Almost everyone I know listens to music while working. When I ask them why, the reasons are varied. Some say it’s to perk themselves up as they start their workday or to drown background noise. Others claim that listening to music helps them work better. Read More »
Archive for July 2010
New data just released by National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) and Thomson Reuters shows that the VC industry is starting to shrink with some rapidity. In Q2 of 2010, new money committed to venture funds plunged 49 percent from Q1. Read More »
The iPad continues to prove itself as a video consumption device, with two announcements underlining new ways to deliver video to end users. While mSpot has launched a new video app for movie rentals, Bell Canada has launched up a website optimized for the tablet. Read More »
Here’s something I learned at the REFUEL electric vehicle races at Laguna Seca, Calif. this weekend: testing electric vehicles and motorcycles under extreme conditions and at high speeds will be an important way to lead to breakthroughs and innovations. Read More »
Apple’s iconic iPod is credited for reviving the company and helping it dominate consumer mind share over the past decade, but of my greatest fears has started to come true where analysts are now throwing the notion out there that the iPod is dead or dying. Read More »
Facebook has agreed to allow British users to install a “panic button” application that will allow younger users to report harassment or abuse to a child protection agency. British police forces and child advocacy groups have been pressuring the site for months to allow the application. Read More »
What if you could easily build an app that does what you want, and in a way that fits your needs exactly? That’s what App Inventor by Google brings to the Android screen. Build apps that use Android services and hardware like a pro. Read More »
The document management and security product, WatchDox by Confidela, has announced a new offering for Google’s Android platform. A BlackBerry version is coming later this year, as soon as BlackBerry supports Adobe Flash, and a native iPhone/iPad app is also in the works. Read More »
Microsoft says it is going to start selling a Windows Azure–powered appliance that will help companies establish private clouds and migrate. The appliances that have been tested by eBay will be sold via a handful of partners that include partners Dell, HP and Fujitsu. Read More »
Odds and ends from around the greentech web that we’re reading this morning. Read More »
Enterprise BlackBerry users have long enjoyed peace of mind from remote device management. Now consumers are gaining similar functions — Research In Motion today introduced a limited beta of BlackBerry Protect, a free service that protects personal data on a handset and finds lost BlackBerry phones. Read More »
Many of the best practices for keeping lithium-ion batteries healthy and happy for longer in electronic devices, like laptops, can also apply to their super-sized and fast-approaching cousins: electric cars. But with cars there’s a whole lot more at stake. Read More »
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