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Nuventix makes LEDs more practical — The startup, which makes systems that cool LED lighting systems, making them more suitable for a full range of environments, could break the seal on the untapped general market for …
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Mobile dating heating up — A new report from Ground Truth shows that traffic to mobile dating sites has spiked 92 percent this summer so far. Check it out here.
Craigslist in trouble again — The …
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Elevation investing in Pandora — Venture Capital firm Elevation Partners is about to sink some money into music discovery and application company Pandora, according to TechCrunch.
Keith Rabois jumps into Square — The startup, which allows …
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Google under the sea — Google has updated its Google Earth offering for mobile devices running Android, allowing users to see maps of the oceans as well as land on their handsets.
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Applied Materials is in the middle of restructuring its solar strategy. It recently called it quits on its SunFab line of equipment for thin-film solar cell manufacturing, cutting 500 jobs in the process. But now it’s sinking money into a …
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Chegg buys Courserank — Online textbook rental service Chegg.com has acquired Courserank, a startup that helps college students build and share their class schedules.
GM’s green IPO — Earth2Tech published a comprehensive list of 12 items …
StumbleUpon, the social network-based web content discovery service, announced today that it has launched mobile applications for both the iPhone and Android handsets that will allow users to randomly find and rate new sites while they are on the go.…
The U.S. Department of Energy announced today that it has earmarked $120 million to be divided among about 120 organizations working to weatherize buildings for greater energy efficiency. The grant money will be distributed under the banner of its Weatherization …
Viridity Software, maker of a package, dubbed EnergyCenter, that collects data on server energy consumption and a host of other metrics without using fancy sensors, announced today that it has landed $8 million in a second round of venture capital …
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Precise Path Robotics lands $4.5M — The maker of robotic lawn mowers has raised $4.5 million in venture capital funding from angel investors. It has now raised $10 million to date.
Home Depot to sell $20 …
Chinese solar equipment maker Suntech Power Holdings today reported a loss of $174.9 million despite a 95 percent increase in revenue to $625.1 million in the second quarter of 2010. Still, the company says demand for its products is way …
Range Fuels, one of the more successful biofuel startups backed by Khosla Ventures, announced today that it has opened up its first commercial plant to make cellulosic methanol out of non-food feedstocks. Located in Georgia, the facility is expected to …
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iPad browsing traffic on the rise – In the last month, iPad browsing traffic has jumped to four times what it was in April, beating out Linux browsing.
Google TV a tough sell – Television networks …
Infinite Power Solutions, one of a small handful of companies working on advanced thin-film batteries for portable electronics, has brought in $20 million in a third round of venture funding. In doing so, it’s landed backing from former vice president …
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Droid 2 hits its own Antennagate – MobileCrunch reports that droves of customers are experiencing reception problems with Motorola’s Droid 2 phone that could rival the iPhone 4’s.
Zivity joins forces with Playboy — The famous …
Last week, advanced battery company A123Systems announced that it was spinning off a new venture called 24M Technologies, which would focus on more unorthodox energy storage innovations, including grid-scale flow batteries. One of the reasons it decided to release the …
Only a couple of days after algae-to-fuel company PetroAlgae filed for a $200 million IPO, Gevo — a startup boasting catalysts that can convert waste and cellulosic feedstocks into fuels — has also filed to raise $150 million on the …
Thin-film solar, once predicted to be the future of renewable energy, has fallen on hard times lately. Venture-backed thin-film companies have had a tough time raising money, and even the bigger players like Applied Materials have scaled back their goals …
Coinstar is all about kiosks, and not only the ones that count your coins and give you cash. It also owns and operates the redbox DVD rental kiosks popping up in super markets. Now it’s extending its reach even further …
Kiva, the startup that made micro-finance a household term, announced today that it has landed a $5 million grant for the next three years from social impact investment firm Omidyar Network. The grant will match up to $2 million in …
