Earlier in March, President Biden revealed hisinfrastructure plansto invest $174 billion in the EV market. On April 22,Cars.com, an automotive digital marketplace, published a research monitoring the Americans’ interest in EVs. 66% of respondents (1,056 in total) in Cars.com’s national survey expressed an increased motivation to purchase an EV, following the president’s announcements. Nevertheless, 81% believe that there are still obstacles to be overcome. Calling all Scaleup founders! Join the Soonicorn Summit on November 28 in Amsterdam....

It seems that the hassles of seeking out new mobile phone contracts are simply too much for some people. ‘Serial entrepreneur’ Dave Bell launchedBidMyBillin the UK last year, after he had been trying to secure a new mobile phone contract with his existing network. So what problem, exactly, does his new platform seek to solve? In a nutshell, BidMyBill automatically gathers phone users’ historical mobile usage data, including minutes, texts & data, then summarizes this information in an online auction for mobile phone networks to then bid upon....

Location reviews serviceRummbleis facing a radical change in direction, we hear. Multiple sources familiar with the matter tell me that Andrew J Scott, Rummble’s founder and CEO has been ousted, while the company is set to pivot away from a consumer offering to white labeling its technology to offer to other businesses (UPDATE: the company feels that it ismore of a platform playthan simple white labeling) Similar to services like Yelp and Qype, London-based Rummble’s current consumer play lets users rate and review locations....

Just before we hear the financial call from Google, a new blog post on theOfficial Google Blogtells us of some big changes coming to the management structure of the company. Eric Schmidt will be stepping aside as CEO and Larry Page will fill his shoes. Sergey Brin will be moving to the title of Co-Founder and Schmidt will step in as Executive Chairman. But why? That’s explained in the blog post:...

Everyone has heard the classic maxim of corporate finance, that ‘cash is king.’ One business luminary once likened cash on a corporate balance sheet to oxygen: “once the cash is gone,” he said, “everything stops.” We cover two types of technology companies here at TNW, both startups and giants. Today we are looking a the titans of tech, the largest, most powerful, and richest companies that make up much of the landscape of technology that we know so well....