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Booyah’s MyTown steams ahead in location-based gaming with 450,000 users
Written on 15 Jan, 2010 at 0:31 in VentureBeat | viewed times | 0 Comments
Booyah , the mobile gaming company full of alums from Blizzard Entertainment, just rocketed ahead in the world of location-based gaming. Their MyTown app, which is kind of like Monopoly for the real world, now has 450,000 users who... (Continue reading)
Germany may slash solar subsidies by 17%, stock prices drop around the world
Written on 15 Jan, 2010 at 0:31 in VentureBeat | viewed times | 0 Comments
Even though Germany gets about as much sun as the average town in Alaska, it’s the world’s leader in the solar power industry. Why? Extensive and effective government subsidies... (Continue reading)
Microsoft: Courtroom loss won’t affect Word sales
Written on 22 Dec, 2009 at 21:02 in VentureBeat | viewed times | 0 Comments
Microsoft took another blow today in its legal battle over Microsoft Word. A federal appeals court upheld a ruling against the software giant, stating that Word violates a patent owned by Toronto-based company i4i . The court ordered Microsoft... (Continue reading)
New report: Is First Solar all hat, no cattle?
Written on 22 Dec, 2009 at 21:02 in VentureBeat | viewed times | 0 Comments
First Solar seems to be on a roll. The largest solar company in the world, it recently projected 2010 revenue far exceeding analyst expectations , backing it up with the grand opening of a major plant, and plans to... (Continue reading)
Solar panel demand finally catching up with supply
Written on 14 Nov, 2009 at 0:43 in VentureBeat | viewed times | 0 Comments
One of the biggest, most depressing stories in the solar industry has been the oversupply of panels, which drove down prices and discouraged investors for most of 2009. Now, new research out of trade research firm iSuppli , suggests... (Continue reading)
First Solar to build massive 2-GW plant in China
Written on 8 Sep, 2009 at 17:10 in VentureBeat | viewed times | 0 Comments
First Solar , the largest solar developer in the world, announced that it will be building the largest solar panel array in the world to date, at 2,000 megawatts, in the Mongolian desert. A massive undertaking, the facility isn’t... (Continue reading)