Steven Rattner, the Obama administration’s so-called Car Czar, has a new book out and he weighs in on the sloppiness of the stimulus funds, the “fad” of green jobs and how the Volt will do nothing for GM’s bottom line. Tell us how you really feel.… Read More »
Archive for September 2010
Battery startup Contour Energy Systems says it has developed a new battery technology based on the volatile material fluorine, which can deliver longer lasting, higher power batteries for devices spanning from smart meters to pacemakers, and — potentially years down the road — electric vehicles and… Read More »
Design inspiration can come from unusual places. For Yahoo, it was chicken coops, which utilize outside air and can reduce cooling power and costs. On Monday, Yahoo announced that the first data center to mimic this fine-feathered design is up and running. Read More »
Facebook is reportedly working on its own phone. Though the company quickly denied the report, the idea clearly has staying power, and why not? It’s a good one. Facebook should very soon start working outside its core competency and do things like make phones. Read More »
One of the oldest smart grid technologies out there is also one of the most ripe for M&A: demand response. And that’s not a coincidence. On Friday power company Constellation Energy announced that it plans to acquire demand response and energy management provider CPower. Read More »
Now that the DOE is almost done with doling out billions of dollars in stimulus funds for energy tech, it’s losing some of the key people that were in charge of overseeing the flow of funds: the DOE’s Senior Advisor Matt Rogers and Undersecretary Kristina Johnson. Read More »
It says something about the state of the tech industry that one of the biggest stories in the sector this week is that Cisco is paying dividends to investors. Dividends aren’t unheard of in tech; however, Cisco’s news had that tipping-point feeling to it. Read More »
Technology is making the resume obsolete. Now, some candidates send LinkedIn profiles in lieu of resumes. But sites like oDesk and eLance more closely reflect the future of resumes and how companies hire because they use reputation data to shed light on a candidate. Read More »
Google CEO Eric Schmidt made some comments last week about the company’s plans to get more social, and they showed how little the web giant understands what it is up against. Schmidt said the company intends to “add a social component” to its existing products. Read More »
For today’s Five Questions With…, we get some insight from Zadi Diaz, the co-creator and host of Epic Fu, one of web video’s longest-running series. She discusses the importance of net neutrality to online video creators and how HTML5 is helping move things forward. Read More »
Here are some interesting posts from around the ‘Net to catch up with over the weekend: Jim Ray: “Quick thoughts on the new Twitter” Dave Winer Winder: “How to reboot RSS” GigaOM: “No, RSS Is Not Dead, and Neither Are RSS Readers” PCWorld: “Top 5 Social Network… Read More »
Most people are surprised to find out Fark is based in Kentucky instead of New York, Los Angeles, or San Francisco and I’ve realized recently that it’s a lot harder to run a startup in Kentucky than it would have been to do it elsewhere. Read More »
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