New Yorkers Electric Car Headstart

Filed Under (Business Ideas) by Admin on 18-12-2009

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Inhabitat: We have great news for green-eyed New Yorkers who have been coveting San Franciscos sophisticated electric vehicle charging systems. Beautiful Earth Group, a New York-based sustainable energy company, just unveiled its solar-powered electric vehicle (EV) charging station in Red Hook, Brooklyn. The new station is the first ever in our city and another momentous stepping stone of a greener future for NYC.

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Tom Hudson: Co-Host PBS Nightly Business Report – Interview

Filed Under (World Business) by Admin on 18-12-2009

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Girl On Top by Nicole Williams – Book review

Filed Under (World Business) by Admin on 17-12-2009



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New Cool Crash Helmet

Filed Under (Business Ideas) by Admin on 17-12-2009

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applied product design: When you ride a motorcycle you have to accept that there is an element of risk involved. Obviously that risk can be significantly reduced if you take the appropriate precautions and wear the correct protective clothing.

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A Blue and Gray Christmas by Joan Medlicott – Book review

Filed Under (World Business) by Admin on 15-12-2009


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AWS: the new Chicago Edison

Filed Under (Industry Biz News) by Admin on 14-12-2009

The key to running a successful large-scale utility is to match capacity (ie, capital) to demand, and the key to matching capacity to demand is to manipulate demand through pricing. The worst thing for a utility, particularly in the early stages of its growth, is to have unused capacity. At the end of the nineteenth century, Samuel Insull, president of the then-tiny Chicago Edison, started the electric utility revolution when he had the counterintuitive realization that to make more money his company had to cut its prices drastically, at least for those customers whose patterns of electricity use would help…

Personalize Your Website with a Virtual Spokesperson

Filed Under (Business Ideas) by Admin on 14-12-2009

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Tweet and Meet at the Airport

Filed Under (Business Ideas) by Admin on 12-12-2009

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Spending to much time at the airport? Boarding helps you find other stranded travelers by simply tweeting #boarding along with your airport code (LAX, JFK, CDG, …). Therefore, Boarding will send you a reply with a link to the other Twitter users who you can message directly to meet up with. Your avatar will also be displayed on www.boarding.fr. Only the 100 latest twitts appears on this map. All you need is a public Twitter account to meetup.

Beth Banks Cohn & Roz Usheroff – Taking The Leap – Author interview

Filed Under (World Business) by Admin on 12-12-2009

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Gboard for Gmail Users

Filed Under (Business Ideas) by Admin on 11-12-2009

PCWorld: The Gboard is essentially a standard numeric keypad that connects to your PC via USB. The specially labeled keys are programmed with macros that correspond to Gmail’s keyboard shortcuts. So, rather than having to remember that # moves an e-mail to the trash and e archives the current conversation, you can simply hit one of the 19 clearly labeled keys on this keypad.

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