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In Pittsburgh, customers will request cars the normal way, via Uber’s app, and will be paired with a driverless car at random. Trips will be free for the time being, rather than the standard local rate of $1.30 per mile. In the long run, Kalanick says, prices will fall so low that the per-mile cost of travel, even for long trips in rural areas, will be cheaper in a driverless Uber than in a private car. “That could be seen as a threat,” says Volvo Cars CEO Hakan Samuelsson. “We see it as an opportunity.”
Source : Uber’s First Self-Driving Fleet Arrives in Pittsburgh This Month – Bloomberg
Google has used similar tactics for years on its homepage to convince Internet Explorer users to switch to Chrome, and with a search task bar it supplied for IE users to install in their browsers.
Source : Microsoft’s war against Chrome battery life now includes Windows 10 notifications | The Verge
By making videos interactive, we can predict how objects will respond to unknown forces and explore new ways to engage with videos.
Source : Reach in and touch objects in videos with “Interactive Dynamic Video” | MIT CSAIL
We’ll let you know when there’s a saved version of what you’re looking for on the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine.
Source : Firefox Test Pilot
Google has started to increase the fees that it charges for the use of Google Maps, presenting concerns about whether it might raise prices further in future.As Uber prepares to spend $500m on its mapping ambitions, the programme follows earlier investments in mapping that include the acquisition of an imagery collection team from Microsoft’s Bing last June. Last year Uber also acquired deCarta, a mapping company that developed the turn-by-turn directions behind GM’s OnStar software.
Source : Uber to pour $500m into global mapping project – FT.com
This is just our first step in building up the tools to ignite your social life.
Source : Launching Tinder Social – A New Way to Plan Your Night
According to Pirate Bay’s founder, more innovation and decentralization is required. ipfs There are already plenty of new technologies that could make torrent sites more decentralized. Zeronet and IPFS, for example.
Source : Pirate Bay Founder: The ‘Piracy’ Scene Needs Innovation – TorrentFreak
As an entrepreneur, if you have the opportunity to build both Amazon and Alibaba at the same time, you’d be crazy not to try.
Source : Uber China merges with Didi Chuxing – Business Insider