The first wireless and web-connected gadget for Microsoft-Hohm is now available in the form of an electric meter sensor, a wireless LCD monitor and a Wi-Fi adapter. With this combo, I’m able to track my electric usage, determine my home’s carbon footprint and get green recommendations. Read More »
Archive for July 2010
Video processing startup Elemental Technologies has pulled in a $7.5 million Series B round of financing led by Walt Disney venture arm Steamboat Ventures. Also participating in the round were existing investors General Catalyst and Voyager Capital. Steamboat managing director Scott Hilleboe also joined Elemental’s board. Read More »
On Tuesday morning Microsoft is looking to kick its Hohm energy management and monitoring software aimed at consumers into a higher gear. It is announcing its first gadget partnership with Blue Line Innovations, a Canadian company that sells low cost gadgets for tracking electricity use. Read More »
Here’s the real reason that I think Google entered into a contract earlier this month to buy clean power from a wind farm in Iowa: data center power. Read More »
The ZumoDrive folks are applying the cloud storage concept to your home computer so you can stream media files right to an Apple iPad or iPhone using ZumoCast. Adaptive transcoding offers optimal playback quality and you can download files for offline enjoyment without a connection. Read More »
Triangulate has raised $750,000 to help people use their own data — to start with, for dating. Its Wings app looks at signals such as what you “like” on Facebook and using Facebook’s tools around the web, crunches the numbers, and recommends people you’re compatible with. Read More »
Did you miss the Comic-Con premiere of The Guild‘s follow-up to Do You Wanna Date My Avatar? Don’t fret — Game On, the Bollywood-inspired music video with some other moments of Asian flair (as well as an elephant) is up on Bing.com right now. Read More »
Of course, it’s only a rumor, but the word among bloggers is that iDVD will not be included in iLife ’11 and will be replaced by a mystery app that has nothing to do with DVD authoring. But why? Read More »
Greentech IPOs and the Department of Energy’s loan guarantee program are like peas in a pod these days. An initial public offering slated for later this week (that of Molycorp, which mines minerals used in many green technologies) offers the latest example. Read More »
What’s going on at Quora, seven months since announcing itself and a month after opening to the public? We visited co-founder Charlie Cheever at the company’s Palo Alto office to hear more about how the company is handling the dueling forces of growth and quality. Read More »
Got an old iPhone lying around? With a few simple steps, you can repurpose it with prepaid data and minutes. Read More »
Comic-Con is a great gorgeous whale of pop culture, and if you approach the event as a microcosm of media today, then the way web content has squeezed itself into this five days of panels, exhibits, events and parties is mirrored accordingly. Read More »
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