If you’ve been wondering how you can get your hands on one of Fenix’s portable off-grid battery and solar kits — previously only available in Africa — ponder no longer. The startup has just launched a Kickstarter campaign to sell their battery and solar kits in the U.S. Read more »
Fenix, a startup that makes a plug-n-play, portable, lead-acid battery for off-grid use has shipped about 2,000 of its batteries to African telecom MTN, the company’s CEO Michael Lin tells me. Read more »
Connectivity changes everything. That’s the credo driving just about every corner of our day-to-day lives. As human beings, we are now connected to one another through not just our social networks but also our cars, the books we read, the albums we download and even our own health and wellness habits (to name just a few areas). With that in mind, GigaOM Pro has singled out certain areas in the technology industry where we see this shift to constant connectivity taking place most drastically. Read more at GigaOM Pro »
