Adding some Color to Social Networking
By Azam on March 28, 2011 Add a Comment
Color is the new 41M startup from the maker of lala and onebox Bill Nguyen. The new idea by Nguyen allows users to share pictures automatically based on their location on smartphones. Color is based around the idea of spontaneous communities forming…
Continue Reading...CODA Battery Powered in Deal for 476M and Govt Money
By Azam on May 26, 2010 Add a Comment 
CODA, a California-based electric car and battery company, announced today its plans to build an automotive-grade lithium ion battery system manufacturing facility in Ohio. CODA is considering several sites within Ohio for the facility, which could employ more than 1,000…
Continue Reading...Space Time Insights allows the visualization of data that transcends both Space and Time
By Azam on February 2, 2009 Add a Comment
The importance of geographical maps with data analysis is proving to be increasingly important tool for public service and private enterprise. Space Time Insight (STI) is developing software that allows for the visualization and pinpoint data of interest on geographic…
Continue Reading...GlobalPost is helping to keep foreign correspondents reporting from the scene
By Azam on January 13, 2009 Add a Comment
GlobalPost is working to keep the foreign correspondents busy while tradition news print struggles with staying relevant in declining market of subscribers and advertising revenues. GlobalPost has ambitious plans on a new revenue model to save foreign dispatches.
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Continue Reading...Amyris Opens New Plant to Brew Some BioFuel
By Azam on November 11, 2008 1 Comment
Amyris Biotechnologies opened its first of two pilot plants to produce bio-based diesel from sugarcane. The 2.4 million gallon-capacity pilot plant in Emeryville is only expected to produce enough fuel for testing, experimenting and securing certification from the U.S. Environmental…
Continue Reading...AVASolar raises $104M for Thin Film Solar
By Azam on August 28, 2008 Add a Comment
Thin Film Solar industry is heating up with the competition from AVAsolar raising $104M. FirstSolar dominance and impressive revenues is attracting interest and competition in the solar industry. AVAsolar is planning to develop thin film based on cadmium telluride (CdTe)…
Continue Reading...NanoSolar raised $300M in Mega Round for Thin Film Solar Energy
By Azam on August 27, 2008 Add a Comment 
Nanosolar the manufacturer of thin-film solar panels announced that the company has raised $300 million to help it complete production lines in Silicon Valley and in Germany. The $300M dollar amount is the largest amount of money raised by a…
Continue Reading...Trilliant working on Making the Grid more Brilliant
By Azam on August 20, 2008 Add a Comment
The goal of the smart grid is to enable customers and utility companies to measure usage to plan and adjust consumption to optimize consumption and save on costs. The price of electricity varies according to seasons and timing of…
Al Gore & the Carbon Free Life Style
By Azam on July 17, 2008 Add a Comment 
Al Gore is going totally green in his dreams of a Zero Carbon energy powered nation. Al Gore is pitching the future of a Green powered existence away from Carbon based energy sources as coal, oil & gas. Al Gore…
Continue Reading...Evergreen Solar is seeing more Green $1.2B
By Azam on July 15, 2008 Add a Comment
Evergreen contract deal with IBC extends through 2013 and brings the company’s total contractual backlog to nearly $3 billion with 5 customers. Evergreen recently announced in June contracts for $600M with signed deals to provide solar panels to groSolar and…