A near 10 percent drop in clean tech investments last year indicated that the U.S. might be losing its place as the world’s top investor and enabler of clean tech innovation.
Last year, U.S. clean tech investments dropped to a five year low, from 72 percent of the worldwide total in 2008 to 62 percent, [...]
Filed under: News on February 26th, 2010 @ 7:54 am
Tagged with: Business, clean energy, economy, government, growth, innovation, markets, networks, News, Technology
Launched in 1990, the Cinequest Film Festival prides itself on featuring little-known filmmakers and talent from around the world. Since its inception, Cinequest has turned out some of the most technically-advanced works ever and has continued to branch out, launching a production company and forming a group to help underprivileged teens who aspire to become [...]
From new smartphones to a whole new generation of wireless mobile technology, there are lots of exciting innovations coming out of the Mobile World Congress 2010 in Barcelona. My picks for some of the most interesting mobile tech coming out of the conference include:
• Windows Phone 7 Series – By re-imagining how its touchscreen smartphone interface [...]
Filed under: News on February 18th, 2010 @ 9:46 am
Tagged with: brands, innovation, innovative, markets, networks, Technology
With the growing consumer demand for sustainability, manufacturers and designers increasing numbers of factors to consider when creating new products from material sources and processes to packaging and distribution lines. While this is well within the capabilities of companies of any scale, it certainly adds a level of complexity to companies, particularly small businesses with [...]
Filed under: Business, Community, Environment, News on September 10th, 2009 @ 5:22 pm
Tagged with: Business, consumer, global, industry, innovation, local, manufacturers, networks, niche, One Good Chair, process, product, production, scale, success, sustainability
Some interesting insights coming from Michael Arrington over at TechCrunch today, discussing what he refers to as “The Revenue Dilemma” for internet start-ups like Twitter, that innovate and suddenly dominate an emerging market. Though we often joke about wildly popular companies that lack any means of generating cash flow, the paradox that these businesses often [...]
Filed under: Business, News on September 9th, 2009 @ 4:46 pm
Tagged with: Business, free, innovation, insights, internet, markets, monetize, networks, revenue model, revenue streams, service, start-up, sustainability, Twitter
Since its merger with Nextel back in 2005, Sprint has steadily been losing ground to Verizon and AT&T, lagging behind in innovation both with its product and service offerings. But over the past year plus, the company has made attempts to right the ship, building out its network reliability, adding an iPhone competitor in the [...]
Filed under: Business, Environment, News, Technology on August 13th, 2009 @ 7:31 pm
Tagged with: Acquisitions, brands, Business, employees, Environment, Green, innovation, innovative, leaders, markets, mobile, networks, opportunities, opportunity, people, product, Sprint, success, sustainability
There is little doubt that one of the key components in our nation’s economic recovery and ongoing security is a transition away from dependence on fossil fuels, particularly foreign oil, towards renewable energy solutions. But even as we move to develop sustainable energy technologies like solar and wind, are we neglecting the most important element, [...]
Filed under: Environment, News on August 7th, 2009 @ 6:18 pm
Tagged with: clean energy, energy, energy grid, funding, government, infrastructure, investing, investment, networks, recovery, renewable energy, strategies, strategy, sustainability, Technology
The micro-finance model has been applied to fundraising efforts like political campaigns and non-profit lending on websites like Kiva, but in these instances there’s little or no expectation that the loans will ever be repaid, or in the case Kiva one assumes that this money, once returned, remains circulating in the charitable system, backing other [...]
Filed under: Business, Community, Technology on July 31st, 2009 @ 10:01 am
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‘Younger than Moses: Idle Worship’ is an art exhibit featuring 22 artists in New York.
As part of the European Project FP7 research called “Integrated System for Transport Infastructures Surveillance and Monitoring by Electromagnetic Sensing,” a team of researchers had been gathered from the countries of Israel, Italy, France, Sweden, Norway, Switzerland and Romania.