Your Last Facebook Update From The Grave - My Webwill Launches Globally

As a Finnish modern saying goes, "Life is man's prime time" - but it is sure to end some day, and more and more of our identity will remain alive in the digital online world after we are gone. Managing all your services can already be a daunting task for you yourself when alive, let alone for anyone else looking after your heritage after your earthly journey, be they a spouse, a relative, or a friend. Furthermore, they don't know how you would like your digital identities and remaining traces online to continue, nor have the means to access the services.

Swedish web startup My Webwill has addressed this problem by creating a secure online service that lets you decide how your online Internet presence should look like after your death, shutting down your online identities, or handing them over to friends and family. The service has just launched globally, after a couple of month's beta testing in Sweden.

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Ravensoft Green Snapper Rides The Wave Of Green IT

ravensoftDuring this economic cycle, energy efficiency is the name of the game.   2009 Green IT Report released last week by Symantec shows that even 45 % of firms globally are adopting green budgets.  The companies, which can offer energy efficiency solutions with quick paybacks in terms of cost-savings attract customers (and investors) right now. Last Friday, only 18 month energy and environmental management software startup Hara raised USD 6 million from Kleiner Perkins. Energy efficiency technologies can reduce both costs and carbon emissions and also, these technologies are less capital intensive and can be brought to market quite rapidly. ICT and internet industry like Intel, IBM, Cisco and Google  has seized the energy as a significant revenue opportunity for some time. For instance, Google's three step approach to being carbon neutral includes in-house efficiency programs, the actions for producing electricity (cheaper than coal) through renewable energy ( RE<C ) and finally, investments in Carbon Offset projects.  As a part of efficient computing, Google introduces CO2 emissions of some everyday activities and compared them to Google searches (a link).

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