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Beverage Companies Go Sustainable With Biodegradable Plastics, Ramped Up Recycling
4:32 pm PST • March 8, 2011
Coca-Cola (nyse: KO) announced plans today to invest $24 million, along with ECO Plastics Ltd. (which will contribute about $5 million of that) to build a new, plastic bottle recycling…
I’m mad at Zion Eyez, the company that makes, or rather has theorized, these sunglasses-with-1080p-camera-in. Not because they’re late to the party (Lady Gaga presented a similar concept at CES…
Skobbler brings ForeverMap to Android
3:44 pm PST • March 8, 2011
Skobbler has ported ForeverMap, its Google Maps competitor, to Android. Previously an iOS-only offering, the app provides maps for Europe and differentiates itself from Google Maps with full support for…
Here’s an interesting research project being presented at Microsoft Research’s TechFest. The idea is an intelligent stylus that’s aware of how you’re holding it, allowing it to change function depending…
Hardware
The Teradek Cube Lets Almost Any Video Camera Livestream Over 4G (Video)
3:18 pm PST • March 8, 2011
The Teradek Cube is a sort of Livestream pack, like what we used at CES, that enables one to connect their camera of choice to the world. It’s sort of…
Onefinestay raises $3.7m in Series A led by Index Ventures
3:05 pm PST • March 8, 2011
Onefinestay, the ‘unhotel’ service that lets travelers stay in someone’s real home while the owner is out of town, has raised $3.7 million in Series A led by Index Ventures.…
Hardware
Report: Number Of Malware-Infected Web Sites Has Doubled In Past Year
3:00 pm PST • March 8, 2011
A new Dasient report says that the number of Web sites infected with malware has doubled in the past year. That means we’re now just short of 1.2 million Web…
Just a little PSA in case you’re looking forward to picking up one of the amazing-looking (but ridiculously expensive) X100s from Fujifilm — apparently they underestimated the camera’s popularity, and…
Holy Misleading Conclusions, Batman! The Facebook Netflix-Killer That Wasn't
2:33 pm PST • March 8, 2011
This morning, news broke that Warner Brothers had begun a test on its Facebook Page wherein it’s going to allow users to rent The Dark Knight for 30 Facebook Credits…
It was only 135 years ago, today, that Alexander Graham Bell was awarded his patent for the telephone. And here we have one of his first sketches of the magical device.…
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Climate
Beverage Companies Go Sustainable With Biodegradable Plastics, Ramped Up Recycling
4:32 pm PST • March 8, 2011
Coca-Cola (nyse: KO) announced plans today to invest $24 million, along with ECO Plastics Ltd. (which will contribute about $5 million of that) to build a new, plastic bottle recycling…
I’m mad at Zion Eyez, the company that makes, or rather has theorized, these sunglasses-with-1080p-camera-in. Not because they’re late to the party (Lady Gaga presented a similar concept at CES…
Skobbler brings ForeverMap to Android
3:44 pm PST • March 8, 2011
Skobbler has ported ForeverMap, its Google Maps competitor, to Android. Previously an iOS-only offering, the app provides maps for Europe and differentiates itself from Google Maps with full support for…
Here’s an interesting research project being presented at Microsoft Research’s TechFest. The idea is an intelligent stylus that’s aware of how you’re holding it, allowing it to change function depending…
Hardware
The Teradek Cube Lets Almost Any Video Camera Livestream Over 4G (Video)
3:18 pm PST • March 8, 2011
The Teradek Cube is a sort of Livestream pack, like what we used at CES, that enables one to connect their camera of choice to the world. It’s sort of…
Onefinestay raises $3.7m in Series A led by Index Ventures
3:05 pm PST • March 8, 2011
Onefinestay, the ‘unhotel’ service that lets travelers stay in someone’s real home while the owner is out of town, has raised $3.7 million in Series A led by Index Ventures.…
Hardware
Report: Number Of Malware-Infected Web Sites Has Doubled In Past Year
3:00 pm PST • March 8, 2011
A new Dasient report says that the number of Web sites infected with malware has doubled in the past year. That means we’re now just short of 1.2 million Web…
Just a little PSA in case you’re looking forward to picking up one of the amazing-looking (but ridiculously expensive) X100s from Fujifilm — apparently they underestimated the camera’s popularity, and…
Holy Misleading Conclusions, Batman! The Facebook Netflix-Killer That Wasn't
2:33 pm PST • March 8, 2011
This morning, news broke that Warner Brothers had begun a test on its Facebook Page wherein it’s going to allow users to rent The Dark Knight for 30 Facebook Credits…
It was only 135 years ago, today, that Alexander Graham Bell was awarded his patent for the telephone. And here we have one of his first sketches of the magical device.…