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Apple Gains, Samsung Drops in Green Rankings*
Posted by Ed Valdez
Wed, Nov 16
After jumping five spots in the 2011 Greenpeace Guide to Greener Electronics, Apple now ranks as the 2nd greenest smartphone manufacturer. Nokia holds a narrow margin to retain the #1 ranking as the greenest smartphone manufacturer among...
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Apple vs. Samsung: Battle of the Green Giants*
Posted by Ed Valdez
Thu, Nov 10
Welcome ladies and gentleman to the green battle of the year. In this corner earning $133 bil./yr. originating from South Korea is Samsung (revenue source: Fortune Global 500). And in the opposing corner is Apple, born and raised in the U...
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WWSJD? The Future of the iAppliance
Posted by Ed Valdez
Fri, Sep 16
WWSJD (What Would Steve Jobs Do?) if he were to develop an iAppliance? It has been the ingenuity of Jobs that has driven Apple stock to appreciate over 60X from the time he was named interim CEO to the time he retired in August. Apple's si...
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Are Smart Appliances Dumbing Down America?
Posted by Ed Valdez
Tue, Sep 13
In the movie Dumb and Dumber, Lloyd (Jim Carrey) trades in his van for a moped and Harry(Jeff Daniels) remarks, "Just when I thought you couldn't possibly be any dumber, you go and do something like this...and totally redeem yourself!" Afte...
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LG Out-ThinQ’s Samsung in Smart Appliances
Posted by Ed Valdez
Fri, Sep 09
Samsung's appliances may be Smart, yet LG's are Smarter. With both presenting their Smart Appliance strategies among 235,000 attendees at IFA's Consumer Electronics Show in Berlin, LG's Smart ThinQTM outperformed Samsung's "Smart Innovation...
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How to Win in Smart Energy: Study Maslow’s Hierarchy
Posted by Ed Valdez
Thu, Aug 25
With the Smart Grid/Energy market expected to exceed $100 billion in sales by 2015, the stakes are huge for those who take a market leadership position. And it's likely that smartphone companies want to have a big piece of the pie. Apple l...
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Samsung's Green Chips Use Half the Energy
Posted by Ed Valdez
Tue, Aug 23
With energy costs being higher than computing costs in corporate data centers, Samsung has developed a new green memory solution that will allow corporate data centers to cut their energy usage in half. By combining Samsung's green DDR3 (do...
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Will Samsung Miss the Next Big Thing?
Posted by Ed Valdez
Fri, Aug 19
According to a recent article in a Korean daily news site, Chosun Ilbo, Samsung missed the first chance to use Android Inc. software which has the largest smartphone OS market share worldwide (Strike 1). In 2004, Android Founder Andy Rubin...
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Samsung, LG Are Racing Fast to Increase Energy Efficiency
Posted by Ed Valdez
Wed, Aug 03
With Korean electricity costs rising nearly 5%, Samsung and LG have created a two-horse race to increase energy efficiency for all consumer electronics (CE) products. What they improve in Korea will change the landscape for all household ap...
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Apple vs. Samsung: Which is a Greener Brand?
Posted by Ed Valdez
Fri, Jul 29
According to Interbrand's new global report, "Best Green Global Brands," Apple has the highest Green Brand ranking of the world's leading smartphone suppliers. Additionally, Apple now ranks as the world's #1 smartphone vendor with 18.5% mar...
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