Controversial greentech venture investor Vinod Khosla says the hype around — and DOE support for — batteries has distorted the green car market, leading to few investors focusing on innovation for the traditional internal combustion engine. Read More »
Archive for April 2010
In a few hours, Twitter will host its first developer conference, Chirp in San Francisco. There are many questions surrounding the company’s attitudes towards its third party developers and who it might compete with. In reality, the company has a much bigger challenge ahead. Read More »
New numbers released by comScore today show record engagement for Hulu in February, with an average of 2.4 hours of video watched by every viewer who tuned into the site’s programming. Hulu’s numbers were still slightly down from December, when it clocked… Read More »
Google CEO Eric Schmidt sat for a Q&A at the company’s Atmosphere event yesterday pitching its Apps platform to the enterprise. A couple of his remarks stuck with me today and I wanted to share them as well as a video of the session. Read More »
A dozen broadcast TV firms, including Fox, NBC and others, have announced a joint venture to introduce mobile digital TV services in the US. The initiative, which is a continuation of work done by an industry group called the Open Mobile… Read More »
Facebook has upgraded its Safety Center, which contains advice for parents, young people, teachers and other groups about how to use Facebook responsibly and safely. But the site has not added a “panic button,” which is something critics and advocacy groups in Britain have repeatedly requested. Read More »
China’s BYD boasts Warren Buffett, Bill Gates and David Sokol as beta testers for its electric vehicles. “They’re definitely coming to the United States,” Sokol said today, but timing will depend in part on how quickly it can ramp up battery production. Read More »
LS9 Cleared For Take Off: Renewable fuel maker LS9 says its diesel fuel has been registered by the EPA, which was a step it needed to take before selling it commercially. — The Cleantech Group, release. Read More »
Adobe Might Sue Apple Over Apps; Sources say that Adobe will take Apple to court within a few weeks if the companies aren’t able to resolve an issue of whether or not Adobe can sell tools that will allow Flash developers to build iPhone apps. (
A new paper presented to the FCC argues that the agency can extend network neutrality to wireless networks — and proposes ending the flat-rate pricing plans for mobile broadband as a method for doing so. Read More »
In the few months remaining until GM fires up production of the Chevy Volt, the automaker plans to focus on software and controls — or what Vehicle Chief Engineer Andrew Farah calls the “glue” that “make this whole thing work.” Read More »
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