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YouTube Introduces “TV Website” For Nintendo Wii and Sony PS3

YouTube just announced the beta launch of a “TV Website” that will be rolled out initially with the Internet channels on the Nintendo Wii and Sony PS3 video game consoles. (If you have either game...

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Does online video need to be local? This startup thinks so.

Detroit-based Glocal came out of beta Wednesday with big ambitions: The website wants to be to local video what Hulu is to TV shows. “Online local video really doesn’t have a space besides YouTube,”...

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By: Eideard

<p>I'd love to hear more about those who are opting out.</p> <p>Are they run by craven beancounters who won't approve the cost of exhibiting?</p> <p>Have they decided the...

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By: Uncle B

<p>Auto Show gone? Well, Yankee Doodle, Guess what! You're broke! that's why! and guess what else, Nobody gives a damn! The rest of us never had your boom-times so we won't be suffering your bust...

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By: ZAP Alias

<p>There is no doubt that there are exciting times ahead for electric vehicles; with many companies innovating on the central theme of EVs. Consumers interested in EVs will be having a great...

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By: 10 Green Announcements From the Detroit Auto Show Kick-off « Earth2Tech

<p>[...] Plans Global EV Rollout: Toyota announced plans to launch an all-electric city car in the U.S. earlier this month. But not until today did an executive reveal the company’s [...]</p>

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By: China’s Electric Cars & the Road to an Affordable EV

<p>[...] of these companies are also working on electric models for the U.S. market. BYD plans to sell its electric E6 and a plug-in hybrid sedan in the U.S. by 2011. Renault-Nissan has started...

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By: China’s Electric Cars & the Road to an Affordable EV [Earth2Tech] |...

<p>[...] of these companies are also working on electric models for the U.S. market. BYD plans to sell its electric E6 and a plug-in hybrid sedan in the U.S. by 2011. Renault-Nissan has started...

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Fisker Unveils First Production Version of $88K Karma

Startup Fisker Automotive has unveiled the first production version of its plug-in hybrid, the Karma, and said the car would be on display at the Detroit Auto Show in January. Not much has changed from...

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GM Suspends Volt Engine Plant Construction

General Motors has put the brakes on construction of a $349 million plant slated to produce engines for the extended-range electric Chevy Volt and compact Chevy Cruze in Flint, Mich. by 2010. According...

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YouTube Introduces “TV Website” For Nintendo Wii and Sony PS3

YouTube just announced the beta launch of a “TV Website” that will be rolled out initially with the Internet channels on the Nintendo Wii and Sony PS3 video game consoles. (If you have either game...

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Two Birds, One Stone: A Green Stimulus for the Auto Industry

The U.S. auto industry is facing the worst downturn in several generations, one so dramatic that it threatens to take out many of the domestic manufacturers and their network of suppliers. While much...

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With Electric Cars Still in the Works, Makers Seek Extra Cash in Batteries

When Toyota Prius sales sank more than 40 percent last May compared with the same month a year earlier, the automaker blamed it on a global battery shortage. But while the 7 percent drop in fiscal 2009...

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How We Talk About Social Media

Reading Eric’s recent post about HelloTxt, I went back to some old files and opened up a presentation I gave last summer at BizJam Seattle and was treated to some entertaining content. At least, it was...

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Productivity Superstar: Can People Skills Shore Up Your Productivity?

Editor’s note: With this post, we welcome Karen Leland, our new Productivity Superstar columnist, to the WebWorkerDaily team. Karen is the bestselling author of six books, including the recent “Time...

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Twitter sets up shop in Detroit coworking space

Coworking, we’ve reported, is moving out from its community-focused roots as larger organizations explore ways they can apply the principles of the movement to boost innovation. And apparently, Twitter...

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Does online video need to be local? This startup thinks so.

Detroit-based Glocal came out of beta Wednesday with big ambitions: The website wants to be to local video what Hulu is to TV shows. “Online local video really doesn’t have a space besides YouTube,”...

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NYC and 13 more cities get T-Mobile’s iPhone-friendly upgrade

Updated. Back in September T-Mobile CTO Neville Ray promised that “a material” portion of T-Mo’s HSPA+ network would be able to support the iPhone by the end of the year. He wasn’t exaggerating....

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GM’s plan to turn the car into a smartphone on wheels

At CES in January both Ford and General Motors unveiled their connected car open development plans, but the two automakers couldn’t have been different in how they followed up. Ford immediately started...

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Google tries to fuel innovation outside of Silicon Valley with new Tech Hub...

Google is looking to cultivate innovation in some of the more obscure tech markets in the North America. It announced on Wednesday a program that would expand Google’s community ties and outreach in...

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