USC develops restoration software

The University of Southern California ( USC ) hosts the Shoah Foundation and it's video testimonial archive (set-up by Steven Spielberg...

Gaming Trends: Kunal Malik, SF 49ers CTO Creating a Green and Software-Driven Stadium

Kunal Malik Kunal Malik, San Francisco 49ers CTO, keynoted at the December 5 2013 SV Forum Technology Meets Sports Conference and shared how...

Ofcom produces "Easy Read" guide to mobile phones

Ofcom , the Super regulator, has produced and Easy Reading guide to mobile phones for people with learning difficulties. The guide uses the ...

Maybe Blackberry will get a reprive

Blackberry moving into the consumer space was a bad idea on many accounts and rushing out BB10 with many features that were standard with B...

Carbon markets reached a value of $216 million in 2012 according to State of the Forest Carbon Markets 2013

Source: Ecosystem Marketplace Carbon markets reached a value of $216 million in 2012, according to " State of the Forest Carbon Markets...

Ofcom consults on mobile data strategy

Ofcom , the Super regulator, is holding a consultation on its mobile data strategy, potentially looking as far forward as 2030. Ofcom has re...

Al Gore Chicago Climate Leadership Training and Next Steps

Al Gore & Chicago Climate Leaders Mary Vincent & Al Gore I'm very grateful to have attended Al Gore's Chicago July 2013 Clim...

Video: Mark Zuckerberg on Facebook Product Development at Mobile Dev Day

Photo Credit: Mary Vincent As a creator and co-creator of a variety of software products and services, I find great value in listening and ...

Thinfilm develops smart sensor label

Thinfilm based out of Oslo, Norway, has developed a method of using specialised inks to print smart electronics onto labels, the first of w...

LinkedIn Intro, one mailbox to rule them all

Last week LinkedIn introduced a new iOS app called Intro . It seems a really good idea by scanning your email and showing how the person se...

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Video: Tom Steyer Keynote Clean Tech Open

Photo Credit: Tom Steyer by Mary Vincent Tom Steyer, a successful asset manager, entrepreneur, and co-founder of thenextgeneration.org, sha...

Cleantech Group Releases Latest Global Cleantech 100 List and Report

Cleantech Group has released the fifth annual Global Cleantech 100 list and report . Highlights include: Company of the Year was awarded i...

Palo Alto Requires New Homes Be Pre-Wired for Electric Vehicles

Here's a great example where forward-thinking government and citizens work together for the betterment of the community and the planet. ...

Video: Mark Zuckerberg TechCrunch Disrupt 2013 Highlights

Mark Zuckerberg, Michael Arrington TechCrunch Disrupt -Photo M. Vincent Mark Zuckerberg discussed his Facebook: 1. Platform Strategy 2. Thou...

Get on your SMART e-bike

A couple of weeks ago I was lucky to invited to test ride a SMART e-bike . There are some things I should point out: - I'm not really a ...

TomTom devices gives access to engine info for smartphone use

TomTom Business Solutions is launching a new device the TomTom Link 100. This connects to the engine management unit (EMU) via the standar...

Ofcom consulting on releasing public sector spectrum

Ofcom , the Super regulator that has responsibility for spectrum allocation, is consulting on the planned release of MoD spectrum in the 2....

Ofcom consults on whitespace co-existance

Ofcom , the Super regulator that handles radio spectrum as part of its remit, is holding a consultation on the coexistence of whitespace de...

Ofcom consults on Spectrum Management Approach in the 70/80GHz bands

Ofcom, the Super regulator that looks after spectrum management is holding a consultation on proposals to change the management and authoris...

Qualcomm sells Omnitracs but buys Orb

Qualcomm the company that makes chips such the Snapdragon and Powerline electronics (after acquiring Atheros) has sold it's mobile trac...

America's Wind Industry Reaches Record Highs

The Energy Department released two new reports highlighting record highs for U.S. wind energy production and manufacturing and demonstrati...

Ofcom consults on changing local number dialling in 5 areas

Ofcom , the Super regulator, is holding a consultation on how local numbers must be dialled in 5 areas which are running out of local number...

Ofcom trials DAB based on open source software

Ofcom , the Super regulator that looks after radio spectrum management and broadcasting amongst other things has reported on a trial that us...

C&W (Vodafone) and Urban WiMAX get 28GHz license variations

Ofcom has issued a statement with respect to the 28GHz Broadband Fixed Wireless Access (BFWA) licences of Cable and Wireless (now Vodafon...

Ofcom awards new TV spectrum

Ofcom , the super regulator has issued a statement on the award of the 600MHz band (550 to 606 MHz). This has been awarded to Arqiva for t...

Ofcom opens 2G and 3G bands for 4G use

Ofcom , the Super Regulator that oversees radio spectrum (amongst its many duties) has published a statement allowing mobile network operat...

Michael Birch re-acquires Bebo for $1m

Michael Birch originally founded Bebo and sold it to AOL for $850m on May 19, 2008 making him one of the most successful UK entrepreneurs ...

Plastic Logic joins forces with Cambridge University Graphene centre

Graphene is the new wonder substance that could replace silicon for a new generation of integrated circuits and other devices. It is also mu...

Ofcom make more spectrum available

Ofcom, the Super regulator that looks after (amongst other things) radio spectrum allocation has made the bands 870-876 MHz and 915-921 MHz ...

Innergie mMini DC10 (review)

The Innergie mMini DC10 is a car 'cigarette' charger. What makes this different to other chargers is that is has 2 USB sockets that...

Ofcom makes more spectrum license exempt

Ofcom , the Super regulator that looks after radio spectrum amongst other things, has made more spectrum license exempt. In the UK there is ...

President Obama is Taking Action on Climate Change

President Obama is Taking Action on Climate Change - Video: http://t.co/NKl1JutDEK & Plan: http://t.co/TKi0x2uwE2

Vizz(ualise) your LinkedIn contacts

There's a really nice little iOS app (currently iPhone only) called Vizz that visualises your LinkedIn network. You can see what indus...

Video Highlights: Augmented World Expo

Augmented World Expo featured some impressive technologies, and one of my favorite booths was Daqri's 1893 World's Fair Experience....

Everything you wanted to know about (upgrading to) BB10, but were afraid to ask

A few weeks ago I received a Blackberry Q10 that I had won in an EE competition. It was sent directly to me from Blackberry in the UK. Unf...

ARM Mali now has DRM on-chip

ARM the company that designs microprocessors and micro-controllers that are used in high-end smartphones down to dishwashers has announced ...

NVidia Tegra4i chip upgraded before it's released

NVidia has upgraded it's all-in-one system-on-chip the Tegra4i to support Category 4 LTE before it's even been commercialised. Cate...

Qualcomm's Mirasol may have a reprieve

Qualcomm last year said it was not pursuing direct sales of it's colour e-ink solution Mirasol and would license the technology to part...

EE and 3 may share 800MHz spectrum

Both EE and 3UK won 2 x 5MHz chunks of 800MHz spectrum in the recent UK spectrum auction for deploying LTE/4G mobile services. O2 /Telefon...

Obama Administration Releases Metadata Access Tool for Climate and Health (MATCH)

Article: The Obama Administration Has Released The Metadata Access Tool for Climate and Health (MATCH)

Steven Chu: Climate Change is the #1 problem. We're already in trouble.

Steven Chu says Climate Change is the #1 problem, and we're already in trouble. Please see more information in Steven Chu's latest Q...

Google up storage to 15GB

Google announced on Monday 13/05/2013 that it was increasing the storage for GMail and GDrive customers to 15GB (this is shared if both are...

Camden to offer 'free' WiFi

Camden Council in partner ship with Arqiva will offer WiFi throughout the borough, with roll-out starting in June/July 2013. The roll-out ...

Ofcom consults on License Exempt spectrum in the 2.4GHz band

The 2.4GHz band (2400MHz through 2483.5MHz) is used by license exempt devices as it's an international ISM (Industrial, Scientific and M...

Ofcom consults on future use of 700MHz band

Ofcom , the Super regulator is holding a consultation on the future of the 700MHz band (694 - 790 MHz). This band is being used for Wireless...

Ofcom announces Whitespace trial

Ofcom the super regulator is planning to hold a Whitespace trial later in the year. Whitespace is just spectrum that is not used in certain ...

Ofcom consultation on Automotive Short Range Devices

Ofcom is holding a consultation as it is proposing changing the Wireless Telegraphy Act for Automotive Short Range Devices (SRDs) that curr...

Android apps must play nicely

Google has updated its terms and conditions so that all apps on the Play store must use Google's update mechanisms and are not allowed t...

Duedil goes premium

Duedil , the site that is becoming the site to visit for company information has started offering premium payment options for access to some...