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OnMedia NYC 2013

March 29, 2013 By David Katzmire Leave a Comment

OnMedia NYC 2013 is a two-day executive summit where Silicon Valley meets Madison Avenue, featuring New York's power players and top digital media CEOs, who will engage in high-level debates on how the Internet is disrupting the world of media, marketing, advertising and branding. OnMedia also showcases the emerging entrepreneurial CEOs who are revolutionizing the way media is being created, distributed, consumed and analyzed. Who attends OnMedia? Founders, CEOs, inventors, C-level executives of emerging private companies from seed and startup to late-stage, and pre-public Investors and angels in addition to business press and influential bloggers. In addition to presenting a fireside chat with Dr. Howard Morgan, a partner at First Round Capital and Cory Booker, the mayor of … [Continue reading...]

Filed Under: Good News Corporate, Science and Technology Tagged With: capital, digital, executive, firm, first, howard, media, morgan, new, nyc, onmedia, perkins, round, summit, tony, venture, york

Jon Pepper, Dick Debartolo and a lot more people tell us what’s new at Pepcom.

March 11, 2013 By David Katzmire Leave a Comment

“ACCESS” MUSIC FOR LESS WITH SONY ENTERTAINMENT NETWORK’S MUSIC UNLIMITED SERVICE New Subscription Tier Unlocks Entire On-Demand Cloud-Based Music Library for Under €5 BERLIN, Aug. 29, 2012 – Sony Network Entertainment International today announced that its Music Unlimited service now offers a new subscription tier, “Access,” opening its entire on-demand cloud-based music catalog for €4.991 (US$4.99) per month. The service’s new subscription tier gives users access to millions of songs via PCs (including Mac computers) and the PlayStation®3 (PS3™) computer entertainment system. “Digital music subscription services represent a huge shift in the way people listen to music and our goal is to provide users with easy and convenient access to songs they love,” said Tim … [Continue reading...]

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Samsung Represenative…

March 7, 2013 By David Katzmire Leave a Comment

He shares with us, his Good News to GoodNewsPlanet.com … [Continue reading...]

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Roadways of the future

March 4, 2013 By David Katzmire Leave a Comment

GREAT CONCEPT!! YOU better see this one. It's the worlds ground floor future growth. Check it out This is why we need more engineers and technicians for the future. Think of the billions of dollars of savings. No more salt on the roads, the oil cartel should be worried. Plenty of solar energy year round stored under your feet. What do you think after you see this one. http://www.wimp.com/solarhighways/ … [Continue reading...]

Filed Under: Environment and Nature, Good News To Go, Pause the World, Pause the World Peace Day, Science and Technology, Today's Good News

Peter Bishop, Ph.D.

February 26, 2013 By David Katzmire Leave a Comment

Chief Technology Officer, Village Green Technology Dr. Peter Bishop is the Chief Technology Officer www.villagegreentechcenter.com and the Co-Inventor of their technology. Dr. Peter Bishop has been a computer professional for over thirty years. After getting his Ph.D. at M.I.T. in 1977 in object-oriented computer systems, he met the founder of Remedy while they were together at the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center. He left PARC in 1980 to work on operating systems and compilers for the National Semiconductor 16032. He then started working for a series of startups. He helped found Forethought, the first publisher of FileMaker, which went on to create PowerPoint. Three startups later, Dr. Bishop, developed the key technology for Aeroprise, Inc., a partner with BMC Remedy, providing … [Continue reading...]

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Don’t Miss Out! One Week until nestCON!

February 20, 2013 By David Katzmire Leave a Comment

The one-week countdown to nestCON has begun! To ring in the occasion, we'd like to take the opportunity to announce our agenda. We're thrilled that the keynote will be delivered by Liz Gasser, VP of Business Operations at Qualcomm Labs. In addition, our featured moderator will be Eric Savitz, the San Francisco Bureau Chief of Forbes. Eric will be moderating two panels, each of which features accomplished panelists in the corporate, startup and investment fields. The full agenda can be found below. With so much to look forward to, we hope we've convinced you to join us on Thursday, February 21st as we explore the intersection of startup and corporate America in the mobile industry. Please register below, as we examine how the various players in the innovation economy are working to … [Continue reading...]

Filed Under: Good News To Go, Science and Technology

World’s Largest Community Solar Project

January 17, 2013 By David Katzmire Leave a Comment

Dear Friends, Hurricane Sandy has passed and the election is over. Many strong progressives were elected in the House and Senate, and Jay Inslee takes over as Governor of Washington. Climate deniers were defeated. Here's our summary. And to the surprise of many, big money lost, and that's important for renewable energy. Although the Michigan referendum failed to raise the state's RPS and the GMO labeling initiative was defeated in California, that state passed a measure that will fund renewable energy, and two states passed initiatives to overturn Citizens United. This week's Greentech Spotlight is "Gas Up With CO2." Researchers capture CO2 from the atmosphere and turn it directly into transportation fuel. I believe carbon capture will be an enormously important industry - we … [Continue reading...]

Filed Under: Science and Technology, The Water Hour

Artists Against Fracking

January 15, 2013 By David Katzmire Leave a Comment

Our resident artist Vid Son Doz speaks about Fracking and the organization Artists Against Fracking What is Fracking? Hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking”, is the process of drilling and injecting fluid into the ground at a high pressure in order to fracture shale rocks to release natural gas inside. ABOUT ARTISTS AGAINST FRACKING “Right now, some people are trying to make easy money, and meanwhile ruin this country’s future, by a thing called ‘fracking.’” – Yoko Ono Yoko and Sean were compelled into action by Governor Andrew Cuomo’s announcement that fracking might soon begin in New York – directly impacting their home in upstate New York. In less than 10 days, they gathered nearly 150 fellow artists to join them in the founding of Artists Against Fracking in … [Continue reading...]

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Do The Math & Save The World – Join Bill McKibben Nov. 20th

December 13, 2012 By David Katzmire Leave a Comment

Bill McKibben’s Do the Math Tour is coming to Atlanta Nov. 20th! Bill McKibben is hitting the road this month to spread the word: fossil fuel companies are planning to burn five times more coal, oil and gas than is safe. We want 400 Atlantans who are active with the cause or interested in joining to come out and get fired up about ending this fuel-burning crisis. Read the full article for all the event details and to buy tickets! … [Continue reading...]

Filed Under: Atlanta, Children and Parents, Science and Technology

EarthCam Delivers Live Views of Historic Site in Turkey

December 12, 2012 By David Katzmire Leave a Comment

WHAT: EarthCam recently premiered their new webcam, which brings visitors to the heart of Istanbul, Turkey. Viewers will enjoy a live streaming look at the historical Hagia Sophia, which was dedicated in 360 AD! The webcam also offers audio, delivering the sounds of the highly visited location. Hear tourists as they admire the architecture and locals as they pause for their daily prayers. WHY: The Hagia Sophia is one of the oldest churches in the world. A former basilica, later a mosque and now a museum, the Hagia Sophia is famous in particular for its massive dome and is considered the epitome of Byzantine architecture. The interior is decorated with ornate mosaics, marble pillars and coverings of great artistic value. HOW: Enjoy exclusive live views of one of the world's oldest … [Continue reading...]

Filed Under: Media, Religion and Spirituality, Science and Technology