Over three years ago I put together this table on 10 of Khosla Venture’s biofuel bets. Given a couple of these companies have gone public, been sold off, or stalled, I decided to look back at these firms with this updated cheat sheet. Read More »
Archive for February 2011
This week’s Green Overdrive is the greasiest yet! We go on a grease pick up and factory tour with the Got Grease crew, which makes a living off of recycling cooking grease from restaurants and hotels and sells it to biodiesel producers. Read More »
Is it possible that the ever-increasing demand for data center space could be the cure for vacant commercial real estate plaguing cities? In some areas, data center operators are buying up vacant real estate to house new operations and helping revitalize those areas as a result.… Read More »
One of the more high-profile experiments in hyper-local news, a Washington, D.C.-based startup with the unlikely name TBD, has had a somewhat troubled history — losing its general manager just months after launch — and now the site has been restructured, raising fears about its future. Read More »
Today on the Net: Porn consumers get to enjoy a cloud-based experience that mainstream VOD is still missing, Bones fans can use an new iPad app to get context-relevant content and people send a whole lot of tweets during the Super Bowl. Read More »
Hewlett-Packard launched a series of Palm devices today, which are powered by a new, upgraded and, according to them, a much-improved mobile operating system, WebOS. But without an app ecosystem, the company is fighting an uphill battle. Read More »
Many venture firms have EIRs: either Executives-in-Residence or Entrepreneurs-in-Residence. But what, exactly, do they do? Zach Urlocker lifts the veil on this role, detailing his several-month stint as an EIR. Read More »
Silver Spring Networks and Oklahoma Gas & Electric find out that energy web portals and dashboard help people conserve, but smart thermostats cut power the most — and don’t forget to set the right electricity prices. Read More »
Flash Player 10.2 is beta no more, and the general release promises better performance and less CPU usage through Stage Video. Stage Video provides for “a full hardware accelerated video pipeline,” reducing CPU utilization by as much as 85 percent. Read More »
Skype announced on its blog today that it now supports the H.264 video format on iOS devices, a change that will allow users to chat across multiple platforms, since H.264 is now the de facto standard for video playback on connected TVs and other devices. Read More »
With AT&T announcing its free mobile to mobile calls to help fend off customers defecting for the iPhone on Verizon’s network, it’s time to recognize that voice is now worthless, but operators will turn to data and M2M to make up for the loss of voice. Read More »
The right collaborative writing tool can make document creation easier, but there are certain characteristics that make a world of difference in a collaborative writing environment — especially if you’re working in a larger organization. Here’s a list of the features that you should be looking… Read More »
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