Tagged: Bill Gates & News
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Bill Gates takes part in US$35m investment in open science network ResearchGate News
05.06.2013 Bill Gates along with Tenaya Capital have invested US$35m in a C funding round in open science era network ResearchGate. The network aims to remove archaic silos of science and...Categories: Digital Media, Intellectual Property, Internet, Investments, R&D, Research, Science, Search, Search Engines, Social Media -
Bill Gates invests in battery-tech start-up News
03.04.2013 Bill Gates has become the latest investor to invest in Aquion Energy, a US start-up that is pioneering a new type of battery that uses sodium-ion technology.Categories: Sustainability, Science, Renewable Energy, Investments, Green Tech, Green, Engineering, Energy -
Weekend news round-up: Bill Gates’ US$100k condom; no more power-downs on airplanes? News
25.03.2013 In our gathering of some of the best tech news from the weekend, we discover that in the US rules on turning off electronic devices during flights might finally be relaxed; Bill... -
Viral videos of the week – 17/02/2013 News
17.02.2013 We take a look at some of the most-viewed and most-shared videos on the web. This week features a discussion on the inevitable zombie apocalypse in the Canadian House of... -
US clean-tech start-up LightSail Energy raises US$37.3m from investors, including Bill Gates News
06.11.2012 Microsoft chairman Bill Gates and PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel are two of the investors who have contributed to a US$37.3m funding injection into LightSail Energy, a US... -
Windows user evolution (infographic) News
26.10.2012 You’ve come a long way, Windows. From your beginnings in November 1983, when Microsoft co-founders Bill Gates and Paul Allen announced the new operating system in New York City,... -
Solar-powered loo wins competition to reinvent the toilet News
15.08.2012 A solar-powered toilet that generates hydrogen and electricity has attracted the US$100,000 first prize for its designers, researchers from the California Institute of... -
Tech tweets of the week News
07.04.2012 A compilation of this past week's Twitter messages - from the serious to the whimsical - from some top names in technology. -
Happy 37th anniversary, Microsoft News
04.04.2012 Childhood buddies Paul Allen and Bill Gates took their passion for computer programming and paired it with their hopes of building a successful business with their shared... -
Actors who could play tech leaders News
02.04.2012 Ashton Kutcher is doing it. Noah Wyle has done it. Jesse Eisenberg has done it, and received an Academy Award nomination. -
How to build your own CoderDojo News
02.02.2012 James Whelton and Bill Liao’s CoderDojo movement is just over six months old but has ignited a grassroots revolution that has seen kids and teens flock to the events to learn...Categories: Software & Web Development, Software, Social Media, Phones, Mobility, Mobile, Education, Economy, Consumer Tech, Computers, Apps Zone, Apps -
The digital business week News
19.12.2011 A digest of the top business and technology news stories from the past week. -
Bill Gates is not returning as CEO of Microsoft News
15.12.2011 Former Microsoft CEO Bill Gates denied he would return to lead the tech company again, burying rumours which emerged this month. -
Tech tweets of the week News
10.12.2011 A compilation of this past week's Twitter messages - from the serious to the whimsical - from some top names in technology. -
The new philanthropists - tech entrepreneurs giving while living News
05.12.2011 Scarce resources and the growing needs of society are driving innovation when it comes to philanthropy, says Thomas Tierney, chairman of The Bridgespan Group and a long time... -
Bill Gates tweets on need for 'energy miracles' News
17.11.2011 Microsoft chairman Bill Gates yesterday tweeted “Wanted: energy miracles counter threat of catastrophic climate change. Innovation can make this possible”. He’s aiming to drive...Categories: Sustainability, Science, Renewable Energy, R&D, Life Sciences, Green Computing, Green, Government, Energy, Economy, Green Tech, Education, Supply Chain Management -
Weekend news roundup News
01.11.2011 This weekend's trawl through the papers for tech coverage reveals a touching memoir to Apple co-founder and former CEO Steve Jobs by his sister Mona Simpson, a study that asks... -
Tech tweets of the week News
22.10.2011 A compilation of this past week's Twitter messages - from the serious to the whimsical - from some top names in technology.Tags: Microsoft, Bill Gates, Ben Hammersley, Twitter, Digg, Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook, Google, Jack Dorsey, Tweets -
Remembering Steve News
06.10.2011 Tech leaders, politicians and the public are paying tribute to Apple co-founder Steve Jobs after news of his death broke last night after his long battle with illnesses.Categories: Software & Web Development, Software, Phones, Mobility, Mobile, Leadership & Management, Hardware, Consumer Tech, Computers, Apps -
Concern to bring global tech summit to Ireland News
19.09.2011 Concern Worldwide will host the 10th annual NetHope Global Member Summit at Intel’s Innovation Centre in Leixlip from 7-11 November, bringing together CIOs and other tech...