(Reuters) – Streaming music service Spotify has partnered with Ford Motor Co (F.N) to allow its subscribers to listen to music in more than one million Ford vehicles in North America. Owners of Ford models with SYNC AppLink can access Spotify’s catalog of more than 20 million songs through voice activation using its smartphone app. […]
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Time Warner Cable delivers bundles for telecommuters
Time Warner Cable Business Class (TWCBC) has rolled out a new suite of services that were designed to meet the needs of businesses with remote employees. TWCBC is offering its Teleworker Solutions, which includes four bundled packages, across the greater New York City area, New York State, New England and the Carolinas. The bundles include […]
HotSpot Episode 1: Picture Perfect
This week on WDD’s Hotspot, brought to you by Memory Protection Devices: Pocket Router – Asus has released the WL-330 NUL pocket router, which is a bit longer than an AA-sized battery. Autonomous Navigation System – Oxford University’s Mobile Robotics Group (MRG) has developed an autonomous navigation system for cars, using off the shelf components […]
The Economic Impact of a War Between Japan & China
A major conflict between the region’s two largest economies would not only impose a harsh dilemma on U.S. diplomats, but also have a significant impact on the entire global economy. It is in every nation’s best interest that the Chinese and Japanese settle their territorial dispute peacefully. For more information visit https://www.onlinemba.com/blog/economic-war-between-china-japan.
SSLs See Bright Future in Automotive Platforms
The world is positively aglow with rapidly changing technology trends in solid state lighting (SSL) LEDs. According to the Department of Energy (DOE) costs dropped by a third in 2011 to about $12 per thousand lumens and will be on their way down to $2 per thousand lumens by 2015 (Strategies Unlimited, August 2012). In […]
Cutting Edge Tunnels Poised to Open
PACIFICA, Calif. (AP) — Two slick new mile-long tunnels are undergoing final safety tests this month, poised to divert motorists away from an ocean cliff-hanging roadway dubbed Devil’s Slide south of San Francisco to a smooth, Alpine-like passageway unlike any in the U.S. today. See the photos here. The $439 million project, paid with federal […]
White House directs open access for government research
(Reuters) – The White House has moved to make the results of federally funded research available to the public for free within a year, bowing to public pressure for unfettered access to scholarly articles and other materials produced at taxpayers’ expense. “Americans should have easy access to the results of research they help support,” John […]
Charter narrows Q4 loss; heading for all-digital
Charter Communications said its residential customer relationships increased by 20,000 during the fourth quarter, compared to the year-ago period, which CEO Tom Rutledge said was the best Q4 performance at the company in 10 years. The company said video subscriber losses were fewer than in the past – just 12,000 for the entire year. Triple-play […]
Alcatel appoints Combes as successor to Verwaayen
Alcatel-Lucent’s board of directors today approved the appointment of Michel Combes as the company’s new CEO. The change goes into effect April 1. Combes will also join the company’s board, subject to the approval of shareholders at the Alcatel-Lucent annual general meeting on May 7. Combes, a former CEO of Vodafone Europe, has also held […]
‘Nanowelding’ by Applying Light to Aligned Nanorods
Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a way to melt or “weld” specific portions of polymers by embedding aligned nanoparticles within the materials. Their technique, which melts fibers along a chosen direction within a material, may lead to stronger, more resilient nanofibers and materials. Physicists Jason Bochinski and Laura Clarke, with materials scientist […]