A new piece of software by Pointui launched this afternoon that makes Windows Mobile devices a little bit more iPhone-like.
The CrunchGear team isn’t answering emails or phone calls (It’s their job to test this stuff, but I imagine they are all drinking heavily somewhere celebrating the New Year), and I don’t have a Windows [...]
From TechCrunch UK:
Israeli search technology start-up Hooja has raised $1.5 million from some well known-investors, including Peter Thiel, one of the founders of PayPal, and an early investor in Facebook. Hooja, currently in stealth mode, is said to be developing a technology that enables content providers to access personal and social information about users, and [...]
If there is one thing I noticed this past year, it is that companies seem to be tripping over themselves more than ever before to claim the mantle of openness. Openness is now a marketing mantra. Facebook kicked things off in May by opening up its social network to outside developers through a [...]
OK, personal resolutions don’t always work, but what about some national ones? Now that even France bans smoking inside, when are we going to do something about the butt problem outside?
According to Torontoist: “An American study showed that, worldwide, smokers toss at least 4.5 trillion butts on the ground every year, and that’s not only revolting to look at, but causes significant environmental damage. Cigarette filters are made of non-biodegradable polymer acetate (read: plastic), and discarded butts start fires, kill small animals, and are the most comm…
The coming year is playing out to be a pivotal one for many of the planet’s endangered species; whether or not they endure will - to a large extent - depend on the steps humanity takes to protect their habitats and avert the worst of global warming. Few are perhaps as vulnerable as amphibians: According to leading conservationists, one third to one half of the world’s 6,000 amphibian species - frogs, toads, salamanders, newts and caecilians - are facing extinct…
Fifteen years ago the joke was “what do you say to an architect with a job?” answer: “Big Mac and fries, please.” The AIA survey of residential architects is a good guide to where design is going, and on the design front, things are going in a positive green direction. On the business side, it’s going into the tank.
-”Residential architects are reporting continued strong interest in mixed-use facilities within developments; that is, projects where residential uses are integrated with retail and other commercial activities. They also see increasing interest in infill housing to take advantage of more desirable locations.” -peo…
It looks like Freeplay, creators of self-powered devices like the Lifeline radio and Indigo flashlight, have had a busy year expanding their offerings and updating their website. We are loving the classy looking Weather Band Radio, featuring solar and hand-crank charging and an integrated flashlight, and the wall-mounted Light Center cabinet pictured above is an…
We thought Mr. Splashypants would swim away with the prize but the glow-in-the-dark bike pedalled into the lead. Both posts show that there is nothing like a bit of controversy to get readers interested! Not including the Gift Guides, which dominated, the top posts of the month of December:
1) New Light Glows For 12 Years: But is it TreeHugger? The product is marketed as non-radioactive a…
Ari Derfel of Berkeley, California, saved his trash - including what he generated when he went out - for an entire year and ended up with a kitchen and then a living room full (96 cubic feet to be exact) of mostly food packaging, bits of paper, and the odd condom. He composted all his food scraps and over time, became obsessively careful about what he bought and consumed. As reported in the San Francisco Chronicle, Derfel’s experiment was a vivid demonstration of the fact that while we throw away lots and lots of trash, much of it never really goes completely away.
One of the most interesting and thought-provoking results of Derfel’s experiment was his feelings around tra…
Last New Years many TreeHugger writers posted their resolutions and you voted on which was the best, settling on Graham’s “Actually start carrying around a re-usable bag for shopping.”
It was a great resolution; not too tough and very sensible. Did Graham keep to it? I know that I failed in mine.
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