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<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jan 2011 08:10:09 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Bucking trend, Dremel picks Web over mobile apps]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jan 2011 08:10:09 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Dremel&amp;39's mobile Web site(Credit:Dremel)Mobile app or mobile Web siteThat's the decision that Dremel and countless companies face today when trying to reach the burgeoning number of customers with smartphones. Many choose to build an app, but Dremel, maker of multipurpose high-speed rotary tools popular among hobbyists and electrical engineers, decided on a mobile Web instead.The company was planning a mobile sales and marketing push, but building an iOS or Android app would have &quot;limit[ed] the reach of this initiative to one or two mobile platforms,&quot; said Henry Schwenk of Triton-Tek, a mobile development company Dremel hired.Web apps often lag what native apps can do, browser makers' labors notwithstanding, but Dremel's needs were reasonably well-adapted to a mobile Web site. The online product catalog features pages with sections that can be expanded for more detail and links to online videos.Another part of the campaign extends to the physical world. Dremel promotional materials such as ads and in-store displays feature QR codes, the two-dimensional equivalent to barcodes. Camera-equipped mobile phones can scan the QR code, which steers the browser to the Dremel page.QR codes are all the rage in marketing circles, appearing on Pepsi and wine bottles and Google QR code stickers for businesses' windows.Dremel is using QR codes--the black-and-white checkered area to the lower right of this promotional material--to try to get mobile phone users to explore its product line.(Credit:Dremel)<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Intuit's GoPayment service offering incentives (podcast)]]></title>
<link>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=intuits-gopayment-service-offering-incentives-podcast</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jan 2011 08:10:16 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>cruzbrain3</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[GoPayment's small credit card scanner attaches to the audio jack on many smartphones.(Credit:Larry Magid/CNET) Intuit is looking to increase its presence in the mobile payment market by offering a free credit card reader for smartphones and eliminating monthly fees. The offer extends to people who sign up by mid-February. The service, called GoPayment, was launched in 2009.Andrew Freed, GoPayment product manager(Credit:Larry Magid/CNET) Intuit is best known for its Quicken personal finance software, TurboTax tax preparation software and service, and QuickBooks for small business, With this free offer, Intuit is squaring off against Square which also offers a free credit card swiper and no monthly fees. Both Intuit and Square do charge transaction fees which, for most users, start around 2.7 percent if a card is swiped and a bit higher if no card is present.  Unlike Square, which can be used by just about anyone for things like garage sales or splitting dinner bills, GoPayment is designed specifically for small businesses, but includes very small businesses like gardeners, plumbers, artists at street fairs, and consultants. For more on the free offer, see Lance Whitney's post from Tuesday and click below to listen to my interview with GoPayment product manager Andrew Freed. Listen now:Download today's podcastSubscribe now:  iTunes (audio) |  RSS (audio)<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[RIM acquires TAT, designer of user interfaces]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 02 Dec 2010 08:10:25 +0000</pubDate>
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<category>Technology</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Research In Motion has acquired user interface specialist The Astonishing Tribe for an undisclosed sum, the company announced on its blog today.TAT could be a major pickup for BlackBerry maker RIM. The company, which is based in Sweden, makes several different products for mobile device makers, and it's invested in the Android market with its &quot;custom home screen,&quot; called TAT Home. That offering delivers gesture navigation and 3D widgets, and according to the company, is designed to give users more control over the &quot;look and feel of the Android home screen.&quot;Another product, TAT Cascades, is an XML-based UI framework designed for mobile-device vendors. According to the company, Cascades is running on &quot;more than 470 million devices and 200 models run TAT technology.&quot; Moreover, TAT claims that its &quot;technology is behind the UI in more than 15 percent of all mobile phones and more than 20 percent of all touch phones shipped&quot; in 2010.The company also has some concept design ideas that it's working on, including a 3D offering that allows users to &quot;look around&quot; apps on a mobile device (see video below). It also has a presence in the automotive industry.So what exactly does all this mean for RIM and its products &quot;The TAT team will be joining RIM and bringing their talent to the BlackBerry PlayBook and smartphone platforms,&quot; RIM Chief Technology Officer David Yach noted in a blog post announcing the acquisition. He didn't elaborate, though, on how TAT's wares might be integrated into RIM's products, nor did he indicate whether TAT will continue to supply its services to other vendors. The Playbook, RIM's entry into the hot tablet market, is due in the first quarter of 2011.In response to a request for further comment, RIM said only that it is not announcing any specific product plans at the moment and that TAT's workers will remain as a group, in their current location, becoming part of RIM's global software development team.The maker of the popular BlackBerry devices has been busy acquiring other companies this year. In April, it acquired QNX to &quot;enhance the user experience between smartphones and in-vehicle audio and infotainment systems.&quot; In August, it acquired Cellmania to improve its App World offering. At the beginning of September, it bought Documents to Go maker Data Viz.        Don Reisinger    Full Profile E-mail Don Reisinger   E-mail Don Reisinger If you have a question or comment for Don Reisinger, you can submit it here. However, because our editors and writers receive hundreds of requests, we cannot tell you when you may receive a response.   Submit your question or comment here: 0 of 1500 characters       Don Reisinger is a technology columnist who has written about everything from HDTVs to computers to Flowbee Haircut Systems. Don is a member of the CNET Blog Network, posting at The Digital Home. He is not an employee of CNET. Disclosure.  <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Svpply bags $500K for minimalist social shopping]]></title>
<link>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=svpply-bags-500k-for-minimalist-social-shopping</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>cruzbrain3</dc:creator>
<category>Latest News</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Svpply (pronounced &amp;''supply&amp;''), a social shopping service that helps users discover new products, announced today that it has raised a $550,000 seed round.The service takes an innovative new approach to shopping: Instead of working out of a pre-existing catalog, it relies on users&amp;' use of its bookmarklet to tag neat and interesting products they see online. These are then seen by the users&amp;' followers, and curated through the site&amp;'s pages for editor&amp;'s picks, gift guides, and popular products.Notably so, the site supports a minimal interface with an intentional focus on the products themselves. With the idea of a pre-existing catalog eliminated, products that gain traction are spread by users themselves.Svpply was started by Boston-based Ben Pieratt, and later joined in by prolific College Humor cofounder Zach Klein. Investors in the seed round include Ron Conway&amp;'s SV Angels, Spark Capital, Founder Collective, Foursquare cofounder Dennis Crowley, and former MySpace co-President Jason Hirschhorn.Next Story: myThings raises another $6M for better targeted advertising Previous Story: Scale Computing raises $17M to sell storage one terabyte at a timePrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: Minimalist, retail, shopping, social shoppingCompanies: Founder Collective, Spark Capital, SV Angels, SvpplyPeople: Ben Pieratt, Dennis Crowley, Jason Hirschhorn, Ron Conway, Zach Klein          Tags: Minimalist, retail, shopping, social shoppingCompanies: Founder Collective, Spark Capital, SV Angels, SvpplyPeople: Ben Pieratt, Dennis Crowley, Jason Hirschhorn, Ron Conway, Zach KleinSid Yadav is a contributor to VentureBeat. He currently studies computer science and psychology at the University of Auckland in New Zealand. He is also the creator of Memiary, a micro-diary utility. You can reach him at sidyadav@gmail.com (all story pitches should also be sent to tips@venturebeat.com), and on Twitter at @sidyadav.VentureBeat has new weekly email newsletters.  Stay on top of the news, and don't miss a beat.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[On the GreenBeat: NRG looks to be big solar investor, the new GM is looking pretty green]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<category>Latest News</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Here&amp;'s a roundup of some of the day&amp;'s most interesting cleantech activity:NRG invests big in solar &amp;8212' The power plant company announced yesterday a $450 million solar ranch in California with SunPower, and in October it said it would invest $300 million in the 392-megawatt Ivanpah solar thermal plant that BrightSource Energy is building in the Mojave Desert of California. The company&amp;'s recent moves reflect an overall optimism about solar in the U.S., Earth2Tech writes.GM to hire 1,000 EV engineers &amp;8212'  General Motors said it&amp;'s making 1,000 hires to boost its electric vehicle line. CEO Dan Akerson said the company wants to lead the industry in adopting vehicle electrification technologies. Its range extender, the Chevrolet Volt, is now on sale and recently won Motor Trend&amp;'s car of the year. With Chevy&amp;'s recent pledge to spend $40 million on green projects to offset carbon emissions, it looks like the new GM wants to appear pretty green.Tool maker spends $150M to enter solar market &amp;8212' Hydraulic and electrical tools manufacturer Actuant is buying Mastervolt, which makes power electronics that are used in photovoltaics. The $150M deal will allow Wisconsin-based Actuant to expand into the solar market, Reuters reports.ABB to buy Baldor Electronics in energy-efficiency push &amp;8211' The Swiss engineering company is buying the industrial motor firm to bolster its North American operations. Industrial motors are responsible for 25 percent of all energy generated, Reuters writes, so the purchase gives ABB a chance to jump on energy efficiency opportunities. ABB has also made big smart grid moves in the past.Germany hooked on solar tarriffs &amp;8211' According to an analysis by Greentech Media, politicians may shy away from making further cuts in solar subsidies because there are so many green jobs in the country. Germany has fueled nearly half of the world&amp;'s solar growth through feed-in tarriffs, but has pared them down recently, worrying industry watchers.Next Story: What Google knows about Groupon Previous Story: Cyber Monday sales crush Black Friday with $1B spent in 24 hoursPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: electric cars, electric vehicles, Germany, motors, SolarCompanies: ABB, Actuant, Baldor Electronics, BrightSource, Chervolet, GM, Mastervolt, NRG, SunPowerPeople: Dan Akerson          Tags: electric cars, electric vehicles, Germany, motors, SolarCompanies: ABB, Actuant, Baldor Electronics, BrightSource, Chervolet, GM, Mastervolt, NRG, SunPowerPeople: Dan AkersonIris Kuo is the VentureBeat's lead GreenBeat writer. She has reported for The Wall Street Journal in Hong Kong, Houston Chronicle, the McClatchy Washington Bureau and Dallas public radio. Iris attended the University of Texas at Dallas and lives in Houston. Follow Iris on Twitter @thestatuskuo (and yes, that's how you  pronounce her last name).VentureBeat has new weekly email newsletters.  Stay on top of the news, and don't miss a beat.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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