PTC, a company selling software to manufacturers, has become a surprise buyer of industrial internet companies. Today it said it would buy Axeda in a deal valued at $170 million.…
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The Production Tax Credit for wind power, which gives a subsidy of 2.2 cents per kilowatt hour of wind power produced, was…
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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?…
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The Production Tax Credit (PTC) for wind power failed to get support in the U.S. Senate yesterday, an ominous sign for a…
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GrabCAD, a specialist in open-source CAD software, has netted $4.2 million in new funding from its existing VC backers. It has also added Matrix Partners' David Skok to its board, according to a new blog post by GrabCAD President Hardi Meybaum.…
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Time’s environmental reporter, Bryan Walsh, took a look at 2012 and the subsidy environment for renewable energy. Quite simply if the Production…
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You’ve undoubtedly heard about the new Gmail for iPhone web app by now — but is it worth switching from the native…
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Just in case you missed any of them, here are the five most popular posts on WebWorkerDaily this week: More Efficient RSS…
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Now that President-elect Barack Obama has presented his economic stimulus plan — and set a goal of doubling clean energy output within…
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Updates turning out to be harmful rather than helpful are nothing new, and it’s beginning to look like you can add Apple’s…
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The saga of the renewable energy tax credits may have a last-minute happy ending. The Senate is set to vote on a…
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So now that the Senate has finally approved the extension of the renewable energy tax credits, exactly how much money have we…
Read MoreAmazon Web Services to Launch CDN Services
Akamai, Limelight, Level 3 and more than a dozen other startups should be worried about Amazon’s move into the content deliver business.…
Read MoreGreen Campaign Watch: Renewables Renewal?, Power Vote & Dems Want to Drill
Congress is back in session and already another proposal has come up to renew the vital renewable energy tax credits. But the…
Read MoreOffshore Drilling Could Sink or Save Clean Power
Following a Convention-filled recess, Congress returns to session today. The federal legislature has three weeks before it adjourns again for its members…
Read More$19B at Stake With Renewable Energy Tax Credits
When it comes to renewable energy, it seems we have a new Do-Nothing Congress up on Capitol Hill. The Senate yesterday failed…
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A Swarm of Angels, the open-source movie project, wants more than your help in the creation of its film The Ravages —…
Read MoreClean Energy Tax Credits Make Government Money, GE Says
Democrats and Republicans both agree they want to renew the crucial renewable energy tax credits that make wind and solar development possible…
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I just received a request from a client asking if there was a site where they could create a page that staff…
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2007 is wrapping up and I thought it would be interesting to see what the top 10 posts here at jkOnTheRun were.…
Read MoreMiro Makes Its Move into a Crowded Field
Miro, nee Democracy Player, released its version 1.0 Tuesday, officially leaving beta behind. The open source video subscription, download and viewing client…
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I got a chance to hang out with Nokia’s chief strategist and chief technology officer Tero Ojanperä before the start of our…
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Yahoo! fired a shot across the USS Google today with a press release announcing the new Yahoo! oneSearch service. The mobile search…
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Here in Boston at Mashup Camp 3, we’ve seen an incredible range of applications mashed up from sites and services on the…
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