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http://youtu.be/s1iW5Kj51rw In the past week or so, I’ve written a few articles about the electric vehicle incentives offered to Norwegians, and how they have helped make electric car models the #1 best-selling cars in Norway in September and October…

Vine, the 6-second video app that has exploded in popularity since its launch earlier this year is a great app for iOS and Android, but one place that is missing out on Vine is the web. Currently there is no official Vine web version, so one frustrated…

There’s an undeniable sense of unease and lack of trust on the Internet these days, ever since the NSA’s PRISM surveillance program came to light earlier this year. To some, the idea that the government could or would be monitoring what we thought…

Facebook has been involved with video for a long while, but the social network isn’t necessarily known for it. Desktop videos often go up on YouTube and mobile videos tend to find homes on either Vine or Instagram. But a change quietly rolled out…

In the latest in a long list of travesties carried out by the US government in the Megaupload case, apparently it went to the US court handling the case, and without letting Megaupload know, got an ex parte order allowing the government to share evidence…

Trade ministers from the United States and 11 other countries opened talks on Saturday in an attempt to meet a US deadline to forge a trans-Pacific trade pact before the end of the year. However, analysts said an agreement on the proposed Trans-Pacific…

Commerce ministers capped days of hard negotiations Saturday by approving a WTO agreement on international commerce they hailed as a “historic” boost for the trade body. The agreement falls far short of the World Trade Organization’s lofty but elusive…

New Transportation market report from Business Monitor International: “Nigeria Shipping Report Q1 2014” Boston, MA — (SBWIRE) — 12/06/2013 — The short- and medium-term picture for the Nigerian shipping sector appears rosy, with the country’s five…

I’ve been a supporter of Spotify for quite some time now, but one thing that has always caught me a more than a little off guard has been the strange way Spotify has supported mobile devices, such as smartphones and tablets. Essentially, Spotify has…

Apple has been known to sell what they like to call “Docks” for their mobile products, but Apple’s lineup of Dock products have thus far been fairly limited in scope – usually nothing more than a simple connector for charging and a port for…

Twitter on Thursday launched a new form of targeted advertising, allowing companies to deliver “promoted tweets” to customers who show interest in the brand through Web browsing. The new service called “tailored audiences,” is now available globally…

The discovery of some two million stolen online passwords this week prompted fresh warnings from security researchers to strengthen protection from hackers. US-based security firm Trustwave said it located the stolen credentials on a server in the Netherlands…

Alan Mulally, the current CEO of Ford Motor Company, who was up for consideration to take over the position of Microsoft’s new CEO, has been taken out of contention for Steve Ballmer’s soon-to-be-old job. According to a Bloomberg report, the car…

After much requesting on the part of the user, Google today delivered a long-awaited feature for both Gmail and Google Calendar: the ability to export and download your data. This will allow users to personally archive their important emails and events…

ANNAPOLIS, Md., Dec. 5, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — American Capital Energy & Infrastructure (“ACEI”) announced today that it has committed to invest up to $130 million in Azura Power Holdings Ltd. (“Azura”), the company responsible for developing the Azura…

US auto giant General Motors said on Thursday it would largely withdraw its Chevrolet brand from the European market by 2016, citing the “difficult economic situation” on the continent. GM instead plans to concentrate on marketing its German-made Opel…

South Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries has floated a tanker-shaped vessel tagged as the world’s largest “floating facility” with a length greater than the height of the Empire State Building. A Samsung spokeswoman said Thursday that the floating…

A new piece in the New York Times today features an interview with Google’s Andy Rubin (no relation), the former head of the company’s Android division. Since stepping down from that role, Rubin has decided to go after the mobile operating system…

Dec. 5 (Bloomberg) — As Nigeria’s economy grows — 6 percent this year — so does the wealth of some of it’s citizens. The wealthy few no longer have to shop abroad for their luxury staples because those brands are setting up shop in the African country…

If you were anxiously anticipating the arrival of YouTube’s rumored subscription music service, well, we’ve got some gloomy Google news: it won’t be launching this year as planned. It’s now slated for release next year. YouTube, one of the world…