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POPS Iranian Twitterers Sidestep News Blackout
"Since the election, we have heard reports that users in Iran are having difficulties accessing Facebook," said Barry Schnitt, Facebook spokesman. "This is disappointing, especially at a time when Iranians are turning to the internet as a source of information about the recent election." Judging by tweets since Friday's election, the censorship didn't slow some users down. Many then tweeted to share their tactics. "Iranelection" was the top Twitter trend for the past few days, and a message thread led by "Persiankiwi" appeared to be orchestrating hacker attacks on official Iran websites while firing off updates on developments in the streets. "We are going offline to get a phone free for calling out," Persiankiwi tweeted at midday. "We are also moving location - too long here - is dangerous." A subsequent Persiankiwi tweet reads: "Attacked in streets by mob on motorbikes with batons - firing guns into air - street fires all over town - roads closed."
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POPSNo, Lockheed Martin is Not a Small Business Washington Post front page story goes in depth on a persistent problem: the federal government's tendency to count contracts handed to big corporations as small business set asides. Pair this story together with a profile we did earlier this year on tech distributor World Wide Technology. http://www.forbes.com/businessinthebeltway/2008/03/06/dell-cisco-wwt-biz-wash-cz_atg_0306beltway.html A relatively large company now, WWT initially survived on winning set asides from the Small Business Administration.
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POPSTax Credit Victory for Fuel Cell Biz FuelCell Energy, which makes stationary power generators, notched a Beltway win last week with the long-term extension of a tax credit subsidizing fuel cell tech. We mentioned the company's support of the tax credit in this story: http://www.forbes.com/businessinthebeltway/2007/02/14/sunpower-fuelcell-energy-biz-wash-cz_atg_0214fuelcell.html Unfortunately, our bullish call on FuelCell Energy's stock now doesn't look so great. The stock has lost 24%, a hair ahead of the S&P 500's 25% decline, since our story published.
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POPSU.S. Department of Energy: Six Solar Bets Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Energy gave the nod to six solar companies working on advanced photovoltaic tech. The companies chosen hail from California, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire. Among them: 1366 Technologies, a company we profiled recently here: http://www.forbes.com/businessinthebeltway/2008/08/19/beltway-solar-vanmierlo-biz-wash-cz_atg_0820beltway.html The dollar amounts here are a long way from staggering, and, as the DOE's press release notes, they are "subject to annual appropriations." At the very least, the win fits 1366's explicit strategy of working with public sector.
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POPSForbes Reporters and clipmarkers sidegik just got clued in today that 'forbes technology' was from forbes publishing...and think it is a great idea for any publishers and writers to get exposure, and to co-create at clipmarks...trivia: sidegik's first pop was a biz article...by ejoiner2...
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POPSRIM to buy Palm? Wow, that is big news if it turns out to be true. It would likely be a good thing for both sides.
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