The Department of Energy announced $12 million in funding Wednesday for the development of cutting-edge, low-cost photovoltaic technology — and in the process pulled back the curtain a bit on the secretive solar startup Alta Devices. The stealth-mode company, which has funding from venture… Read More »
Archive for January 2010
YouTube just announced on its blog that users will be able to rent movies from the site starting this Friday, but don’t hold your breath for streaming The Hangover anytime soon: The initial offering will consist of just five independent movies featured at this… Read More »
As a long-time e-book reader, the report that has recently surfaced that mentions that owners of e-book readers buy more books than others does not surprise me in the least. While the report used a survey of book buyers to draw the conclusion that reader… Read More »
2009 was a great year for me professionally, largely oriented around driving the successful production of several tech industry events that’re helping create a vibrant tech scene here in Leeds, England. From O’Reilly’s Ignite UK North, to the LSx09 festival, TEDxLeeds… Read More »
Geodelic, a developer of location-based applications, has launched an iPhone application and signed a major deal with Korea Telecom to provide a special Seoul version of its app. The company is riding the geolocation wave. It eventually wants to open its publishing system to consumers. Read More »
After cleansing myself of multiple generations of email list subscriptions over the years, I’m surprised at how happy I now am to receive automated alerts every morning from services like Groupon, RueLaLa and Travelzoo. And starting today, my inbox will also be entertaining Facebook application notifications. Read More »
Wind Expansion Feasible, Costly: “Wind could replace coal and natural gas for 20 or 30 percent of electricity supplied in the eastern two-thirds of the United States by 2024…but doing so would require a reorganization of the power grid and a significant increase in costs. And it… Read More »
A quick look at the Fox.com website shows that the broadcaster has switched technologies for delivery of its online video, transitioning from Move Networks technology to video delivered in Adobe Flash format and managed by white-label video platform provider Brightcove. The transition from… Read More »
Time for our Wednesday feature that highlights some of the latest iPhone news. The most recent iPhone buzz actually revolves around Microsoft. Business Week today reports that Apple might replace Google’s search with Bing for default searches on the mobile handset. While this alleged… Read More »
In GigaOM Pro’s latest Connected Consumer quarterly wrap-up (sub required), we analyze how the world of NewTeeVee continued to shake the foundations of old media in Q4 2009. From the rapid growth of connected consumer electronics, the consumer’s ever-increasing appetites for online video, the socialization… Read More »
Hopes are riding high that the upcoming iTablet will rescue newspapers and other traditional publishers from their digital woes, but regardless of how magical the Apple device is, there is virtually zero chance that it will be the savior of the media industry. Read More »
PALM SPRINGS, CALIF. — The Department of Energy’s Senior Advisor Matt Rogers has one of the best and worst jobs in greentech: He’s one of the leaders in charge of handing out the $36 billion in U.S. stimulus funds for clean power and energy… Read More »
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