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Saturday, February 26, 2011

Apple’s iPad Still Has No Competition

Editor’s Note: Jim Dalrymple has been writing about Apple for more than 15 years. You can follow him on Twitter @jdalrymple and on his Web site at The Loop. It’s been almost a year since Apple released the iPad and we’re less than a week away from the unveiling of the iPad 2, and still [...]

Apple’s iPad Still Has No Competition

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Thursday, December 2, 2010

Aussie Government Competition To Predict Commute Times

databuff writes "Last week, Sydney's Minister of Roads, David Borger, launched a $10,000 competition to develop an algorithm that predicts commute times on a major Sydney freeway. The winning algorithm will be used to power predictions on the Sydney live traffic website. The hope is that the predictions will help commuters make informed decisions about when to travel and on what routes, lowering the intensity of peak hour traffic. In its first week, the competition attracted entries from more than 50 teams and 19 countries."

Aussie Government Competition To Predict Commute Times

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Friday, November 19, 2010

Directi Case Study Competition 2010 on Location Based Social Networking Services

I spent a fun day at the Directi office today, judging the finalists in the Directi Case Study Competition 2010 on location based social networking services.The brief to the business school students was to "explore creative uses of location based soc

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Saturday, October 23, 2010

Submit Your Smart Grid Killer App In The GreenBeat 2010 Innovation Competition

Monday October 25th is the submission deadline for the GreenBeat 2010 Innovation Competition. We’re looking for the freshest, most promising ideas for making the power grid smarter, more efficient, or more potent.

If you are working on an idea that could disrupt the way we think about the grid today, then we want you in the running, whether you’re a startup, big business, or research institution. The deadline to submit an application is October 25! Apply here.

Up to 10 finalists will present live onstage at GreenBeat 2010, the executive summit on the Smart Grid, happening this Nov. 3 and 4, at Stanford University.

On top of that, DEMO, the leading launch platform for emerging technologies, and strategic partner of GreenBeat 2010, will be offering winners of the Innovation Competition the opportunity to launch their products at DEMO in 2011 — a prize valued at $18,500. Notable runner-ups will also be mentioned on VentureBeat.com.

Participating in the competition will also mean exposure in front of an audience of Smart Grid industry leaders, including venture capitalists, utility executives, other entrepreneurs and the best of the green press.

Business Insider readers click here and use discount code "VB-Insider" to receive 20% off!

Recently added speakers:

John Doerr, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Partner
Vinod Khosla, Khosla Ventures, Partner
Andres Carvallo, Grid Net, EVP and Chief Strategy Officer
Mark Wyatt, Duke Energy, Vice President
Paul De Martini, Smart Grid at Cisco Systems, VP & CTO
Bill Weihl Google, Green Energy Czar
Christine Lyon, Morrison & Foerster, Partner
Kenneth Davies, Google Ventures, Cleantech Advisor
Kevin Skillern, GE Energy Financial Services, Managing Director of Venture Capital
Edward Fenster, SunRun, Co-Founder
Yi Cui, Stanford University, Associate Professor Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Dian Grueneich, California Public Utilities Commission
Paul Holland, Foundation Capital, General Partner
John Voelcker, High Gear Media, Senior Editor
Scott Lang, Silver Spring Network, President & CEO
Ed Cazaleat, Megawatt Storage Farms
Plus many more!