Panasonic shared a few more details on its Firefox-OS powered TVs this week, announcing that Firefox OS will be used for six…
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Is the solar panel & battery combo ready to change energy markets?
The big idea right now for solar and batteries is this: put solar panels on your roof, a battery in the backyard…
Read MoreFirst look: This is Panasonic’s Firefox OS-powered TV
Panasonic is getting ready to ship a smart TV based on Firefox OS this spring, and the company is previewing the device…
Read MoreBattery startup Eos Energy is raising another $30M
Startup Eos Energy, which has been building a low-cost grid battery using air and zinc, is ending out the year by going back…
Read MoreA battery startup no one has heard of says it’s building a billion-dollar factory in North Carolina
What's the deal with this virtually unknown battery startup, Alevo?…
Read MorePanasonic’s first smartphone in a year is more camera than phone
Panasonic announced a new camera in its Lumix line. It packs a 1-inch sensor behind a Leica lens and a fully-fledged smartphone into the same device.…
Read MoreIt’s official: The Tesla, Panasonic massive battery factory deal is done
In advance of Tesla’s earnings this afternoon, the electric car maker announced this morning that its deal with Japanese battery giant Panasonic…
Read MoreReport: Tesla’s gigafactory could get $1B from Panasonic, suppliers
More news is trickling out about Tesla's gigafactory -- Japanese battery partners could pony up $1 billion for it.…
Read MoreTesla confirms huge battery factory plan, will ship 35K Model S cars this year
Tesla says that the massive battery "gigafactory" is now in the plans. At the same time the electric car maker plans to significantly boost Model S production this year.…
Read MorePanasonic calls it quits on smartphones
Panasonic has confirmed plans to stop development of consumer-level smartphones, though it will still offer feature phones in its home market of Japan.…
Read MorePanasonic puts Android on your home phone
Panasonic recently introduced the KX-PRX120, a smartphone-style landline handset that runs on Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) and can make video calls.…
Read MorePanasonic Automotive buys streaming radio firm Aupeo
The deal - the financial terms of which remain a mystery - is important for both the connected industry and the Berlin start-up scene, which has long been holding out for a big exit.…
Read MoreBattery university to open its doors this summer
A battery accelerator program and San Jose State University will start offering classes on battery technology and business starting this Summer. California has emerged as a leader in battery innovation.…
Read MoreHow battery startups are trying to survive in tough times
The demand for lithium-ion batteries hasn't grown as quickly as many battery developers have anticipated, and that leaves a rather bleak near-term outlook for startups who had counted on the rise of electric car, grid storage and even laptops as lucrative markets.…
Read MoreBetter Place and A123: Who will rise, who is down for the count?
Cleantech companies with effective business models still have excellent prospects, while those who don't have a viable product to sell in the marketplace won't be rising from anywhere.…
Read MoreFrom an Israeli startup: double-sided solar cells
The vast majority of solar cells today generate electricity by facing the sun, but what if you could engineer their backside to make use of reflected light as well? That’s the idea underlying the technology of bSolar, an Israeli startup who recently launched the so-called bifacial solar cells.…
Read MorePhone! SMS! No, I want WiFi on all my flights
Last week, Virgin Atlantic said that you could use your phone to make calls and get/send text messages if you fly using its Upper Class service between New York and London. What I really want is the ability to connect to the Internet.…
Read MoreTime Warner Cable building an app for Panasonic TVs
Time Warner Cable is developing an app for Panasonic's Viera Cast Smart TV platform to access its on demand video library. This makes the company the first cable operator to develop an app for Panasonic's platform. The app is supposed to launch some time this year.…
Read MoreSyncTV: building TV apps for almost every device
There are a ton of development frameworks for creating apps on various connected TVs, Blu-ray players, game consoles, set-top boxes, tablets, smartphones and the like, which is more than most publishers can reasonably be expected to develop for. Enter SyncTV, which hopes to solve that issue.…
Read MorePlayJam raises $5M to bring casual games to your TV
TV gaming startup PlayJam has raised a $5 million Series A funding round from GameStop Digital Ventures, Adobe Ventures, Endeavour Ventures, London Venture Partners and others. The financing comes as PlayJam sees a massive opportunity to bring new games to connected TV platforms.…
Read MoreTesla to buy Model S battery cells from Panasonic
Electric car maker Tesla announced on Tuesday that it will buy battery cells from Panasonic to build at least 80,000 cars over a four-year period, including supplying battery cells for of its second electric car the Model S.…
Read MoreLots of promise, lots of competition for enterprise tablets
The market for enterprise tablets shows enormous promise as end users take their own devices to work and IT departments begin to deploy the new gadgets. But a small army of manufacturers is vying for a slice of the market, and competition will be fierce.…
Read MoreFinals wrap up record year for NBA streaming
The NBA's effort to increase the amount of video available to fans in the latest season, with the league reporting more website visitors and video streams watched over the course of the 2010/2011 season and postseason than ever before.…
Read MoreComcast bringing Skype video chat into the living room
Comcast has partnered with Skype to bring its video chat service to subscriber living rooms. With an adapter box and HD video camera, Comcast subscribers will soon be able to video chat with any other Skype users from the comfort of their living rooms.…
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