Competition makes us consumers kings. Is Tesla feeling the heat? As per Rupert Stadler, Audi’s Chief Executive, the car manufacturer is ramping up its efforts for the electric car market and is set to launch three models by 2020. Stadler has told Reuters than its renewed push is a direct result of the diesel emission…
Norway is now making waves when it comes to clean energy despite being a big player in fossil fuels. With hydropower a crucial part of the mix of clean energy sources, 98 percent of its “electricity production” comes from renewable sources, the Norwegian government has said. Norway is home to an abundance of natural resources…
China, Apple Inc’s biggest overseas market and a country where foreign firms have suffered damaging boycotts following international spats, was the palce where the US tech giant found itself on the receiving end of a small, short-lived anti-U.S. protest last week. In a rare instance of the tech firm being targeted as a symbol of…
It’s “impossible” since it goes against its own policies. Yahoo has clarified saying it has done so using a proprietary tool. In a series of goof-ups, Yahoo has managed to recover an e-mail that was deleted which supposedly impossible is impossible to retrieve. The matter has taken a serious tone with a judge granting a…
The car business cannot afford to wait for the perfect technology – NHTSA. In a move that could sooth ruffled feathers in the wake of Tesla’s crash and questions being raised on the future of autonomous automated driving technology, Mark Rosekind from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has disclosed, at an event, that he…
Even though American’s say that the wastage of 130 billion pounds of food (PDF) makes them feel bad, they however don’t do anything about it. They are aware of the scale of this $160 billion (PDF) problem, said more than half the respondents in a new national survey. While 51 percent said it would be difficult to reduce…
A drone would hopefully help Facebook extend internet connectivity to every corner of the planet. The company expressed this hope after successfully completing a test flight of a solar-powered drone for this purpose. Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg wrote in a post on his Facebook page that the test was conducted in Yuma, Arizona where Aquila,…
If you are a Verizon Wireless customer who regularly crosses 100GB a month, you would benefit from reading this. It turns out Verizon’s “unlimited” plans are in fact limited. Verizon Wireless has disclosed that those customers who regularly cross more than 100GB per month, will either be forced to switch to a limited data plan…
Although Qualcomm’s first quarter results have exceeded analysts’ expectations, if Apple were to switch is chip for modem to Intel, its bottom line could be affected. In a development that has helped bolster its sales for the quarter, Qualcomm has shipped more Snapdragon chips than it expected. It has reportedly beaten its sales estimate of by more…
Signaling that the world’s biggest oil exporter will continue to protect its market share, the Saudi Arabia state-run producer’s chief executive officer said that the country’s oil and natural gas production and drilling activities are unaffected by crude prices at current levels. The sales of Saudi Arabian Oil Co., known as Saudi Aramco to buyers…
