Five-month-old startup N3twork has emerged from stealth with $12 million from Valley investors. We’ll have to wait until later this year for its product to unstealth, too. Read more »
Enphase Energy, which makes small distributed microinverters for solar panels, filed an S-1 yesterday for a $100 million IPO. Here’s the breakdown of how much Enphase is earning, spending, and shipping, and who will win out in the public debut. Read more »
It’s been a long year and a half since Cleantech Blog published its last Cleantech Blog Power 5 highlighting the top investors in cleantech. . . And the bottom five wild cards. Time for round two. Read more »
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While Al Gore was rallying the Web 2.0 troops to fight climate change on Friday, this weekend the former V-P and Nobel Peace laureate now turned green VC set his sights on the New York Times op-ed page, where he laid out five steps needed to […] Read more »
Rubber recycling startup Lehigh Technologies today confirmed that it recently received funding from green VC bigwig Kleiner Perkins and London-based Index Ventures. The five-year-old Naples, Florida-based startup, which freezes and pulverizes scrapped tires and sells the rubber powder, added that the investment came in at a […] Read more »
Verdiem, a Seattle, Wash.-based startup that makes power management software for office PCs, told us back in February it was in the process of raising “a substantial” round. Well, the company confirms with us this morning (hat tip Venture Wire) that it has closed that round […] Read more »
Kleiner Perkins, the green-leaning venture capital firm, is reportedly raising a “green growth” fund of more than $400 million for investment in later-stage, less risky cleantech startups, says Pehub.com (full story on Pewnews.com). The firm has already allocated a good third of its $600 million main […] Read more »
Electric vehicle startup Fisker Automotive has officially responded to the lawsuit that competitor Tesla Motors has filed against it for allegedly stealing its design ideas and trade secrets. Kleiner Perkins partner and Fisker investor Ray Lane already called the lawsuit “ridiculous” at a conference this week, […] Read more »
If you’re looking for another reason to stop using desktop applications, here’s one: with TypeRoom Lite, you can edit your web site from any browser…for free. Presently in open beta, TypeRoom Lite will load a copy of any web page you want, let you edit its […] Read more »
Of course, for web workers “switcher” generally means one thing: people who used to use Windows PCs who are beginning to use a Mac instead. We’ve certainly seen our share of switchers here at WWD: a number of our staffers have made the transition to the […] Read more »
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A while back, I did a post on free services that can make a web worker’s travels easier, cheaper and more convenient. I travel a fair amount, and I find it good to keep on top of what emerging online services can offer me. In this […] Read more »
Sorry, I just never got into the Crocs craze. Maybe it’s because I’ve mangled my feet with one too many a marathon, who knows. I do however, like to protect my precious cell phone, so these phone cases made by Crocs caught my eye. I’m sure […] Read more »
http://www.youtube.com/v/5bD1qXfmnfg&rel=1&border=0 If you’re planning to take advantage of the Lenovo X300′s swappable bay, make sure you have a screwdriver handy. That’s the magic tool needed in order to release the optical drive or battery from the bay in case you want to switch modules. The procedure […] Read more »
The Mogo Mouse I told you about arrived this afternoon and after a 1 hour charging session I gave it a whirl, something I should have done before fully charging it. It seems the unit I received is defective as the left mouse button only works […] Read more »
Can’t say that on-screen keyboards for touchscreen devices ever got my mobile juices flowing, but that’s no reason not to share news of a new application, is it? Touchy-feely fans might want to check out the Comfort On-Screen Keyboard for $11.95 or through the free 30-day […] Read more »
Time Warner Investments has joined the Series A round of video advertising startup ScanScout. The amount of the investment was not disclosed, though the round had originally netted $7 million in May from General Catalyst Parters, Ron Conway, and First Round Capital. We spoke with ScanScout […] Read more »
In school, when working on UI development and web applications, I focused greatly on users and how they would interact with the application to accomplish tasks as part of a larger workflow. One of the key things that we have to try to focus on when […] Read more »
I am suffering from a sense of lethargy which comes with lack of caffeine, and staying up late and playing around with a brand new toy which is on the wish list for pretty much every single geek in the Valley. You know what I am […] Read more »
Late Friday, the FCC released details for its interim rules covering UNE-P pricing. According to these rules, the RBOCs freeze wholesale rates for a six month period and after this period, if finalized rules are not in place, Bells are allowed to raise the as much […] Read more »
Michael Dell may not be much loved in Silicon Valley for his super-efficient model and promoting the concept of Moore’s Claw, but he is clearly inspiring a generation of dormitory entrepreneurs. Associated Press chronicles the start-up experiences of college students who have started their own businesses. […] Read more »
Not to beat up on Fast Company when they are down, but John Byrne is totally talking smack about Business 2.0. Byrne called us “ugly” and the Frankenstein monster of business magazines, “composed of the body parts” of two business magazines (and the subscription list of […] Read more »
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