The Department of Energy has earmarked $41.9 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for the development of fuel cell technology. The goal is to create manufacturing and maintenance jobs for Americans who have been laid off from automotive factories and the like
Quickoffice beats Microsoft to the punch with iPhone app for Office documents
Dallas-based Quickoffice has released the first iPhone application suite that lets you view and edit Microsoft Office documents. Available for $19.99 from the App Store, it includes its own versions of Word and Excel it calls Quickword and Quicksheets, as well as file-management services
Green technologies to watch
“We are in a new era of energy innovation,” declared Daniel Yergin last week at a forum on clean-energy policy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Seattle, Atlanta And D.C. To Get First Mobile TV Tests
A coalition of TV broadcasters on Monday said they plan to use Seattle, Atlanta and Washington, D.C., as test markets for digital mobile TV services this year.
Spam Harms Environment
According to a Silverpop survey conducted last year, 80% of e-mail recipients felt that spam levels were either about the same or getting worse.
Percent Mobile – find out what percentage of your visits come to you via mobile
The service that Percent Mobile offers is so simple its genius. It is a solution for online websites that tells you what % of your users came to your site via mobile.
Bango Debuts Updated Mobile Analytics v4
Bango has long been known for its advanced mobile analytics solutions, and today marks the release of the newest version- version 4, which takes mobile analytics and visitor tracking to a whole new level.
Social Email Campaigns to Increase Nearly 400% in 2009
A record number of email marketers are planning to bridge the gap between online social networks and their email marketing campaigns, and the number of social email initiatives is expected to grow 367% this year, according to new research
Poll: Today’s Society Too Dependent on Gadgets
Nearly two-thirds (65%) of Americans think that today’s society is too dependent upon electronic gadgets, and 39% do not think technology (such as mobile phones, Wi-Fi networks and GPS) really makes people more productive, according to (pdf) a recent Harris Poll
Mobile not one channel, but eight: MobileMix speaker
It was expected. Someone in the audience at the final ad:tech San Francisco MobileMix session had to ask that dreaded question: “Everyone has been saying this is the year of mobile for five years. Is it?”
B2B Magazines Expand Online
Business-to-business (B2B) print magazines have fallen on tough times. While many publishers realize they have to be online in order to survive, they have been slow to take the digital plunge as they struggle to figure out a viable online strategy.
Court of Appeal overturns judgement to privatise PCCW
The Court of Appeal has overturned the judgment of the High Court of Hong Kong to sanction the scheme of arrangement to privatise Hong Kong operator PCCW. The company is disappointed at the Court of Appeal’s decision, given the clear findings and reasons set out for the judgment of the High Court.
China Telecom picks Huawei for 3G CDMA launch
Huawei Technologies has joined China Telecom for the commercial launch of 3G CDMA networks in many of China’s largest cities and regions. Using Huawei’s equipment, China Telecom’s 3G CDMA services are now available in 52 cities
