May 2, 2007
What is Cleantech?
The Next Net
Erick Schonfeld uncovers the latest ideas in business and technology.
“A new report by Lux Research tallies up the growing interest and investment in clean and green technologies. Some highlights: There were 29,874 scientific publications on cleantech topics in 2006.”
Ebay’s helpmate
Business 2.0
Owen Thomas has been writing about technology, the Web, and business since 1995.
“ChannelAdvisor, a company which helps others sell on eBay (EBAY), Amazon.com (AMZN), and other websites has raised another $30 million in venture capital, bringing its total to $66 million. The round was led by New Enterprise Associates. Ebay and other current investors in ChannelAdvisor also re-upped.”
The Browser
Fortune magazine’s technology staff reporters uncover a bizarre tale.
“A very strange story ran in the Los Angeles Times on Sunday; headlined The Internet sure loves its outlaws, the article maintained that Sweden’s Pirate Bay filesharing collective is only the most visible member of a burgeoning international anti-copyright – or pro-piracy – movement that is striking terror in the heart of an industry that seems ever less capable of stopping it.The article further maintained that Sweden’s Pirate Party membership has now grown to almost 9,000, closing in on the nation’s Green Party (9,550), which holds 19 seats in Parliament.”
