Filed Under (Business Ideas) by Admin on 31-03-2010
TrendWatching.com: Created by Fiat, eco:Drive is an application that can be downloaded to USB and transferred to a vehicles onboard computer, aiming to improve driving efficiency by measuring the driver’s ability to drive in an eco-friendly manner. The software evaluates the user’s driving style and gives a mark out of 100. Online tutorials subsequently encourage drivers to improve their score, and ultimately reduce their carbon emissions.
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Filed Under (Business Ideas) by Admin on 31-03-2010
Mastercard has developed a Priceless Picks app, which allows users to share their favorite places and deals, which are then displayed on an interactive map for other users to browse. The world is full of priceless things. The Priceless Picks application for the iPhone and iPod Touch helps you share your favorite places and amazing deals with the world, and it can show you all the great things around you that other people have tagged as priceless, on a highly interactive and customized map.
Filed Under (Industry Biz News) by Admin on 30-03-2010
In late 2006, I wrote a post about the energy consumption of modern computing plants, in which I made a prediction: As soon as activists, and the public in general, begin to understand how much electricity is wasted by computing and communication systems – and the consequences of that waste for the environment and in particular global warming – they’ll begin demanding that the makers and users of information technology improve efficiency dramatically. Greenpeace and its rainbow warriors will soon storm the data center – your data center. Soon is now. Today, Greenpeace issued a report on “cloud computing and…
Filed Under (World Business) by Admin on 30-03-2010
Filed Under (World Business) by Admin on 29-03-2010
Filed Under (Business Ideas) by Admin on 29-03-2010
New York Times: People have predicted the death of cash and checks for a long time. But there are certain transactions like paying a friend back for dinner or buying vegetables at the farmers market for which they remain essential.
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Filed Under (Business Ideas) by Admin on 29-03-2010
Forget awkwardly propping upyour iPhone with your bag or that complicated tripod contraption. Add MoviePeg to your iPhone, adjust the angle and like magic youll be in relaxed viewing heaven. And its not just for movies; use it in the kitchen when following recipes, with the guys watching sports, as a night-stand for your alarm clock, in the garage working through those how-to instructions, or keeping the kids entertained without the evidence of sticky little fingers. No matter how you use it, MoviePeg is your super portable iPhone tilting wonder.
Filed Under (World Business) by Admin on 28-03-2010
Filed Under (World Business) by Admin on 27-03-2010
Filed Under (Business Ideas) by Admin on 27-03-2010
Iconoculture: Product reviews on Amazon.com? They’re fine and all, but today’s consumers aren’t one-site shoppers. To meet their multi-site shopping needs, there’s Giddi, an aggregator site that pulls together reviews and recommendations from multiple e-retailers. Giddi lists more than 600,000 products in upwards of 250 categories. Over 1.6 million reviews, pulled from e-commerce and media sources, are collected so consumers can search products by brand, popularity, product age and overall “Giddi Rating.”
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