Yet even in the midst of the spring selloff in telecom, media and technology shares, there was little rotation into the perceived safety of big industrials.
The U.S. Department of Energy has approved billions of dollars to technology developers such as Silver Spring and a bunch of utilities to test and deploy smart grid technologies across the country.
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He says Jobs already believed back then, in the spring of 2010, that the A.I. technology found in Siri would be the backbone of the next generation of the web.
"To help VIZIO PC users unlock the ideal interactive Windows 8 experience, we have integrated touchscreen functionality across our entire spring PC line-up, " said Matt McRae, Chief Technology Officer, VIZIO.
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The state's Department of Information Services (DIS) this spring conducted a series of internal Webcasts to determine whether Internet video technology is feasible and, if so, for what purposes it would best be suited, said Clare Donohue, the chief deputy director at DIS and the moderator of two of the Webcasts.
Other technology IPOs so far this year: Professional Diversity Network, Silver Spring Networks and Xoom.
The meeting also covered topics which the EU-US largely agree on - including worries about Iran's nuclear programme, efforts to increase clean energy technology and avoid climate change, as well as supporting democracy after the Arab Spring.
Similarly, the Arab Spring seems to have been triggered by another series of radical changes in society, from technology and iPhones to food shortages to the beginnings of the rise of a middle class in these societies, that have coalesced into widespread revolt and dissatisfaction with ruling governments.
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Announced in October 2012, 3net Studios - based at both Sony Pictures headquarters in Los Angeles, CA and Discovery Communications headquarters in Silver Spring, MD - employs a team of creative personnel, utilizing the world-class technology and production expertise of the parent company's joint venture partners to produce the highest quality native 3D and 4K content available.
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But Prof Partha Mitra, a neuroscientist at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, New York state, says we need to be aware of the limitations of the technology in use.
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Just two technology firms have held initial public offerings this year: "smart grid" energy company Silver Spring Networks Inc. last week and social network Professional Diversity Network LLC the week before.
Hong Kong also sports the most convenient airport in Asia and the up-to-date tech zones Cyberport and Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks, though both have taken a while to catch on even as new hang-outs spring up in more central locations such as Cocoon.
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