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<pubDate>Fri, 25 Feb 2011 08:10:31 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Smart Fortwo shows design brilliance]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[(Credit:Josh Miller/CNET)The Smart Fortwo is a goofy-lookingcar, and even sillier in cabriolet form. But it is designed with a surprising amount of practicality. In cities, you can park where no car has parked before. And any city dweller knows the value of that. The cabin does not feel cramped, as long as you only try to put two people in it, and the cargo area is actually useful.We won't say the Fortwo is a high-tech roller. In stock form the two-speaker stereo doesn't even come with a CD player. But it can be optioned up, a cure for most of its issues. You can even upgrade to power steering. What can't be changed is the pitiful way the transmission shifts. That, you just have to cope with.Read our review of the 2011 Smart Fortwo Passion Cabriolet.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Tesla takes electric cars closer to pro racing]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 2010 08:10:39 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[A Tesla Roadster waits at the starting line.(Credit:Tesla)During practice sessions for the Race of Champions last week, two Tesla Roadsters got a real workout in the hands of such professional racing drivers as Michael Schumacher, Sebastien Loeb, and Alain Prost. Video of one of the races shows Schumacher and Loeb battling it out on the parallel track, thecars taking the many curves in eerie silence. With the heavily designed indoor course and the brightly colored cars, they almost look like toys. As they were run as an exhibition, no winners were declared for the races in the Tesla Roadsters.The Race of Champions is a yearly event using a parallel road course. Drivers from a variety of racing series pilot cars ranging from Audi R8s to KTM X-Bows. The Race of Champions is intended to be a pure test of skill, as the drivers compete in identical equipment over the same course.During the actual event, held in Dusseldorf, Germany, from November 27 to 28, Portuguese driver Filipe Albuquerque won the overall competition, beating out rally driver Loeb. Given the current energy storage limitations of battery packs, any professional electric racing series would necessarily only cover a few laps. But racing has pushed the boundaries of conventional power-train technology, and could do the same for electric cars.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Google buys New York office building for $1.9B]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Google isn&amp;'t just a big spender when it comes to acquiring startups. The company has purchased the building holding its main New York City office for a reported $1.9 billion.A post on the official company blog announced the purchase this morning, describing it as &amp;''a great real estate investment in a thriving neighborhood and a fantastic city.&amp;'' Google isn&amp;'t revealing the price, but The New York Post reports that it&amp;'s a $1.77 billion cash deal and that with taxes and fees, the company&amp;'s total cost will be $1.9 billion.Google&amp;'s NYC office includes engineers and its North American sales team. The company says its presence in the city began with a single ad person in 2000, and then it moved into its current office at 111 Eighth Ave in 2006. There are now 2,000 Googlers in New York, Google says, and it&amp;'s still hiring.One reason the company may want to expand its presence is an increased emphasis on display advertising (as opposed to the simple text links that show up alongside its search results). The company recently said it&amp;'s on-track to make $2.5 billion from display ads per year.Facebook, meanwhile, is also building its New York presence. We&amp;'ve heard it has leased two floors on Madison Avenue, the address traditionally associated with the advertising industry.Previous Story: Motorola buys into mobile media syncing with ZecterPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: New York CityCompanies: Google          Tags: New York CityCompanies: GoogleAnthony is a senior editor at VentureBeat, as well as its reporter on media, advertising, and social networks. Before joining the site in 2008, Anthony worked at the Hollister Free Lance, where he won awards from the California Newspaper Publishers Association for breaking news coverage and writing. He attended Stanford University and now lives in San Francisco. Reach him at anthony@venturebeat.com. (All story pitches should also be sent to tips@venturebeat.com) You can also follow Anthony on Twitter.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[Angry Birds maker may go public in the coming years]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Rovio just raised $42 million in venture capital funding a week ago. But the developer of the hot Angry Birds mobile game says it will likely go public in two to three years.The company made the statement to Finnish magazine Talouselama and in a separate interview with Reuters. If it happens, it would be one of those rare instances where a single game enabled a company to stage an IPO. To execute it, Rovio will have to hit a home run with its plan to make a long-lasting franchise from Angry Birds, which debuted on the iPhone in December 2009 and has now been downloaded more than 100 million times.Peter Vesterbacka, Mighty Eagle (head of business development, pictured) at Rovio, confirmed to me that the story is accurate. But he added, &amp;''The timing is still open, at least two to three years out.&amp;''He said the upcoming IPO is another reason the company brought aboard venture investors Accel and Atomico Ventures. Those firms have plenty of experience taking companies public.&amp;''We&amp;'ll provide more detail over the next few months,&amp;'' he said.Interestingly, Angry Birds has been passed as the top paid iTunes app by a game called Tiny Wings. If the Rovio plan seems a little squishy now, don&amp;'t be surprised. While Vesterbacka said that the IPO may happen in the next two to three years, the company&amp;'s chairman, Kaj Hed, told Reuters it may happen in the next five years.Calling all mobile executives: This April 25-26, VentureBeat is hosting its inaugural VentureBeat Mobile Summit,  where we&amp;'ll debate the five key business and policy challenges facing  the mobile industry today. Participants will develop concrete,  actionable solutions that will shape the future of the mobile industry.  The invitation-only event, located at the scenic and relaxing Cavallo Point Resort in Sausalito, Calif., is limited to the top 180 mobile executives, investors and policymakers. Request an invitation.Next Story: Kevin Rose resigns from Digg Previous Story: Accidental nano-breakthrough may be big for batteries, bioenergyPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: Angry Birds, IPOsCompanies: RovioPeople: Peter Vesterbacka          Tags: Angry Birds, IPOsCompanies: RovioPeople: Peter VesterbackaDean is lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat. He covers video games, security, chips and a variety of other subjects. Dean previously worked at the San Jose Mercury News, the Wall Street Journal, the Red Herring, the Los Angeles Times, the Orange County Register and the Dallas Times Herald. He is the author of two books, Opening the Xbox and the Xbox 360 Uncloaked. Follow him on Twitter at @deantak, and follow VentureBeat on Twitter at @venturebeat. Have news to share Launching a startup Email: tips@venturebeat.comVentureBeat 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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