Tag Archives: iphone
Apple to Build 2nd iCloud NC Solar Data Center
Apple has reportedly purchased another 200 acres in North Carolina so that it can build another solar farm to help power its massive iCloud data centre. According to AppleInsider.com, details of the $3 million land deal were released recently. Apple will buy nearly 220 total acres in North Carolina’s Catawba County. There are reports that [...]
In Focus: Smarter Parking Management
If you drive in this city, you’ve probably been in one of these two situations: One, too cheap to pay for parking, you go to a side street and take advantage of one-hour free parking. But having stayed a little longer than an hour, you find a $30 ticket on your windshield. Two, en route [...]
Top 9 Green Android Apps
Technology and going green may sound contradictory, but with latest Android apps you actually can go green. All the latest gadgets use the non-renewable source as fuel, whether its cars, washing machines, air conditioners or mobiles. Scientists have realized that the earth needs to be saved, thus they are working hard to create the concept [...]
In Focus: Solar Cell Phones in India
India has the fastest growing market of mobile phones, with the second largest number of subscribers in the world. There are more mobile phones in India than toilets, and phones have reached the poorest sections of the society. The low call rate charges and the cheap price of phones has made it affordable to even [...]
The 8 Best Energy Monitoring Apps
It is plainly obvious that, in order to begin to cut back on your energy consumption, you must first be aware of how, when and where you are using that energy. Once that data is in the hands of the consumer, it is proven that power use can be reduced significantly. Here are eight apps [...]
The eco-amp iPhone Speaker Made from Recycled Paper
The eco-amp portable iPhone speaker by eco-made is sustainable and is made of entirely FSC certified recycle fibers which are already used. The amplifier works in the same way in which the old gramophones used to do in the past. A horn, which is articulated, amplifies the sound which comes from a source which is [...]
In Focus: Green Button Apps
A tsunami of Green Button applications is coming to an iPad, Android phone or computer near you, if you happen to be one of the 30 million or so Americans who has a utility that supports the Green Button initiative. The Green Button, which was announced last fall, is a feature that allows residential and [...]
The Acoustic iPhone Speaker Dock
Very few of us may have fond memories of those antediluvian metallic horns nonchalantly jutting out of our equally quaint gramophones. However, those delectable goosenecks are still not out of vogue, at least when it comes to the Acoustic iPhone Speaker Dock. Designed by Ryan Boase, this musical system fascinatingly fuses the reminiscing essence of [...]
SunPower’s iPhone App
Have you heard of SunPower’s Monitoring System? If you haven’t, you could be in for a treat. The following is a brief description of their system from their website: “The SunPower® Monitoring System is a web-enabled energy dashboard that offers homeowners easy access to view their home’s energy consumption and solar energy production in real-time. [...]