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DirecTV signs with Google TV Ads — The search company has added DirecTV to its fold of partners for its offline television advertising placement system, proving that the model works, at leat a little bit. CNet …
PetroAlgae, a company claiming that it has found a cheap way to convert algae into fuel — a goal that formidable competitors like Sapphire Energy and Solazyme are also chasing — just filed for a $200 million IPO despite a …
Advanced battery maker A123 announced more than its quarterly earnings yesterday. In addition to posting a lackluster $22.6 million in revenue, the company spun off a new energy storage startup called 24M Technologies to work on more unorthodox lithium-ion architectures.…
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Intuit rings up Cha-Ching — The business software developer has bought personal finance application Cha-Ching for both the web and the iPhone, probably to add to its portfolio of Apple applications.
iPhone users having twice as …
Infrastructure for electric transportation is heating up. Companies like Coulomb Technologies and Ecotality are already deploying electric vehicle charging stations region by region. And just today, general Motors said it was gearing up to announce a charging partner for its …
Nanosys, maker of nanomaterials used on solar panels, light-emitting diodes and energy-efficient screens, is close to raising $25 million in a much-needed fifth round of funding after limping along for several years. About $15 million came from Korean electronics powerhouse …
GainSpan, maker of wireless chips and sensors for the new connected home, debuted a fresh line of hardware and software today: ultra low-power All-in-One GS1011M Wi-Fi modules that can easily be embedded into household appliances. The launch could very well …
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Verizon roadmap revealed – Boy Genius Reports published the carrier’s leaked roadmap for 2010 to 2012, which includes Android tablets, video conferencing and more.
MedNetworks hooks up $5M — The startup has raised $5 million in …
A little over a year since the U.S. Department of Energy announced that it would give a $43 million low-interest loan guarantee to flywheel builder Beacon Power, it’s made good on the deal. The company will use the money to …
San Francisco-based biofuel company Solazyme announced today that it has landed $52 million in a fourth round of venture capital to commercialize its algae-based fuel. Morgan Stanley joined its flock of backers, which also includes Chevron Technology Ventures.
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Military bans Wikileak access — Memos have emerged indicating that branches of the U.S. Military are banning their servicemen from accessing government document leak site Wikileaks, because it could disrupt morale.
Digg censorship? — According to …
Comverge, one of several companies offering utilities third-party demand response and energy efficiency services, announced today that it has signed a $30 million deal with major Texas utility TXU Energy to roll out about 100,000 smart thermostats across its coverage …
After a long slump, the technology sector saw some “big-ticket” merger and acquisition activity in the second quarter (ended June 30), according to a new report out today from Ernst & Young.
More than $1 billion changed hands in seven …
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Zynga runs away with Unoh — Social gaming company Zynga has bought Tokyo-based startup Unoh for an undisclosed amount, according to Japanese newspaper The Nikkei, TechCrunch reports.
Feds store body image scans — It has surfaced …
As predicted, Tesla Motors posted higher losses for the second quarter during its earnings announcement today — its first as a public company. The electric vehicle maker says it brought in $28.4 million revenue, but lost $38.5 million ($5.04 a …
BrightSource Energy, one of the most successful companies betting on solar thermal technology, just landed a major victory: an official recommendation for the California Energy Commission’s approval to move forward on a 392-megawatt development in the Mojave Desert, which has …
AOL says it lost $1.05 billion ($9.89 a share) during the second quarter — attributing the chasm to a write-down on its sale of social networking site Bebo and instant messaging service ICQ.
The company, which has been undergoing a …
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Barnes & Noble up for sale — ZDNet takes a look at how the potential sale of Barnes & Noble — maker of the Nook e-reader — may impact the company’s competition with Amazon.com and its …
In June, California voters shot down Proposition 16, a measure backed by Pacific Gas & Electric that would have made it much harder for local governments to form their own utilities. Now one Northern California municipal utility is demonstrating why …
Venture capital funding in cleantech companies swelled to $1.5 billion in the second quarter of 2010, its highest level since Q3 2008, according to a report released today by Ernst & Young. This is a staggering 64 percent increase over …
