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Cloud Computing With Borders May Be On Horizon in Europe

Submitted by Jennifer L. Schenker on May 18, 2010

A proposal to build a national federation of interconnected computing clouds in France, funded in part by government in order to protect the country's sovereignty, data privacy and local jobs, is gaining favor. Some fear that the idea, which is in part a backlash against American companies like Google, will spread to other parts of the Continent, potentially undermining the promised benefits to Europeans of  cloud computing.Read more

Google Nexus One Sales Pale Next to Apple iPhone and Even the Motorola Flurry

Submitted by Jennifer L. Schenker on March 17, 2010

 Some 74 days after launch Google's Nexus One Android device seems to have sold only 135,000 units, which pales compared to the 1 million achieved by the iPhone and the 1.05 million over the same period achieved by the Motorola Flurry, Nomura global technology specialist Richard Windsor wrote in a March 17 research note. Read more

Fortune 500 Firms Embrace Bloom Energy's Fuel Cell Technology

Submitted by Jennifer L. Schenker on February 24, 2010

Bloom Energy, a fuel cell company which aims to help homes and businesses generate their own electricity, publicly unveiled its technology and an impressive list of  Fortune 500 customers, at a February 24 press conference attended by California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and former U.S. Secretary of State General Colin Powell.Read more

Is The Sun Beginning To Set On The Telecom Sector's Empires?

Submitted by David Pringle on February 18, 2010

Are we witnessing the last days of the telecoms raj? At this year's Mobile World Congress, the mobile phone industry's biggest annual get together, there was a palpable sense that power is slowly, but surely, passing from the longstanding big guns of the mobile telecoms services industry, such as Vodafone, France Telecom and AT&T, to Google, Facebook, Skype and other web upstarts.
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Mobile Industry Strikes Back At Google And Apple

Submitted by Jennifer L. Schenker on February 15, 2010

 Google chief executive Eric Schmidt managed to snag a cherished slot as a keynote speaker at this year's Mobile World Congress,  the industry's biggest annual bash.   But announcements made at the show's opening February 15 illustrate how the mobile sector is struggling to grab the spotlight back from  Apple and Google.Read more

The Digerati Gathering at DLD Map The Future

Submitted by Jennifer L. Schenker on January 25, 2010

The digerati, many who will be heading to the World Economic Forum in Davos later this week,  began gathering in Munich Sunday Jan. 24 to talk about what's next in technology and design at Burda Media's annual three day DLD conference. This year's theme is "mapping the future."Read more

Revolutionizing The Energy Sector

Submitted by Jennifer L. Schenker on December 7, 2009

If Bloom Energy's  technology fulfills its potential, homes and businesses could one day generate their own electricity and fuel their own vehicles.  It builds what are called solid-oxide fuel cells, in which water, oxygen, and a hydrogen source such as natural gas, are pulled through the cell to cleanly generate electricity. The secretive Silicon Valley firm, which has raised hundreds of millions of dollars in venture capital, is one of 26 companies chosen as a 2010 Technology Pioneer by the World Economic Forum.Read more

2010 World Economic Forum Tech Pioneers Use Information Technology To Write The Future Of Other Industries

Submitted by Jennifer L. Schenker on December 3, 2009

 The Geneva-based World Economic Forum released its list of 2010 Tech Pioneers Dec. 3. Every year since 2000, the WEF-with the help of a jury of experts, including this author-has chosen for the same honor anywhere from 25 to 50 companies that it judges to have big potential impact on the world. This year's class looks set to make headlines of its own by using information technology to rewrite the future of other industries.Read more

Electronic Arts Accelerates Move Into Social Gaming With Playfish Acquisition

Submitted by Jennifer L. Schenker on November 9, 2009

In an anticipated deal Electronic Arts announced November 9 that it will buy Playfish, a London-based company that produces games for friends to play together over social and mobile platforms such as Facebook, MySpace, Bebo, Google, iPhone and Android. Playfish, a two-year-old company backed by Accel Partners and Index Ventures, is disrupting the traditional video game marketplace by offering game experiences that allow people to play with their real life friends via social networks.Read more

Informilo Partners with EVCA and European Tech Tour Association To Launch New European Conference

Submitted by Jennifer L. Schenker on September 16, 2009

Alongside our partners in this venture, the European Private Equity & Venture Capital Association and the European Tech Tour Association,  Informilo is proud to present Innovation Exchange, an event which will connect major tech corporates and venture firms with some of Europe's best entrepreneurs.Read more

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