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LinkedIn looking at bots and online schooling as the next frontier
LinkedIn Corp. wants to go to the next phase of networking by introducing bots to help make connections easier for both individuals and enterprises. The company announced yesterday three big updates: a new desktop design, an Interest Feed for relevant news pertaining …
We just can’t stream enough: How Netflix is killing traditional television
To think Netflix started off as a DVD mail order business, a bright idea catalyzed in co-founder Reed Hastings’ mind after apparently amassing a $40 late fine at the video store from misplacing Apollo 13. As we pointed out here not so …
Microsoft, Google, Yahoo agree to block sex-selective abortion ads in India
In India aborting a fetus due to its gender has for a long time now been practiced, and while anomalous, it was widespread enough for the Indian government in 1994 to create the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques Act (PCPNDT). The act …
Wild ride ahead for autonomous vehicles, says Lyft’s John Zimmer
“We’ve built our communities entirely around cars,” says Lyft Inc. President John Zimmer in a detailed article just released for Medium. He points to the fact that the average car spends 96 percent of its life parked, relating to reports that state our …
Ford explains its slow development of autonomous cars: ‘Don’t confuse activity for progress’
The year 2021, Ford Motor Co. Chief Executive Officer Mark Fields announced earlier this year, is when the company will be “mass producing vehicles with full autonomy,” in a ride-hailing or ride-sharing service. Fields expects these cars to hit the consumer market by 2025. …
Adblock Plus is now dictating the business of online advertising
To be or not to be is evidently not a position that Adblock Plus, the internet’s self-proclaimed heroic ad-blocking machine, feels too concerned with. While the German-made content-filtering browser extension may be essentially in the business of blocking ads, it’s also just lately come …
Get rid of data caps, says Netflix, as video streaming surpasses TV viewing
The average American Joe watches more television than any other average Joe on the planet. According to one article in The Economist, Americans held the “couch potato crown” as far back as 2005, out-watching the rest of the world by a long way. And …
Tesla’s updated self-driving system could have prevented death, says Elon Musk
Tesla Motors Inc. Chief Executive Elon Musk says a new software update to the car’s autopilot system could have prevented a fatal accident that happened last year. While preliminary reports suggest the driver, Joshua Brown, may have been partly to blame, an …
Landmark in human history: Drone drops burritos on U.S. university
First came the Burrito Bomber back in the winter of 2012 – more a research experiment than a viable food delivery option – and people asked if ever a day would come when our beloved soft-shell, goodness-packed burritos would be falling into our …