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Smart grid data analytics are a key sector of the Industrial Internet of Things (IoT), with the potential to help utilities address key operational, financial, and customer challenges.
by Bob Lockhart
Ahead of our Mobilize event Oct. 16 and 17, we asked experts how 50 billion connected devices and 6 billion people change their industry. In this essay GE’s Bill Ruh tackles the topic of data.
by Bill Ruh, GE
Looking for a basic Android battery optimizer, trash cleaner and a very informative security function that monitors third-party application permissions? Check out Cosmos, a free app that officially launches next week but is available now in a stable beta for Android 2.2 and up.
Electric vehicles are a big worry for many utilities. After several interesting conversations with Europeans responsible for electric vehicle pilots in places like Denmark, Germany and Portugal, here are six frequent fears that I learned about that turn out to be false.
by Jesse Berst
Because of the catalyst of the stimulus funds, many of the 4G smart grid networks that Alcatel Lucent is helping utility customers build right now are based on WiMAX. Go figure.
For most YouTubers, the almighty viewcount reigns supreme — if your video doesn’t break five figures, it doesn’t matter how good it is. It’s an interesting yet at times exhausting attitude — which is possibly why the 0Views blog is so refreshing an experience.
One annoyance that I’ve found in dealing with multiple windows in OS X is how each application seems to view the green plus button a little differently. Divvy is an app that provides a user-defined solution to that oversight, and does it in style.
by Jon Buys
Finding a useful application or utility for your Mac is a bit like searching for a needle in a haystack. It’s a lot of work to find them (at least good ones) but when you do find one, it’s a great thing.
by Alex Layne
The Renault-Nissan Alliance has just recruited two more players to its team in the race to dominate the global electric vehicle market. This morning the duo announced plans to collaborate with Italy’s largest electricity producer, Enel, and Spanish utility giant Endesa.
Once a tool employed mainly by hardcore users, GeekTool seemed to begin exploding across OS X desktops in 2009. But despite its…
by nicks
Microsoft‘s (s MSFT) Xbox 360 game console already has a huge install base, a wide variety of content and engaged users. And…
by Ryan Lawler
PC performance optimization apps normally make me nervous, because they can mess with the registry and end up removing something I actually…
by Meryl K Evans
NBA.com today announced a new live web show called The Jump hosted by former Orlando Magic player Dennis Scott and NBA TV…
by Liz Gannes
The auto industry has gone through bailouts and bankruptcy since Shai Agassi, CEO of electric vehicle infrastructure startup and the former second-in-command…
[qi:_earth2tech] The Internet and telecom buildouts have delivered billions of dollars of value to users and company shareholders, and the smart grid…
It may not be the first thing that comes to mind when you think of big automakers, but in the coming rollout…
Ask not what your city can do for you; ask what your iPhone can do for your city. Starting today, Pittsburgh became…
The last report we covered from nonprofit policy group Next 10 suggested that if the rest of the country had followed California’s…
Climate change, and policies coming down the pike to address it, present real risk for businesses and their investors. The environmental and…
Greener Utilities: According to a new analysis from the DOE’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory, more than 850 utilities across the U.S. now…
Our sister site, jkOnTheRun, is reporting that certain netbook enthusiast sites are getting cease-and-desist orders from Psion Teklogix, maker of the Psion…
The California Public Utilities Commission moved one giant step closer in recent weeks to allowing the utilities to buy renewable energy credits — without the actual energy generated from renewable sources — in order to meet California’s renewable portfolio standard.
We’ve looked at a couple of utilities designed to help teams spread across timezones stay on track, including the FoxClocks addon to…
I feel like we’re a bit of a broken record on this topic, but I just don’t think people are grasping how…
by Josh Pigford
Hey, we here in the ‘States shouldn’t have all of the mobile fun, right? Our northern border brothers and sisters can join…
and because all the good names were taken!
by Om Malik