Are EVs too expensive? Here are 5 common myths, debunked

Are EVs too expensive? Here are 5 common myths, debunked 1. EVs don’t have as much range as gasoline-powered vehicles Running out of battery power presents a different situation for electric vehicle users, unlike the ease of refilling an empty fuel tank in a gasoline-powered vehicle. The fear of running out of electricity while on the road has brought the term‘range anxiety’into mainstream use, and for drivers who aren’t involved in the electric vehicle conversation, this factor has turned them off the thought of purchasing one....

6 min · 1184 words · Meghan Snyder

Are Facebook and Twitter now too mainstream to be cool?

Everybody loves to get behind the hot young start up and embrace it as if it is the greatest thing in the world since sliced bread.Turntable.fmandInstagramare the latest examples with people in-the-know shouting and screaming from the rooftops about how amazing they are. When you see something special for the first time you just get that feeling in your stomach that you are in at the ground level and you are bursting with excitement waiting for the rest of the world to find out....

5 min · 889 words · Jeffrey Navarro

Are Groupon and Foursquare planning to enter China this year?

As local daily deals sites and location based services gain traction throughout China,GrouponandFoursquaremay be planning their next moves to enter the Chinese market this year. While it’s all Internet rumors at the moment, it’s not quite as insubstantial as the telephone game either. Groupon Christine Lu, the co-founder and CEO of Affinity China, a Chinese luxury, lifestyle and travel network,speculated on Twitterthat Groupon may be aiming to make an entrance into China, citing a recruitment letter from Groupon’s VP Mads Faurholt-Jorgensenhas circulatedaround the Internet....

3 min · 605 words · Donna Walker

Are hydrogen fuel cells the future of green transport? Sorta

Around the world, governments are implementing policies to promote electric vehicles to reduce oil consumption, climate-related emissions and improve local air quality. Most of the attention is on plug-in electric vehicles. But there’s another option,Hydrogen Fuel Cells(HFCs), an electrochemical power generator that combines hydrogen and oxygen to produce electricity, with water and heat as byproducts. HFCs form energy that OEMs can use to power anything from commercial vehicles to forklifts and drones....

4 min · 743 words · Michael Haynes

Are iPad magazines being killed by greed?

Tablet-based magazines have a lot going for them. They’re more interactive, more portable and better for the environment than their paper-based counterparts. The problem is, when they’re priced way above the odds, who’s going to buy them? Pete Kafka at All Things Digitalreportstoday that publisher Conde Nast is set to increase the price of the iPad versions of its Vanity Fair and GQ titles by $1 and $2 respectively. The reason is increased production costs after they switched from an in-house publishing system to an Adobe-built solution, but the result?...

4 min · 646 words · Pedro Hancock
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