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Wanted: A single interface for all in-car apps

Susan Kuchinskas examines strategies to enable the in-car apps consumers crave while maintaining safety, functionality, and branding

Trying on Google’s Goggles, BMW drives MILE Traffic and Travel services in Europe, and more…

Software giant Google has unveiled a visual search application for smartphones called Google Goggles. When users with the new mobile application take a picture, Google launches a search for information associated with that image, whether it is a bottle of wine at a vineyard, the façade of a restaurant in Manhattan, or a street sign in the backwoods of West Virginia. Once the search is complete, users receive a list of links on their smartphones just as they would on their computer after a conventional Google word search.


Motorola’s mobile device segment boosted by the launch of the CDMA Rival A455

Motorola - MotoDev
Despite Q2 2009 sales dropping to almost half that of the prior year period, Motorola's mobile devices segment managed to reduce its operating loss by almost 50% from Q1 2009.

Intel invests $10m in energy efficiency technologies

Intel Capital is investing $10 million in five clean-tech investments.

Cisco climbs aboard the smart grid bandwagon

The Dept of Energy has allocated more than $57 million in Recovery Act funding to advance smart-grid development, and Cisco is reportedly getting ready to cash in on the technology.

29 July 2009

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infoUSA and Microsoft renew licensing agreement

Microsoft has renewed its licence agreement to use infoUSA's premium local search content in Bing.

8m+ smart meters deployed in the US

Parks Associates says that the US market for residential energy management (REM) has taken the first significant steps in deploying smart grid technologies and advanced meter infrastructure (AMI) on a broad scale.

FERC adopts policy to accelerate smart grid development

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has taken a major step to accelerate the development of a smart electric transmission system that could improve the efficiency and operation of the grid.

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