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ArticleMicrosoft to acquire LinkedIn
Nadella (l) and Weiner explain the rationale behind the takeover (Photo: YouTube)Microsoft is buying LinkedIn for 26.2 billion dlrs in cash, as the US-based software and IT group continues to expand in new directions.Linkedin, the world's largest business network with more than 400 million members, will operate as a ...
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ArticleT-Systems promotes "zero outage" strategy
T-Systems says zero-outage should become an industry standard (Photo: Telekom)T-Systems wants to turn its "zero-outage" goal into an industry standard, citing the need to make sure IT can be relied upon to help in the digital transformation."All industries are getting ready for a digital future, but providing quality assurance ...
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ArticleGM appoints new global quality chief
Tony Francavilla (Photo: GM)General Motors named Tony Francavilla vice president, global quality, effective immediately.Francavilla, 58, succeeds Grace Lieblein, who retired at the end of last year. He reports directly to CEO Mary Barra.In his new role, Francavilla is tasked with assuring that GM vehicles meet the company's high quality ...
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ArticleNissan joins European EV charging project
The Nissan Leaf was the first mass-market EV. It was launched in 2010Â (Photo: Nissan)Nissan has joined a European Union-backed project to install more charging stations for electric vehicles in Germany and Belgium.The so-called Fast-E program envisions 241 additional charging stations in Germany and 37 in Belgium by the ...
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ArticleToyota to build global connected-car platform with KDDI
Toyota's planned platform will allow international connectivity without roaming (Photo: Toyota)Toyota Motor, with the help of Japanese telecommunications operator KDDI, plans to build a global communications platform that it hopes will speed up the deployment of connected-car technologies.The platform will bring greater connectivity to Toyota and Lexus cars around ...
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ArticleContinental, Toshiba, Hyundai Mobis join open-source connected car project
Automotive suppliers Continental and Hyundai Mobis, electronics group Toshiba and several other companies have joined Automotive Grade Linux (AGL), a project that aims to develop an open-source, Linux-based platform for connected cars.Earlier this year, AGL announced a new set of codes designed specifically for the automotive industry. The new Linux ...
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ArticleIHS forecast: 21 million autonomous vehicle sales by 2035
Ford, like most carmakers, is road-testing driverless cars (Photo: Ford)Market researchers IHS Automotive have significantly increased their forecast for autonomous-vehicle sales, as automakers and suppliers invest heavily in advanced driver-assistance systems.IHS expects sales of nearly 21 million autonomous vehicles worldwide by 2035, a sharp increase from about 600,000 in ...
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Articlecar2go cites high initial registrations in China
car2go's strong start in China shows the market's potential (Photo: car2go)car2go said it had registered 78,000 new customers after starting operations in Chongqing, China, two months ago.The German car-sharing company, which is part of the Daimler Group, said more than 40,000 people checked out one of its cars in ...
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ArticleTruck maker MAN makes investment in Silicon Valley start-up
As part of VW's digitization strategy, all  new MAN trucks will be online from 2017 (Photo: MAN)MAN is investing 8.5 million dlrs in a Silicon Valley start-up to improve cargo planning for trucking companies.The German truckmaker, which is part of the Volkswagen Group, said the move will give ...
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ArticleIn Michigan, a push to be the global mobility innovation leader
Michigan's Snyder (l) visits the Ford stand at the 2016 Detroit Auto Show (Photo: Ford)Michigan Governor Rick Snyder has launched a campaign to make  his state the global leader in mobility innovation,The campaign, called “Planet M,” is designed to attract fresh business investment to a state that has ...
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ArticleGM China shows V2X technology
GM will work with other organizations to speed up V2X implementation (Photo: GM)General Motors China is moving closer to bringing its latest connected-vehicle (V2X) technology to the world's biggest car market.The US carmaker said it had for the first time demonstrated V2X technologies such as intersection collision alert and ...
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ArticleStudy: German managers confident of digital skills
Study finds that German companies aren't yet ready for digital era (Photo: E&Y)Senior German managers are highly confident that they have the digital skills to adapt their companies to a new era of digitized business processes. But many of their staff have a different opinion.According to a poll conducted ...
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ArticleMercedes E-Class to feature Inrix parking information
Inrix specializes in connected-car services such as parking information (Photo: Inrix)Inrix said its off-street parking information will be available on the new Mercedes-Benz E-Class.The US-based company, which provides traffic data and other relevant information for car drivers, said its "Off-Street Parking" services offers routes to the  closest garage ...
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ArticlePoint of view: Germany's futile attempt to get EV sales going
Hilmar Dunker (Photo: Claus Dick)The German government is sticking to its goal to have 1 million electric vehicles on the road by 2020. But a study by Brunswick University in northern Germany finds that a recently announced 5,000 euro subsidy for private car buyers won't do enough to bring ...
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ArticleStudy: Strong growth for German IT consultants
Photo: AccentureGerman IT service providers, which posted strong growth in 2015, expect to see the upward trend in business continue in 2016 and beyond.An annual study on the state of the German market for IT consultancy and services found that the 95 biggest IT service providers in the country ...
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ArticleAt Porsche, a move into digital mobility
Porsche will develop products that go beyond the making of sports cars (Photo: Porsche)Porsche is broadening its business goals from merely building premium sports cars to becoming a "leading provider of digital mobility solutions in the premium automotive segment."The company said its supervisory board has approved the foundation of ...
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ArticleToyota and VW join ride-sharing trend
Toyota Motor and Volkswagen Group both announced ride-sharing moves, joining an auto-industry trend away from pure car-making toward broader mobility concepts.Toyota, the world’s biggest automaker, said it had signed a memorandum of understanding with Uber that foresees ride-sharing trials in countries where this mode of transportation is expanding.As part of ...
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ArticleAt HP, a new corporate venture unit
HP predicts 3D printing will become mainstream by 2022 (Photo: HP inc.)HP Inc. has launched a corporate venture unit that will support early-stage companies with promising new technologies.The California-based computer hardware group also announced it had developed a production-ready 3D printing system.HP Tech Ventures will make strategic investments in ...
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ArticleVW steps up R&D efforts in artificial intelligence
DFKI research covers a range of new technologies (Photo: DFKI)Volkswagen, acknowledging the growing automotive importance of machine learning, has acquired a stake in the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI).“Artificial intelligence (AI) is a key technology for autonomous driving and therefore an investment in our future,” VW Group ...
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ArticleDaimler to invest in IT, appoint chief digital officer
Daimler is focusing more efforts on the digital changes in the car industry (Photo: Daimler)Daimler plans to invest 100 million euros in information technology in the next three years, as the premium car group steps up cross-company digitalization efforts.As part of the company's "100/100" project, Daimler will spend an ...
