microsoft hohm Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Mon, 04 Jul 2011 11:09:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Microsoft Hohm and Google PowerMeter Closing Their Power Saving Services https://www.greenoptimistic.com/hohm-powermeter-close-20110704/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/hohm-powermeter-close-20110704/#respond Mon, 04 Jul 2011 11:09:24 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=19354 It looks like the world doesn't care much about saving electricity, when gasoline is way more expensive and companies like Google or Microsoft are even thinking of charging their users for saving that power. The conclusion: Microsoft and Google have both decided that it's time to end their Hohm and Power Meter services, reasoning that they didn't have much success on the market, even if offered as free.

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/hohm-powermeter-close-20110704/feed/ 0 19354 Microsoft Will Control Your Home's Power Savings Through WiFi-enabled Meter and Their Hohm Service https://www.greenoptimistic.com/microsoft-control-homes-power-savings-wifienabled-meter-hohm-service-20100729/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/microsoft-control-homes-power-savings-wifienabled-meter-hohm-service-20100729/#comments Thu, 29 Jul 2010 07:54:25 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=8854 Partnerships are essential in today's world, as one can no longer do everything - not even Microsoft. They joined a partnership with Blue Line Innovations, a company who sells electricity meters with WiFi network capabilities. These meters will connect to Microsoft's Hohm, a free online service telling the users how much electricity they consume and when.

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