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...BMW, Daimler, Ford, GM, Honda and Volkswagen are all partnering specialist autonomous car companies, suggesting that the engineering part of the equation is becoming commodified, whereas the service side...
...This is the culmination of almost 10 years of thinking about how technology could improve people’s lives,” said Mr Schmidt....
...Uber, General Motors, Delphi, BMW and others have been conducting testing to reach Level 4, but all of them still keep a human in the driver’s seat....
...Airbnb, Uber and other technology innovators have avoided the cost and scrutiny of public ownership thanks to a surge in the availability of private funding....
...Have brands become America’s conscience?...
...By using computer vision technology and regular cameras instead of expensive sensors such as lidar, Comma hopes to make autonomous technology far cheaper than other systems....
...Blue Origin is developing a methane-powered engine, which requires a different vehicle design and fuelling technology....
...However, even on the sedate streets of Mountain View, Google’s technology does not work flawlessly....
...The North Carolina tech company is accusing Apple of infringing four of its patents and of unfair and deceptive trade practices....
...The engines — powered by methane, a new propellant for US-built engines — will initially power a similar rocket to the Atlas V that ULA powers with Russian-built RD180 engines....
...Freemium v paid: Streaming competition swells YouTube is one of several Spotify competitors bringing streaming services to the market this year....
...“HBO remains in a league of its own.” But the network isn’t standing still....
...Defence lawyers hinge their argument on a leading 1983 Supreme Court decision called Dirks v. SEC....
...Defence lawyers argued a leading 1983 Supreme Court decision called Dirks v. SEC was the guiding principle....
...“Many of these companies have their own showcase events or they are participating at any of the many technology specific trade shows.”...
...But automated driving, once considered science fiction, is rapidly becoming a reality, underscoring how computers are becoming an ever more important part of cars’ technology....
...United States v Apple, Inc et al is more than a US Justice department antitrust action against publishers allegedly colluding on ebook prices....
...The company won $155m in funding from General Atlantic of the US and DST Global, the Russian backer of Facebook, Twitter and Groupon, last year and has a valuation of close to $800m....
...A fleet of 3,000 cars equipped with the technology is to be deployed in a yet-to-be-named US city next year....
...BMW’s family of electric vehicles due out in 2013, code-named “Megacity”, will feature a lightweight carbon-fibre and plastic shell on an aluminium chassis....
...When it refused and offered extended warranties instead, he parked one of his BMWs in front of the dealership and smashed it with a brick. world.view@ft.com...
...An A to V – AppleTV to Vudu – of similar services means ZillionTV has had to be as imaginative with its business model as its hardware in order to stand out from the crowd....
...“Our competitors get into these brand wars like Coke v Pepsi,” says Zimmer at UTA....
...Besides running Oracle, Mr Ellison also spearheads the BMW-Oracle sailing team, which will compete in the upcoming America’s Cup....
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