With the smart grid focused conference GridWeek convening in Washington D.C. this week, you can expect a lotta noise about the latest products and plans from smart grid-minded firms. But look to one area to stand above the rest in terms of development and innovation: applications. Read More »
Archive for October 2010
How’s this for a fund-raising pitch: We’re developing a cheaper, more sustainable way to produce a material that already finds its way into just about everything you touch? That’s the pitch Siluria Technologies used to attract $13.3 million in venture capital. Read More »
Evernote announced it has raised $20 million, enabling it to expand on its mission to capture memories and ideas in the cloud. The new round of funding will allow for faster product development and expansion into new markets and validates Evernote’s freemium model. Read More »
Green technology needs to grow up and get a job — and it’s a tough job market. The third quarter saw a big drop-off in early-stage venture capital and an even steeper decline in solar power investments. Read More »
Verivue is announcing that it acquired CDN technology firm CoBlitz, expanding its product portfolio beyond managed networks and giving it a new way to provide telcos and cable companies with CDN infrastructure to more effectively manage IP-based video traveling over their networks. Read More »
In the analog world of J.Crew catalogs and credit card purchases, credit bureaus like Experian built profiles on most of us. In the digital world, a new kind of digital data aggregator is spreading its tentacles on the web. Rapleaf is one of them. Read More »
He may or may not have taken off his mock turtleneck, but Steve Jobs did make a special appearance at the fourth quarter 2010 conference call, taking questions but no prisoners, and probably saying a few things that made his subordinates wince. It was indeed wild. Read More »
In the battle for collaboration domination, Google has struck another blow with its suite of new features for the Google Search Appliance that let users search their Google cloud services as well as traditional data stores. Read More »
The P.S. 22 Chorus of Staten Island, NY has risen to widespread popularity in recent years with covers of popular tunes, including (most recently) MGMT’s Kids. But their videos go unmonetized due to the tricky gray area currently occupied by cover songs on YouTube. Read More »
Today on the Net: New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie thinks Cablevision is at fault for its dispute with Fox, VEVO sings up with Univision and Time Magazine explains how Blockbuster got it all wrong. Read More »
Fundamental changes in networking and computing are leading to new business models, new services and shifts in corporate and consumer behavior. It’s also leading to a lot of M&A activity as companies jockey for position before the ongoing technology shift settles into the new status quo. Read More »
For fourth quarter 2010, Apple reported the best quarter and year in company history, with record sales of Mac and iPhones almost overshadowed by the iPad. That’s not all we can expect from Apple for this calendar year, though, as Steve Jobs hinted at some surprises. Read More »
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