Tag Archives: Driving

Green Overdrive [video]: We spend a day driving the i MiEV

Yeah, we’ve test driven a lot of electric cars on the Green Overdrive show, but we don’t usually get to spend all that long driving the cars. Most of the time it’s just around the block or a few minutes … Continue reading

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Research: Using smartphones for frugal driving

Smartphones are increasingly becoming the remote controls of our lives. They allow people to program their homes’ lighting fixtures and thermostats and track energy use. Some car owners can use theirs to check on the battery levels and adjust the … Continue reading

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How the iPad is driving Apple’s business

When Apple released its third-quarter 2011 earnings results today the numbers were, as is becoming almost customary for the Cupertino crew lately, a huge blow-out. Success was spread over many parts of the business, particularly the company’s flagship products, the … Continue reading

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Mobile Software: Driving Innovation in the Multi-Core Era

Mobile hardware is progressing at a blistering pace. Displays continue to increase in size, color quality and resolution, while advancements such as glasses-free 3-D offer the promise of novel user experiences. Processors are adding cores and clock speed faster than … Continue reading

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Local, Mobile Ambitions Driving eBay’s Purchase of Where

EBay is buying location-based service and ad network WHERE in a deal that gives it added ability to drive more local and offline commerce. The company said the pick-up will add important talent and technology to eBay and PayPal as … Continue reading

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