In the second quarter of 2010, greentech startups scored record venture capital and increased spending despite a weak economy. Solar power retained its lead in greentech venture financing, while global investment for clean energy asset financing fell. China, meanwhile, underscored its rising might in the greentech industry, raising billions of dollars in green energy financing. Read more at GigaOM Pro »
Building webscale applications is hampered by figuring out how to spread tasks out over thousands of computers without slowing things down or requiring too many people to keep things running. A Berkeley researcher hopes to solve some of those issues with a programming language called Bloom. Read more »
Big media events don’t come along every day, so when you’re betting the company’s growth on driving traffic to your web site from a single exorbitantly priced Super Bowl ad or a trail in a popular TV program, it pays to make sure that your IT ... Read more at GigaOM Pro »
