Any company hoping to launch a plug-in vehicle for mass market consumers has to be focused to some extent on battery cost — it’s the priciest part of the vehicle, making many models either prohibitively expensive for an average consumer at this point, or forcing the… Read More »
Archive for September 2009
Here are some of today’s phone conversations I enjoyed reading or viewing on the web, along with some brief thoughts: ARCHOS phone tablet teased (Engadget Mobile) — Today the ARCHOS 5 Internet Tablet debuted, but the future lies in phones. That’s why ARCHOS… Read More »
Looks like the economy, and with it the urge to splurge, is back — especially in Silicon Valley. After a long chill, the M&A market seems to be thawing — welcome news for entrepreneurs and their backers, who have been stymied by the lack of exits… Read More »
The real-time web helps us keep abreast of breaking news, but as we’ve written before, companies have struggled with how to present real-time news with older information in a balanced way. Three startups that presented this afternoon at TechCrunch 50 touched on solving that problem. It’s… Read More »
Snow Leopard was a remarkably painless upgrade for me, but one particularly important piece of software was broken: Google Gears. For those who don’t know, Gears is Google’s framework for storing browser data offline. It works with many Google services as well as some third-party products.… Read More »
As expected, ARCHOS has debuted their Android-powered tablet (PDF) today. Joanna Sterns from Gizmodo was on hand at the product launch and offers up insights. The device appears to excel at multimedia, which is no surprise — the device has deep roots… Read More »
Adobe said today it’s agreed to buy analytics and metrics firm Omniture for $1.8 billion in cash, or $21.50 a share. Customers want to integrate Adobe’s online products like Flash with services like those offered by Omniture, Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen said during the… Read More »
Nanosys, an 8-year-old startup that uses nanotechnology to develop many different type of materials for various industries, has developed a way to help make data centers greener. At the AlwaysOn GoingGreen Conference on Tuesday, Nanosys CEO Jason Hartlove, explained to the audience that his company… Read More »
No one said Apple’s partnership with China Unicom is exclusive, right? It’s an open relationship. Y’know how it is, dinner dates, the cinema, maybe even occasionally meeting the parents. But it’s totally cool for them both to see other people, OK? And that’s precisely what’s happening. Back… Read More »
We wondered if the high video traffic Nielsen recorded in July would be anomalous in light of Michael Jackson’s funeral, and if there would be a drop in August as people went on vacation. But new numbers from Nielsen show that August was a robust… Read More »
Calculators have all but gone the way of the Dodo for most folks, but the busy folks at HP are not content to let that happen. They have produced not one but two calculators that fill all of the expected functions of a hand calculator, but… Read More »
White House Details New Auto Standards: According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the Obama administrations new proposed fuel efficiency and emission standards will translate to an average “real-life fuel economy” of about 32.7 miles per gallon for U.S. cars and trucks in 2016. —… Read More »
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