• New Recovery.gov Apps Bring Data Directly to Mobile Devices

    Posted by TWEBT on April 15, 2011

    The Recovery Board has iPhone and iPad applications allowing for easy access to maps and data on projects funded by the $787 billion Recovery Act, Chairman Earl E. Devaney said today.

    A GIS mapping software company, Esri, and a Recovery Board contractor, Smartronix, Inc., worked with the Board to build the apps on Esri’s ArcGIS application programming interface (API) for…


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  • Uptime Institute Awards India’s First Tier Certifications

    Posted by TWEBT on April 14, 2011

    Uptime Institute, an industry thought leader in research, education and consulting for all aspects of the data center, today announced the completed Certification of the design of five Datacraft onecloud data centers in India as Tier III Concurrently Maintainable. A Tier III Certification signifies true 24×7 availability as the data centers are designed…


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  • Winners Announced for Web 2.0 Expo San Francisco’s First Startup Showcase

    Posted by TWEBT on April 13, 2011

    O’Reilly Media, Inc. and UBM TechWeb, producers of Web 2.0 Expo, today announced Ifeelgoods, Keepsy and Room 77 as winners of this year’s Startup Showcase in San Francisco. During a 50 minute demo from over 30 different companies, the attending audience and judges, Robert Scoble, Managing Director, Rackspace and Ann Winblad, …


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  • Leviton Announces UL Listing for Portable Charger

    Posted by TWEBT on April 12, 2011

    Leviton today announced the Evr-Green™ 120 Level 1 Portable Charger, which allows drivers to charge a plug-in vehicle anywhere a standard outlet is available, has received Underwriters Laboratories Inc.® (UL) Listing for Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment (EVSE) in the United States and Canada.

    Available for purchase this spring, the charger is part of Leviton’s Evr-Green…


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  • Accessory Workshop Has iPad2 Covered

    Posted by TWEBT on April 11, 2011

    Accessory Workshop, makers of tyPad™, the original Bluetooth keyboard case for iPad™, announced today that new production will be compatible with Apple’s iPad 2. tyPad for iPad 2 will be available mid-April with a suggested retail price of $99.99. Their original tyPad for iPad will continue to be available as well.

    Accessory Workshop also confirmed that…


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  • mSpot® Music Now Offers 5GB Free Storage

    Posted by TWEBT on April 9, 2011

    Cloud entertainment provider mSpot, Inc., today increased its free storage offering to 5GB on its popular cloud music service for iPhone, Android, PCs/Macs® and Internet TV. The service enables users to quickly upload their music to the mSpot Cloud and then immediately start listening from both desktop browsers, Android and iPhones for free. It…


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  • Samsung Austin Semiconductor to Hire 300 Engineers and Technicians

    Posted by TWEBT on April 8, 2011

    Samsung Austin Semiconductor today announced it will hire 300 engineers and technicians in the first six months of 2011 as part of the $3.6-billion expansion of the semiconductor’s plant.

    “In 2010, we hired more than 600 employees as part of the current expansion, bringing total employment to approximately 1,700,” Charmaine Winters, senior human resources manager at Samsung…


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  • NASA Extends Contract for Supercomputing Support Services

    Posted by TWEBT on April 7, 2011

    NASA will exercise the third one-year option on a contract with Computer Sciences Corp. in Lanham, Md., to provide supercomputing support services at NASA’s Ames Research Center at Moffett Field, Calif. The option is valued at approximately $58.6 million.

    The option exercised on the cost-plus-award-fee contract begins April 1 and continues until March 31, 2012. The contract…


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