TaskRabbit pushes collaborative consumption with a new web series
TaskRabbit is launching a series of video interviews with "founders, entrepreneurs, executives, journalists and consumers" who are authorities in the Collaborative Consumption space. The series, called Collaboratively Speaking, kicks off with a conversation between TaskRabbit founder Leah Busque and RelayRides founder Shelby Clark.
Report: Google Nexus Tablet “a done deal”
The $249 Asus MeMo Android tablet shown off at January's Consumer Electronics Show is expected to be the first Google Nexus tablet with a price target of $149 to $199. To lower the price, Asus may be dropping Nvidia's Tegra 3 for a dual-core chip.
Bloom Energy launches data center focus for its fuel cells
Silicon Valley's fuel cell maker Bloom Energy has launched a new practice focused on data centers, the company announced on Wednesday. To lead the group, Bloom Energy has brought on Peter Gross, who co-founded data-center firm EYP Mission Critical Facilities, which was bought by HP.
The story of how Bill Gates discovered (& backed) a battery startup
Investors and entrepreneurs don't always connect via the standard VC pitch. According to Phil Giudice, the CEO of a battery startup called Liquid Metal Battery, his company found their most high profile investor, Bill Gates, through a more unusual way: the classroom.
How about that: A 100 Mbps mobile hotspot
A new mobile hotspot from Huawei pushes the limits of current LTE technologies, offering peak speeds of 100 Mbps. The catch is that the hotspot is only available in Japan, because that’s where the only network resides that can support it.
Here comes a hot new chip for Internet of things
ARM, the semiconductor company whose chip technology powers most modern smartphones, has come up with a chip for the Internet of things. It is an energy-efficient chip technology that is optimized for use in everything from connected lighting to power controls to other home appliances.
Why Texas Instruments and iRobot are working together
The chips that power today's smartphones and tablets are expanding to robots as Texas Instruments and iRobot announced a new partnership on Monday. TI's OMAP platform will be used by Roomba-maker, iRobot, to help develop new robotic technologies. Here's why, and what to expect.
The ZTE Fury: A cheap smartphone with a powerful punch
Sprint just launched a new ZTE Android smartphone that offers a lot more power than its mere $20 price tag would suggest. The ZTE Fury has the same processor embedded in devices that were considered top of the line only a year ago.
Apple’s iPad 4G LTE plan pricing detailed: Watch your speeds!
Apple's new iPad includes support for LTE mobile broadband, with 3G fallback. That's good to know, but one bit of information Apple neglected to share was the pricing plans for the LTE service from AT&T and Verizon. Here's the plan data, directly from the Apple Store.
Udemy’s Faculty Project nabs 50,000 students and an Ivy league professor
Early results of Udemy's Faculty Project have been pretty successful, with more than 50,000 students signing up for the program. But that's not all: Udemy is also bringing on ever more prestigious faculty, with its first Ivy League professor soon coming on board.
