Here’s something you probably didn’t know about the town of Elk Horn, Iowa: it has America’s highest concentration of electric vehicle charging stations.
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Wall Street Journal Digits
Mobile phone maker Sony Ericsson doesn’t think knock-off Chinese phones are harming its market share, but Chinese handset makers will be “serious” competitors long-term, the company’s chief executive said in Beijing this week.
A group called Consumer Watchdog produced a video that makes fun of Google CEO Eric Schmidt’s views on privacy.
Twitter debuted an official iPad app this week and told users more about its new t.co service.
So what exactly is H-P getting with its purchase of 3PAR, other than a bill for $2.1 billion and a chance to thumb its nose at Dell?
Dell pulled out of the bidding war for 3PAR after rival Hewlett-Packard raised its offer. Plus, smartphone apps for runners and more on Apple’s new Ping service.
Google’s Chrome Web browser, which laid the foundation for its Chrome operating system, is turning two years old.
Samsung Electronics unveiled its take on the iPad Thursday. The Galaxy Tab runs on version 2.2 of Google’s Android software, comes with a cellular connection and features a 7-inch screen.
The World Economic Forum included Foursquare among a class of 31 companies deemed pioneers in technology, the same honor it once bestowed on Twitter and a young Google.
More than 30 years on, sales of Sony’s MP3-playing version of the Walkman topped Apple’s ubiquitous iPod in Japan in August for the first time since BCN began compiling the survey in November 2001.


