Is there a tablet in Google’s future with a 3-D, multitouch interface? Some think there could be, since it just acquired BumpTop, whose software creates a 3D environment where users can toss their file icons around, stack them in piles and “hang” them on walls. Read More »
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Cheaper, longer-lasting, safer and smaller — those are the kinds of rechargeable batteries that could become available for electric cars if some of the research projects funded under the Department of Energy’s latest round of grants for high-risk, early-stage energy technologies deliver on their moonshot ambitions. Read More »
Over the next 10-15 years we will fundamentally reinvent the structure of society said Vinod Khosla, founder of Khosla Ventures speaking today at the Green:Net conference in San Francisco. Khosla explained that he’s now investing in areas that two years ago he would never have considered. Read More »
There’s no question location-based services such as Foursquare and Gowalla are hot properties, with Foursquare reportedly the subject of multiple acquisition offers, including one from Yahoo estimated at $100 million. But are these services really standalone businesses, or are they features that belong inside other businesses? Read More »
A long list of investors putting money in a jumbo-seed round earlier than ever is not uncommon these days. It’s not that there’s too few investments driving up demand; to the contrary, there are many young companies taking lots of money from lots of investors. Read More »
Interested in finding out what information Facebook is sharing about you through its new open-graph API? Developer Ka-Ping Yee has come up with a simple tool that shows you everything the social network is sending to anyone whose app or service uses the new feature. Read More »
ETV Motors, an Israel-based startup backed by Quercus Trust, aims to license and sell lighter weight, higher energy density and higher efficiency enabling technologies for extended-range electric vehicles. It’s on the hunt for new funds and partners in California to get there. Read More »
Fisker, just days after closing on nearly $529 million in loans from the feds, has won approval from Delaware officials to receive a $21.5 million loan from the state. If the startup meets certain requirements the loan could convert to a grant. Read More »
In the latest in a series of acquisitions of small companies that began last fall, Google has bought a small Israeli startup called LabPixies, which makes casual games and apps for the web and mobile devices. The company makes a number of popular games for iGoogle. Read More »
GetGlue has rolled out some new features for its service, which provides users with movie, music and book suggestions from friends in their social network. But can the startup compete with the 400-pound gorilla known as Facebook and its new open graph protocol and social plugins? Read More »
The secret behind Aardvark’s success was acute awareness of how close they were to failure, Aardvark co-founders Max Ventilla and Damon Horowitz said Friday. They detailed a process of rapid idea rejection and extensive testing throughout Aardvark’s short startup history. Read More »
Gear6, a Mountain View, Calif.-based maker of Memcached-based appliances for the cloud, seems to have hit hard times, as it’s filed for assignment for the benefit of creditors. The 4-year-old company filed to liquidate its assets on Friday, according to industry sources. Read More »
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