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How the IBM PC Won, Then Lost, the Personal Computer Market

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On 12 August 1981, at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in midtown Manhattan, IBM unveiled the company's entrant into the nascent personal computer market: the IBM PC. The personal computer vastly expanded the number of people and organizations that used computers. engineers were forming hobby clubs to learn about the new machines.

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DEED advertising pays off

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The members of EAA San Joaquin Valley (EAASJV), largely held back from holding in-person events since the chapter’s founding in 2019 due to the pandemic, were determined to make their 2022 Drive Electric Earth Day event a rousing success. We shared ideas on how to do that; personally, I read a book about marketing.”

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New England to become the second coal-free region in the US

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That’s following a settlement between Sierra Club, The Conservation Law Foundation, EPA, and Granite Shore Power. Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Beyond Carbon and the Sierra Club’s Beyond Coal campaign have successfully secured the retirement of 72% of coal-fired power plants in the US – 381 out of 530 plants. Get started here. –ad*

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What Are Zero Emission Day and National Drive Electric Week?

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Wallace came up with the idea to give the earth one day free from fossil fuel emissions. Plug In America, along with the Electric Vehicle Association and the Sierra Club , joined the effort and the first National Plug In Day was held on October 16th, 2011. Attend an online or in-person event. Watch an EV parade.

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NDEW: Profile rising

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At the time of this post, 239 in person and online events were listed as confirmed. NDEW 2022 is presented by the Electric Vehicle Association, Plug in America , Sierra Club , and EVHybridnoire. It was a great idea because so many people go down to the market every weekend.” Platinum sponsors are Nissan and Wells Fargo.

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This Engineer Is Helping to Make India a Global Semiconductor Hub

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Title Head, Renesas -Tata Consultancy Services Joint Innovation Center Member grade Senior member Alma maters Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, in Delhi, India; University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada “The idea is to enable more end-to-end solutions for India as well as other global markets,” he says.

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Interview: Ranjita Ravi, Co-founder, Orxa Energies | Autocar Professional

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The idea with which we started Orxa Energies was that we wanted to build a bike that we wanted to ride. I think that’s very important for any person who is starting out, to say, if they can do it, I can do this too. The startup world is still a bit of a boys’ club. Could you take us through your startup journey?

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