Here’s our top five stories of the week, from Cisco’s awakes to the smart grid, to how Google’s Android could rule connected cars, to me pondering if Solyndra’s DOE loan guarantee was all one big mistake. Read More »
Misc
Odds and ends from around the green web that we’re reading this morning. Read More »
Cloud encoding service provider Zencoder wants to support VP8 as soon as absolutely possible, and the company is excited about Google’s plans to open source the video codec at this week’s Google i/O developer conference in San Francisco. However, don’t count H.264 out just yet. Read More »
Summer is just around the corner, but don’t worry, there is a way you can get out, enjoy the summer and stay productive. With LogMeIn Free, you can access your work computer from anywhere, at anytime, for (as the name implies) free. Read More »
Roku is boosting the amount of sports content it carries through a multiyear deal with the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) that adds live pay-per-view events and archived matches to its broadband set-top box. It’s the third major sports deal for the set-top box maker. Read More »
Online distribution site Blip.tv is aiming to engage with the local web series scene by opening an office in Los Angeles and hiring Epic Fu co-creator Steve Woolf to work directly with creators interested in using the Blip platform. Read More »
Here’s some of the best stories from last week, including Tesla’s latest move to boost the price per share for its IPO, Honeywell’s acquisition of Akuacom and an infographic showing Google’s green power plays over the last three years. Read More »
A letter published in the journal Science and signed by 255 members of the National Academy of Sciences criticizes some politicians for “McCarthy-like threats of criminal prosecution against our colleagues on the basis of innuendo and guilt by association.” — NYT’s Dot Earth Read More »
GE Works on Poo-Power in China: GE’s Jenbacher biogas engines will power the new Liaoning Huishan Cow Farm, which, once completed, will become world’s largest biogas project based on cow manure. Read More »
Google is putting more money behind its TV ads, with a strategic investment in TV ad targeting startup Invidi. The search giant is leading a $23 million Series D financing round, which also includes existing investors such as WPP’s GroupM, Motorola,Menlo… Read More »
“Volkswagen announced the electric Golf yesterday…but for whatever reason didn’t release a pic of the car until today. Turns out it looks just like a regular Golf.” — Wired’s Autopia Read More »
BP’s oil spill could take three months to stop, costing the company at least $2 billion and possibly more than $8 billion to cover cleanup and damages. The company earned $17 billion in net income last year. — Greenwire via NYT Read More »
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