- Novel cooling method for hot milk in India (photos)
Startup Promethean Power is developing a “thermal battery” that gets around unreliable power service in India at a clean-tech incubator in a converted warehouse in South Boston.
- A ‘thermal battery’ for villages in India
Startup Promethean Power had to ditch its dream of solar-powered milk chillers in rural India, but hit upon a novel energy storage system that’s cheaper and overcomes the unreliable grid.
- Apple, Google under scrutiny over no-poaching charges
At issue is whether some of the titans of tech conspired not to hire each other’s employees. Attorney Joe Saveri argues the alleged conspiracy kept workers salaries artificially low by stifling competition.
- Social-network update: Facebook up; Twitter slow?
Hackers did not take down Facebook today, as they had earlier claimed they would. Meanwhile, the pace of tweets appears to have slowed amid an ongoing Twitter boycott. And Twitter’s lawyer responds.
- Gates sent dying Jobs a letter he kept bedside
An interview with Microsoft’s Bill Gates in The Telegraph is just the latest to show he and the late Steve Jobs had a strong relationship at the time of the Apple leader’s death.
- A self-driving car, but thankfully a BMW
BMW has revealed that it, too, has entered the self-driving car arena, inserting self-driving technology in a 5 Series car.
- Android screen chaos: A feature, not a bug
Programmers using Google’s mobile operating system must reckon with upfront work for the wide range of Android screens, but the benefit is flexibility.
- Google doodle animates world’s biggest snowflake
Google’s latest charming doodle commemorates an event of which few might be aware: a 15-inch diameter snowflake that attacked Montana.
- Can an MP3 sound better than a Blu-ray?
High-resolution formats define the upper limit of quality, but if the recording’s mix was overcompressed and processed, a lossless file won’t sound great.
