Super cool Techo: WildCharge Skins Enable Wireless Charging Of iPod, iPhone

From John Laposky at TWICE Magazine

Boulder, Colo. — Wireless power technology supplier WildCharge announced today the availability of WildCharge skins for the iPhone and the iPod Touch, which enable the popular Apple devices to be charged wirelessly.

Multiple devices may be charged simultaneously using WildCharge’s pad and skins.

The skins are protective, form-fitting cases that transfer wire-free power from the Pad to the device inside the skin as soon as it is placed on the pad. The pad and skins deliver full power to multiple devices, allowing them to simultaneously charge together.

“The market is demanding a move towards wire-free charging, and WildCharge is thrilled to answer that call in adding Apple devices to our lineup of commercially available products,” said WildCharge chairman and CEO Dennis Grant.

Qualcomm Helps 211 Give Callers the 411 on Flu, Fires

By NED RANDOLPH – 5/18/2009
San Diego Business Journal Staff

The 211 San Diego assistance line has been up and running for five years, but local residents came face to face with it en masse during the 2007 wildfires that displaced 500,000 people and inundated the nonprofit’s call centers, which logged 120,000 calls in 10 days.

The service went off-line before being rebooted by Qualcomm, which stepped in and offered its information technology staff and data center to get the service going again.