboom, one of the original episodic video series, has livened itself up recently with some new… Read More »
[appreview] title=Hysteria Project image=http://gigapple.wordpress.com/files/2009/04/911637.png price=$1.99 url=http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=305911637&mt=8 rating=bronze [/appreview] Chased through a trap-laden forest by an axe-wielding murderer, Hysteria Project is a step in a much darker direction for the iPhone. Reviewing Asteroids-esque shooter The Void last week, I mentioned that some iPhone games are ditching the cute and getting darker. With their first… Read More »
Whenever I write that headline, I am reminded of the movie “Groundhog Day.” Today, Omid Kordestani, Google’s president of global sales operations and business development, is leaving the job that position and instead will advise Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin and CEO Eric Schmidt.… Read More »
Grid Networks, a Seattle-based peer-to-peer content delivery technology startup that’s raised more than $10 million in funding from Comcast Interactive Capital, Cisco Systems and Panorama Capital has merged with Global Media Services (GMS), a New York-based digital media services company that counts nearly 100… Read More »
OK, OK, ever since teasing you about the handheld gadget that is on the way to me at Mobile Tech Manor, my email inbox has been smoking. Everyone wants to know what is on the way so I’ll stop the teasing and let you… Read More »