The Department of Energy announced today it is awarding $620 million for projects around the country to demonstrate Smart Grid technologies for a smarter, more efficient, more resilient electrical grid. Funding came from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, leveraged with $1 billion in funds from the private sector for a total of more than [...]
Libelium, a wireless sensor company, has launched the Waspmote, an open source ZigBee sensor platform. The line features seven different models of communication radios with a minimum consumption (0.7uA in the Hibernate mode). Libelium says the Waspmote can achieve long range links: 7km at 2.4GHz, 24km at 900MHz and 40km at 868MHz. Virtually any remote [...]
A new, Google-branded handset promises to be one of the most advanced smartphones, and will include unlimited free calls, says Times Online. The Googlephone promises to be one of the most advanced smartphones, with a large touchscreen display and a processor almost twice as fast as the one powering Apple’s iPhone 3GS. It will probably [...]
Finland’s three main mobile operators – Elisa, TeliaSonera and DNA – were all successful in acquiring mobile broadband spectrum in a national auction that closed yesterday. The 4G spectrum licenses are granted for up to 20 years. The auction – in the 2500-2690MHz band – closed after five days and 27 rounds and raised EUR3.8 [...]
Seattle-based Swype has a novel method for revolutionize typing on mobile devices, reports TechFlash. It’s called “Swyping.” You run a finger across an on-screen mobile keyboard to compose words rather than click on individual keys. The self-funded company just announced that the Swype technology will be featured on the new Samsung Omnia II, which will [...]
According to AdMob’s October, 2009 mobile metrics report, the iPhone/iPod Touch and Android phones accounted for 75 percent of mobile Web traffic in the U.S., up from a combined 65 percent in September, 2009. But Android is quickly rising as a strong second, increasing share from 17 percent in September, 2009 to 20 percent in [...]
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