Google's new Databoard tool isn't perfect, but it puts a new spin on how people access, consume and use market research data.…
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Kleiner Perkins backs energy comparison startup Choose Energy
A startup called Choose Energy is offering consumers a comparison shopping site for electricity in deregulated markets, and is building tools to help retail energy providers acquire customers. The company raised a series A round from Kleiner and Stephens Capital.…
Read MoreGigaOM Pro: Three trends that could transform the energy efficient data center
You say AC, I say DC, and several other ways that energy efficiency is remaking the data center, via GigaOM Pro.…
Read MoreWhy SolarCity pricing low is a godsend for all of cleantech
You can count GigaOM Pro cleantech analyst Adam Lesser in the category that believes that SolarCity pricing at $8 rather than the $13 to $15 the company wanted was a major blessing. A blessing for all of cleantech.…
Read MoreLatest in cleantech, via GigaOM Pro
The latest in cleantech from GigaOM Pro this week: advanced battery technologies, the fate of clean energy post election, and should the U.S. aggressively export natural gas?…
Read MoreThis week in cleantech: next-gen batteries and the importance of design
What happened in cleantech on GigaOM Pro?: a hot new report on next-gen battery innovations, a column on why design matters for cleantech, and much more.…
Read MoreMost app developers make less than $500 a month (chart)
And things are even tougher for developers of advertising-supported apps.…
Read MoreAndroid app development growing at a faster rate than iOS (chart)
Both iOS and Android use is growing, but app developers are adopting Android at a faster rate, according to a recent GigaOM Pro survey. See our chart for more details.…
Read MoreThis week in cleantech: the share economy, efficient data centers & grid batteries
What's going on in cleantech? Over on GigaOM Pro we have some excellent new research on grid batteries, the share economy and energy efficient data center innovation.…
Read MoreToday in cleantech: Apple’s sustainability
Apple seems to be increasingly willing to respond to negative publicity surrounding its sustainability practices, points out GigaOM Pro cleantech analyst Adam Lesser. Why?…
Read MoreThe new resource dependencies
The five natural resources that will significantly impact the future development of renewable energy.…
Read MoreFor discoverability, traditional tools still dominate
GigaOM Pro Research Director David Card took the stage at paidContent 2012 to discuss one of the key challenges content distributors are facing -- discoverability.…
Read MoreElectric car charging: Let’s not make this more complicated
When it comes to electric cars, it’s already slow going, so why make electric car charging more confusing, says GigaOM Pro analyst Adam Lesser, who takes a look at the early emerging market for electric car charging networks.…
Read MoreHey Silicon Valley, Nest isn’t the only smart thermostat around [photos]
There's a perception in Silicon Valley that smart thermostat startup Nest created the world's first connected thermostat. While the Nest thermostat is gorgeous and potentially a game-changing, there's dozens of companies that are making smart thermostats and software, and here's a dozen of them in photos:…
Read MoreMeet Jo Maitland
Last year was a great year for GigaOM Pro, and 2012 promises to be even better. Jo Maitland recently joined our team as a Research Director for Enterprise, and she will help us produce more research in the enterprise IT and cloud computing spaces.…
Read MoreToday in Green IT: Greener data center real estate
What you should be reading and thinking about this week, courtesy of Adam Lesser, GigaOM Pro's Green IT analyst.…
Read MoreThe future of smart meters is data, not hardware
Forget the hardware. It is becoming abundantly apparent that what will matter for smart meters is how well data can be used to manage demand response, outages and balance load while also being secure, says Adam Lesser, GigaOM Pro Green IT analyst.…
Read MoreToday in Green IT: Waiting for the electric car market
Despite the exuberant expectations for the adoption of electric cars, forecasts have been conservative, with global annual sales expected to be around a million in 2015, compared to the global auto market of around 70 million vehicles today, writes Adam Lesser, GigaOM Pro's Green IT analyst.…
Read MoreCleantech, meet connectivity: a new era of energy efficiency
When people think about cleantech, they typically think about solar panels or converting biomass into fuel. But the momentum right now in cleantech is as much about connectivity and how it can drive energy efficiency as it is about advancing sources of renewable energy.…
Read MoreToday in Green IT: 3 reasons cleantech VC is heading east
Kleiner Perkins's $250 million China fund represents the logical next step in a migration of cleantech investment toward China, points out GigaOM Green IT analyst Adam Lesser. Here's three reasons cleantech VC dollars are heading east.…
Read MoreToday in green IT: low-power servers
In the drive to produce servers based on lower-power chips that reduce operating costs and conserve energy, the $13 billion Cambridge, England–based ARM is seen as the great hope.…
Read MoreToday in Green IT: Will Apple’s solar moves be meaningful?
Will Apple embrace solar in any meaningful way? Seems like even Apple is realizing that it needs to hedge its brand against being labeled anti-environment. Now that Apple is the 800 pound gorilla of tech, managing negative publicity surrounding its sustainability practices will matter more.…
Read MoreToday in Green IT: The Q3 Numbers
The third quarter's numbers are out from the Green IT section of GigaOM's research subscription service GigaOM Pro. Solar is struggling, while IT-based systems like car sharing are soaring. Dig into the details with us.…
Read MoreToday in Green IT: How to measure cleantech success
GigaOM Pro Green IT analyst Adam Lesser asks should we be measuring the success of a cleantech investment purely based on IPO exits, in his weekly column?…
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