Amid the buzz over $151 million in awards under the Department of Energy’s high-risk energy research fund and $2.4 billion battery manufacturing program, a third government funding opportunity designed to help small and medium-sized businesses develop new manufacturing technology for advanced materials has largely… Read More »
Archive for December 2009
Now that Microsoft Office 2010 is in beta (as I noted here), I’ve been spending more time using the applications, especially OneNote 2010 beta. I have long used OneNote for capturing project information when I am working on one of my Windows machines,… Read More »
oDesk this week announced a new service called oDesk Staffing, which gives U.S.-based freelancers access to benefits (including health coverage, retirement plans and education savings accounts) and other services. It’s a smart move, as it positions the company to take advantage of a major societal shift. Read More »
As I was using my iPhone 3GS last night, I saw an update in the iTunes App Store for the e-book software called Shortcovers. I noticed the app went through a name change to Kobo, which had me scratching my head in thought. Why… Read More »
As the hardware and software components fall into place for 3-D in mobile, content companies need to be ready to take advantage with compelling offerings that fully leverage the advancing technology. Read More »
Is YouTube Looking at a Subscription Model?; Google vice president of content partnerships David Eun said some full-length shows would not be available to YouTube under its current advertising model (Reuters), and Sky reportedly backed out of talks to put its shows on the video… Read More »
The Entourage eDGe e-book reader has captured the interest of quite a few of us, primarily due to the two full screens. The eDGe runs on Android, and that means the full color screen can be a full web tablet. This can augment the e-Ink… Read More »
You know how Michael Jackson won so many awards in his lifetime that they had to start inventing new ones to justify dragging him onstage? Entertainer of the Universe and Best Selling Artist in the New Galactic Empire spring to mind. Hey, that’s the price of… Read More »
Freelancers often don’t have much time to make a good first impression on potential clients, so you need to make sure that everything you do leaves your prospect seeing you as a professional who can be trusted with their business. Here are a few simple… Read More »
For all those disappointed that Congress was unable to pass energy legislation before the Copenhagen climate talks, which are now in their second week, Senator John Kerry reassured an audience at Copenhagen on Wednesday that success in Copenhagen would deliver success for the energy… Read More »
Cars will become increasingly connected to the web over the next several years, according to iSuppli. While that represents a huge opportunity for mobile players, network operators will need to make sure they can deliver the kind of content consumers are sure to want. Read More »
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