Category Archives: Technology

GM creates digital windows on the world

By doris | Published: January 22, 2012

Full Story at BottomLine.msnbc.msn.com Game Boys and backseat monitors are “so five years ago,” suggests Tom Seder, a manager at the General Motors R&D labs. Working with the Future Lab, at Israel’s Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, GM researchers are exploring ways to turn a car’s rear windows into interactive devices that could permit [...]

Also posted in Auto, Children, Computer, Family, Games | Leave a comment

GM’s OnStar is looking a lot like a stand-alone business

By doris | Published: December 5, 2011

Full Story at Features.blogs.fortune.cnn.com FORTUNE — General Motors is nearing its long-term goal of making OnStar, its high-tech telematics service, a compelling reason for consumers to buy its cars. That means OnStar is also quickly becoming a valuable asset that could help the auto maker raise capital. Founded in 1995, OnStar was GM’s (GM) bid [...]

Also posted in Auto, Business, GMC | Leave a comment

Sales of Steve Jobs’ trademark black turtleneck soar

By doris | Published: October 8, 2011

Full Story at BottomLine.msnbc.msn.com In perhaps tribute to the technology visionary, sales of Steve Jobs’ trademark black turtleneck have soared since news broke that the former Apple CEO died, according to a report in the Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal. St. Croix Collections has seen sales of the iconic black mock turtleneck, which Jobs [...]

Also posted in Computer, Deaths, merchandising, Money | Leave a comment

The electronic nails in the post office’s coffin

By doris | Published: September 12, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com As if the U.S. Postal Service weren’t already in enough financial trouble, a growing number of startups are about to make its future even more uncertain. They’re trying to lure one of its main revenue sources — the nearly 48 billion bills, statements, account notices and offers that companies send to [...]

Also posted in Computer, Financial, Post Office | Leave a comment

Market’s wild ride continues; Dow soars over 400 points

By doris | Published: August 11, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com NEW YORK — Wall Street’s wildest week since 2008 continued with another 400-plus point move for the Dow on Thursday. This time, stocks shot up after investors saw small signs that the economy might not be headed into another recession. Fewer Americans joined the unemployment line last week, and a technology [...]

Also posted in America, Economy, Investors, Revenues, Unemployment | Leave a comment

How Angry Birds plans to get to 1 billion fans

By doris | Published: July 21, 2011

Full Story at Tech.fortune.cnn.com FORTUNE — Here’s a fun stat: The 300 million players who have downloaded Rovio’s Angry Birds games have flung more than 100 billion avians — more birds than actually exist in the entire world. “Our goal is to be the first brand with a billion fans,” Peter “Mighty Eagle” Vesterbacka, Rovio’s [...]

Also posted in Business, Computer, Financial, Games | Leave a comment

RIM shares sink 16% on slashed outlook and layoff plans

By doris | Published: June 16, 2011

Full Story at money.cnn.com NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — BlackBerry maker Research In Motion believes its white knight is coming. But while it waits, the company is drastically lowering its financial outlook and handing out pink slips. Very disappointing sales of BlackBerry smartphones and tablets during the last quarter led RIM to cut its full-year profit [...]

Also posted in Economy, Financial, Layoffs, Money, Phone | Leave a comment

Made with wind power, now branded

By doris | Published: June 15, 2011

Full Story at money.cnn.com NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — The wind power industry unveiled a new standard Wednesday that will qualify products to get its WindMade consumer logo. Products made with electricity that’s at least 25% derived from wind power will meet the new standard and be awarded the WindMade logo. The logo — three concentric blue [...]

Also posted in Electric, Money, Natural | Leave a comment

Ford to build its smallest engine ever

By doris | Published: June 2, 2011

Full Story at money.cnn.com NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Ford will build a three-cylinder engine — its smallest engine ever — with better fuel economy and all the power of a larger one, the company said Thursday. The new EcoBoost engine, comparable to that found in a cruiser motorcycle, is in the final phase of development. [...]

Also posted in Auto, Business, Corporate, Travel | Leave a comment

Refrigerator Redux: How to Put Your Electric Bill on Ice

By doris | Published: May 2, 2011

Full Story at DailyFinance.com With families across the country struggling to economize, the electricity bill looms as a great place to cut expenditures. While unplugging laptops and installing compact fluorescent bulbs can certainly help trim your power bill, those items only account for a fraction of the average household’s electricity expenditure. To really cut down, [...]

Also posted in Bill, Electric, environment, Financial, Money, Natural, Power | Leave a comment

Stocks end mixed amid investor caution

By doris | Published: April 25, 2011

Full Story at Money.cnn.com NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — U.S. stocks ended mixed Monday, with technology shares rising modestly, amid a pause in the flow of corporate results and ahead of a statement from the Federal Reserve later this week. In the commodities market, gold and silver prices held gains but closed off session highs. Oil [...]

Also posted in America, Gas or Oil, Market, Stocks | Leave a comment

Wal-Mart tests online grocery delivery in California

By doris | Published: April 24, 2011

Full Story at news.Yahoo.com CHICAGO (Reuters) – Wal-Mart Stores Inc has begun testing an online grocery delivery service in San Jose, California, a company spokesman said on Saturday. The world’s biggest retailer had been rumored to be considering dipping its toe into online grocery delivery for the past few years. The “Walmart To Go” test [...]

Also posted in America, Business, Food., Jobs, Retail | Leave a comment

Stocks close flat as oil rises again

By doris | Published: April 14, 2011

Full Story at money.CNN.com NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — U.S. stocks ended Thursday’s session mostly flat, erasing earlier losses as commodities and energy stocks climbed higher. The gains in oil offset weakness in the banking and technology sectors. The Dow Jones industrial average (INDU) rose 14 points, or 0.1%, to 12,285. The Dow was down as [...]

Also posted in Gas or Oil, Limits, Profit, Stocks | Leave a comment

Chevy’s Volt offers tantalizing taste of the electric car’s future

By doris | Published: March 19, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com At a time when most of us stream YouTube videos and buy multimedia entertainment from the iTunes Store, the recollection of a time when we depended on a dial-up connection over an analog telephone land line to retrieve a few kilobytes of text may seem vaguely ridiculous. But while our consumer [...]

Also posted in Auto, Business, environment | Leave a comment