BMW’s Hydrogen 7 made its debut at the Los Angeles Auto Show. I got to speak with Bill Scully when I saw him at the Chicago Auto Show. Scully is a BMW product specialist. Based on BMW’s 7 series and [See the full post…]

Sea Change Investment Fund invests in progressive companies that promote market access to seafood from environmentally-preferable sources. Here, we hear why Sea Change switched to Google Apps to integrate its communication and workflow. Related Stories: GoogleApps

Thousands of people in the videogame industry are expected to meet in San Francisco this week for the Game Developers Conference. The five-day event will feature keynote speeches, workshop sessions and panel discussions. Companies including Sony, Intel and Microsoft are [See the full post…]

Utility computing is not a new concept, but the technologies that make it viable are finally maturing. Properly deployed, utility computing can increase server utilization rates, reduce the requirement to build overcapacity and lower operating costs. This podcast identifies key [See the full post…]

Shannon Clark gives Jeremiah Owyang time for a quick interview around mobile identity technology. Shannon helps to shed light on the multiple uses of the term “Identity” in the mobile space, and discusses how security validation will be critical.

In our first exploration into scooters, I spoke with Jim Plagenhoef, director of North American sales for Vectrix Corporation, a Newport, R.I.-based company soon to launch their two-wheeled, all-electric vehicle, the Maxi-Scooter. Capable of a near 70-mile range and a [See the full post…]

Peter Fusaro, chairman of Global Change Associates, gives his thoughts on the new green business model that is emerging at the Clean Tech Venture Network Conference in San Francisco.

Matt Douglas, founder of MyPunchBowl.com, which is a great way to send out invites and help plan your next party or event, demonstrates what makes MyPunchBowl better than others. Maryam jumps in at the end to give her two cents [See the full post…]

We sit down with Matt Douglas to find out about the “evite” space that his MyPunchBowl.com resides in. Tomorrow morning they are shipping a new version — come back and check out its new features.

This podcast is our second with Venu Venugopal, vice president of solutions marketing at CA. In today’s IT environment your operations group can be deluged with event storms, numerous false positives, and a “sea of red” on their consoles. An [See the full post…]

Salesforce.com Chairman and CEO Marc Benioff talks about Google Apps. Marc Benioff Photo Credit: Peter Kaminski, via Creative Commons Related Stories: GoogleApps

On the ground at the Clean Tech Venture Network Conference in San Francisco, venture capitalists, green business leaders and entrepreneurs — among other influential voices — discuss the technological, economic, social and political forces driving and influencing the clean tech [See the full post…]

Google CEO Eric Schmidt and Vice President of Engineering Douglas Merrill talk about migrating to Google Apps. Related Stories: GoogleApps

My thanks to Sherry Boshert for fitting me into her busy schedule of speaking engagements, and meeting me for lunch to talk about her new book. Author of Plug-In Hybrids, The Cars That Will Re-Charge America, Sherry is known as [See the full post…]

Eric Chin, partner at Bay Partners, takes time out from DEMO networking to talk with Charles Beeler. Chin and Bay Partners may not have had any investments on display this time, but at the Fall conference, they were the talk [See the full post…]

Before he handed off the microphone to Charles Beeler, PodTech Founder and CEO John Furrier spoke with Beeler about life at El Dorado Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm, located in the heart of Silicon Valley VC territory, on famous [See the full post…]

Hany Nada, from Granite Global Ventures, talks about the expansion-stage firm’s interests at DEMO 07, and their track record in China.

This year, like movie fans around the world, Lucy Gray watched the Academy Awards with friends. Her group of friends that night included nine-time Oscar nominee (and three-time winner) Walter Murch. Murch is a film editor whose professional credits include [See the full post…]

Andy Beal is one of the leading search engine optimization experts. In this conversation, he discusses how best to implement an SEO program in marketing. Beal says that, for the all-important Google search engine to find it as quickly as [See the full post…]

Mobile technology isn’t just cool; it’s essential for today’s small business. Our experts separate the hype from the hard truth when it comes to getting business done securely on the road. Join Anita Campbell, founder of Small Business Trends and [See the full post…]

Here it is, as promised a second song by The Bloody Hollies. This song is from their new album available on Alive Records “Who to Trust, Who to Kill, Who to Love” (here’s a bonus — you can get a [See the full post…]

I sit down with Dan Cohen, CEO of Pageflakes, who tells me about his company’s efforts to become your startup page.

Here Dan Cohen, CEO of Pageflakes, demonstrates his new service, which makes a killer start page.

Here at the NextGear we normally don’t cover auto racing, but when two legends met at the Chicago Auto Show, we couldn’t let the opportunity pass by. Ron Fellows is a racing legend, having begun his professioanl racing career in [See the full post…]

Dean Haglund has always been a geek, even before it was cool. So maybe it was art, imitating life, when for 9 years he played ‘Langly’ on the X-Files. Today, in addition to being an actor, he’s also an inventor [See the full post…]