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Beyond cars: Ford’s emerging Services model takes on all things transportation
Through key investments and acquisitions, the Ford Motor Company is looking for ways to broaden its offering across the entire transportation industry, from van-pooling to bike-sharing and eventually fully autonomous cars. In an attempt to remain viable in an ever-changing automobile industry, Ford’s aim is to be more than an automobile company and make the ...
Regulators embrace self-driving cars, release safety checklist for manufacturers
Self-driving cars are no longer merely a distant utopian dream but are happening right now with top tech giants and automakers all trying to get into the market. Big players in the market include Tesla Motors Inc. and Google while Uber Technologies Inc. started testing its self-driving cars in Pittsburgh last week. Automaker Ford Motor ...
How to use real-time collaboration in iWork apps on iPhone, iPad, Mac
Apple’s latest operating system, macOS Sierra, is now available to the public. In addition to space-saving optimizations, Siri support, and the ability to unlock your Mac with your Apple Watch, Apple also updated its iWork apps with new features including real-time collaboration. Real-time collaboration on Pages, Numbers and Keynotes is currently available in beta. Real-time ...
Opera offers free, built-in VPN service with latest browser update
With the release of its latest browser, Opera Software ASA has included a free built-in virtual private network (VPN) service, among other new features. The Opera VPN has no restrictions on bandwidth; however, the server locations are limited to five countries at this stage. Getting started with Opera’s VPN Make sure you have the latest ...
Google Drive gets smarter with natural language search, autocorrect, more
Google has rolled out various changes to its cloud storage service, Google Drive. The search functionality in Google Drive is now smarter and will also correct your mistakes. While there are also various new features that are frequently requested by Google Drive users. The changes have started rolling out gradually to Google Drive on the ...
Enterprises overspend on BYOD reimbursements by $2.6 billion each year, says report
Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) policies have become increasingly more popular in enterprises as a way to increase productivity, save money, protect information and reduce risk. According to an enterprise employer survey released today from mobile platform and services provider Syntonic, 59 percent of enterprises surveyed has a BYOD policy, with 69 percent actively reimbursing ...
ARM’s new safety-critical chip takes aim at self-driving cars and surgical robots
U.K.-based ARM Holdings Plc is best known for being a smartphone chipmaker, with its designs used by tech giants like Apple and Samsung. Now the company is entering new unchartered markets with the launch of its Cortex R-52 processor, designed for self-driving cars and surgical robots. ARM was acquired by Japan’s SoftBank Group Corp., earlier ...
Aria for Connected Vehicles allows enterprises to monetize the connected car
Aria Systems Inc., a cloud-based monetization platform, today announced Aria for Connected Vehicles. The cloud-based offering would allow enterprises to monetize connected vehicle services and ultimately generate a recurring income stream. Aria for Connected Vehicles is aimed at IoT-enabled connected cars, heavy equipment, on-demand transportation as a service, telematics, and post-sale or lease add-on services. ...
Waze integrates INRIX data to help you find the best parking spot
Google-owned navigation app Waze has teamed up with transportation data firm INRIX Inc. to make finding parking easier for its users. The new feature will boost Waze’s existing ‘where to park’ feature. The integration with INRIX and its aggregated parking data will allow more accuracy and a better user experience, allowing users to find available ...
IBM Edge 2016: How to watch theCUBE interviews live from Las Vegas | #IBMEdge
IBM Edge 2016 takes place from Monday, Sept. 19 to Thursday, Sept. 22 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas with this year’s event designed to help attendees “outthink the status quo.” The sessions at IBM Edge will cover open innovations for the cloud platform, the future of cognitive business and more. Once a storage-centric event, ...