Panasonic started to sell its new line of 3D TVs through a partnership with Best Buy today, offering a bundle of a of 50-inch plasma TV, a 3D-capable Blu-ray player and a pair of glasses for around $2900. Consumers will also soon be able to buy […] Read more »
Panasonic EVP Bob Perry made it clear at this week’s TV of Tomorrow Show that there’s not much love lost in America for cable TV. He joked that even Wall Street bankers might be more popular than cable execs, and warned that cable companies won’t survive […] Read more »
We’ve been tracking plenty of stories that underscore China’s growing might in cleantech, and here’s another one. Prudent Energy, the subsidiary of China’s JD Holdings, said Tuesday that it has raised a $22 million Series C round to build out its Beijing manufacturing capacity for vanadium […] Read more »
ECOtality’s executives better start practicing their Mandarin — China is fast becoming a major focus for the company. The Scottsdale, Ariz.-based charging infrastructure company, which says it was mentioned in Obama’s State of the Union address, announced Monday that its Chinese partner, Shenzhen Goch Investment, has […] Read more »
When private investment in cleantech fell last year, government stimulus programs more than made up the difference, according to estimates that the Cleantech Group released at the Cleantech Forum in San Francisco this week. And no government is doing more to fill the gap than China’s. […] Read more »
Another day, another big investment in online video in China. The recipient this time is Qiyi, an online video venture from Chinese search giant Baidu; it’s raised $50 million from Hulu backer Providence Equity Partners. The news of Baidu’s interest in launching an online video site […] Read more »
Understanding online video in China from afar can be challenging. The role of user generated content, regulatory and copyright issues are in many cases very different than the landscape in the U.S., and the language barrier doesn’t really help either. That’s why we were very happy that […] Read more »
Yesterday, the New York Times published an article examining what it refers to as the upcoming “war” between computer chip manufacturers. It’s an interesting read if you’re desperately into that sort of thing, but what’s most compelling is the assertion that Apple probably invested at least a […] Read more »
In the last week at least four major newspapers have each run their own original reporting about the hacking that led Google to threaten it may significantly alter its business in China (which it hasn’t). But the anonymously sourced stories don’t paint a clear picture. Read more »
Where do you go to watch the Vancouver Olympics online if you’re living in Canada, Europe or Asia? Those were some of the first questions we got when we published our Where to Watch the 2010 Winter Olympics Online guide a few days ago. And yes, we’re […] Read more »
Google China and Climate Change: “Google’s potential pullout from China over cyberattacks has climate change activists watching the scandal’s effect on U.S.-China relations that are crucial to progress on global warming….For now, environmentalists and other experts say they don’t see a threat to bilateral work on climate change […] Read more »
After Google said it would reevaluate its business in China, everyone from Om to Hillary Clinton has had something to say. To understand how the world beyond Silicon Valley sees it, we turned up some sources you might not go to on an everyday basis. Read more »
Google earlier today made a bold decision — it stopped censoring results on Google.cn, its Chinese destination. This will most certainly get the company banned from China and it is going to cost it hundreds of millions of dollars. Read more »
Google, in response to what it called “a highly sophisticated and targeted attack on our corporate infrastructure” aimed at penetrating the Gmail accounts of Chinese human rights activists, said today it will cease censoring results on Google.cn. Read more »
When a giant nation with giant energy needs like China says it’s going to smarten up its electric grid, U.S. technology companies — not surprisingly — take note. Witness General Electric’s announcement that it’s partnering with the City of Yangzhou, China, to build a smart grid “demonstration […] Read more »
While the market for user-generated content in China is still rapidly growing, with major investments being made in video sharing sites like Youku, the country could also get a major premium video aggregator soon. As first reported by Reuters and confirmed by paidContent, Chinese search giant […] Read more »
Atieva, an early-stage developer of battery packs for plug-in cars, secured just over $7 million in financing this week, according to an SEC filing. The startup’s backers now include Beijing’s China Environment Fund III and Venrock Associates, a venture capital firm that Atieva sales and marketing […] Read more »
For China’s BYD, the Warren Buffett-backed battery company turned automaker, hybrid sales have been anything but brisk this year. Since launching its F3DM plug-in hybrid model in December 2008, BYD has sold “several hundred” of the vehicles, according to a Reuters report on Tuesday. That’s up […] Read more »
Earth, Wind & Fire: A Phoenix, Ariz.-based company called Solar Southwest Technology aims to power compressed air energy storage with surplus wind energy generated at night, rather than coal. To heat the air so it expands and drives turbine blades better, Solar Southwest is using solar […] Read more »
While the shakeout in the online video market has already occurred in the U.S. with YouTube reigning supreme over other sites, in China it’s a different story — which is why Chinese video site Youku.com was able to raise $40 million in a funding round announced […] Read more »
