Hybrid vehicle sales skyrocketed in Europe during the first quarter of 2021, reaching roughly 256,000 (up 264% year-over-year),EV-volumes.comreports. Hybridsremain a much more popular choice than battery electric vehicles, but the question is whether they are actually sustainable and good for the environment. Acollaborative studyby the European Federation for Transport and Environment and Greenpeace has found that CO2 emissions from plug-in hybrid vehicles are up to 2,5 times greater than official tests and manufacturer marketing suggests....

Carbonite, the online data backup provider, is proposing an initial public offering (IPO) of shares of its common stock, asreportedon BostInnovation. Final details of the number of shares offered and the price haven’t been revealed yet, but infilinga Form S-1 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), it’s looking to go public imminently. The S-1 states that Carbonite lost over $25m in the last financial year, however, it has been rumoured for a number of months that the company was seeking to go down the IPO route, with somecommentingthat it was aiming to become the Symantec of online backup....

Cardcloud, a Netherlands based company, has launched its newiOS appfor easy virtual business card sharing. The service has a few great options, such as letting you create as many different cards for yourself as you like. If you’re a serial entrepreneur, you might work with multiple companies, so this could come in handy. The updated iOS app, much like theAndroid appthat we covered last month, is extremely well designed, and lets you set up new cards pretty quickly....

Initially launched as MyNameIsE before re-brandingCardcloud, the Amsterdam based online business card service makes it easy to share your digital business card with other users on the go. The app has continued to evolve, adding new features, such asevent integration, which was launched atThe Next Web Conferencein 2011. Previously available only on the iPhone, Cardcloud has just launched anAndroidversion making it easy to share your card in seconds via a peer to peer transfer....

Cardflick, a new app which launched in the iTunes store today, hopes to revolutionize how people stay connected with their mobile phones. The beautiful app lets people “flick” their contact details between phones, with all the information stored in the cloud. What’s more, once you’ve accepted someone’s contact request, you can call or email them directly from the app, without having to search your phonebook. What makes CardFlick unique is that digital cards are not only useful for storing and transmitting people’s information, they’re downright gorgeous....