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Google's self-driving car head says after 1.7M miles, just 11 minor accidents have resulted, none Google's fault — The View from the Front Seat of the Google Self-Driving Car — After 1.7 million miles we've learned a lot—not just about our system but how humans drive, too.
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| Justin Pritchard / Associated Press: |
Of nearly 50 self-driving vehicles tested on public roads in California since September, three Google cars and one Delphi car were involved in minor accidents — AP Exclusive: Self-driving cars getting dinged in California — 3 photos — LOS ANGELES (AP) — Four of the nearly 50 self-driving cars …
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| Tad Friend / New Yorker: |
A profile of Marc Andreessen and Andreessen Horowitz — Tomorrow's Advance Man — Marc Andreessen's plan to win the future. At his firm, Andreessen Horowitz, the venture capitalist routinely lays out “what will happen in the next ten, twenty, thirty years.”
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Thanks:@waqasaday| Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Land: |
After Several Public Google Maps Hacks, Google Forced To Suspend Map Maker To Prevent More Fake Edits — Google has temporarily suspended Google Map Maker, a service to allow the community to make edits to Google Maps similar to how Wikipedia edits work. The reason the service was suspended …
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| Peter Kafka / Re/code: |
Warner Music Says Streaming Revenue Has Passed Downloads — Here's another sign that the music industry has shifted from selling songs to selling subscriptions: Warner Music Group says that last quarter, streaming music revenue passed revenue from selling downloads.
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White House names Princeton Computer Science professor, tech policy expert, and activist Ed Felten Deputy US Chief Technology Officer — The White House Names Dr. Ed Felten as Deputy U.S. Chief Technology Officer — We are excited to announce that Dr. Ed Felten is joining the White House Office …
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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
iOS slips to 72% enterprise share in Q1 2015, Android hits 26%, and Windows Phone stays flat at 1% — Entering into 2015, Apple continues to rule the mobile enterprise space. iOS lost just 1 percentage point over the past quarter, dipping to 72 percent of global device activations in Q1 2015.| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
NYT Now releases version 2.0, removes $7.99 monthly subscription, will monetize through ads instead — News Digest App “NYT Now” Drops Subscription Pricing, Offers Brand Sponsorships Instead — The New York Times said today it's ditching the paid subscription model for its mobile app NYT Now … | Martin Beck / Marketing Land: |
TweetDeck Adds Tweet Confirmation To Help Prevent Social Media Misfires — Optional extra step should help social media professionals avoid accidental tweets to the wrong account. — It's a social media pro's worst nightmare: posting a personal tweet on a brand account.
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| Shannon Pettypiece / Bloomberg Business: |
Report: Cyber attacks costs US healthcare system $6B annually; nearly 90% of healthcare providers were hit by breaches in the past two years — Rising Cyber Attacks Costing Health System $6 Billion Annually — A rise in cyber attacks against doctors and hospitals is costing …
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| Teppei Kasai / Reuters: |
SoftBank names Nikesh Arora president and Son's likely successor — Japan's SoftBank Corp unveiled a management reshuffle on Monday, appointing investments head Nikesh Arora as president and naming him as a potential successor to CEO Masayoshi Son, as the telecoms conglomerate steps up its overseas expansion.
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| Peter Bright / Ars Technica: |
All about Microsoft's Edge Browser: Extensions, high performance asm.js, and no more ActiveX — And no chance of open source any time soon. — Microsoft has spent the past few days talking about the new browser formerly known as Project Spartan: what it will do, what it won't do, and what it won't do yet but will do soon.Sponsor Posts
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