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Watch out Uber and Lyft, Ford’s working on its own ridesharing service

Apr02
by on April 2, 2015 at 3:17 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Gadgets, Insider

Ford is experimenting not just with new models of vehicle and technology inside them but with how people interact with them more widely. The company’s CEO Mark Field has told BuzzFeed that it’s been developing its own ridesharing service. Dynamic Shuttle is an experimental app-based system which would use a fleet of vehicles to pick up and drop off passengers on a route determined by demand. Field says the service is nearing commercial viability and he’s pretty bullish, noting that Ford has both the vehicles and the coding talent to pull it off. If it does roll out Dynamic Shuttle as…

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Twitter has acquired developer collaboration platform TenXer

Apr02
by on April 2, 2015 at 2:46 pm
Posted In: acquisitions, Around the Web, developers, Insider, TenXer, Tools

Twitter has snapped up TenXer, a collaboration platform for developers and engineers. The deal was first reported by VentureBeat, based on an email sent to the startup’s customers by its co-founder and CEO Jeff Ma. He’s since confirmed the news to TechCrunch. The purchase price is rumored to be less than $50 million, but neither side has revealed the specifics. Ma says TenXer will now be shuttered, with its work and team being integrated into Twitter. TenXer describes itself as a tool that “helps engineering leads be better managers” using “the data engineers produce every day (via GitHub, Pivotal, JIRA,…

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When people become data platforms, it changes how we tell stories

Apr02
by on April 2, 2015 at 2:38 pm
Posted In: Analysis and Opinion, Around the Web, Insider, tnweu

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This article is part of a series written by speakers featuring at our upcoming 10th anniversary TNW Conference Europe. Scott Smith is the founder of Changeist, a lab, research tank and consultancy created to identify and make sense of weak signals of change. Sometimes the signals come in threes. On a recent night I found myself reading up on Meerkat, the hot new app of the moment that allows live streams of video to be broadcast via Twitter links, wondering what new use cases will emerge—will it be the new GoPro or another ChatRoulette? Shortly after, I took in a solid Friday night thriller…

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HTC launches One M8s, which is just like the One M8 and One M9 (and pretty similar to the One M7 too)

Apr02
by on April 2, 2015 at 1:25 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Gadgets, Insider, Product Launches

HTC can’t stop milking its core HTC One design, and the latest addition to the ever-growing family is the One M8s. Arriving in the UK this month, the One M8s keeps the same metallic unibody chassis and, aside of a few under-the-bonnet hardware changes, looks just like its predecessors. What it’s essentially aimed at, however, is providing a cheaper price point for potential buyers to get started with the company’s flagship range – previous One handsets, including its One M9, have always been premium devices. Key changes between the HTC One M8 and One M8s include a 13-megapixel camera sensor, rather…

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HTC launches One M8s, which is just like the One M8 and One M9 (and pretty similar to the One M7 too)

Apr02
by on April 2, 2015 at 1:25 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Gadgets, Insider, Product Launches

HTC can’t stop milking its core HTC One design, and the latest addition to the ever-growing family is the One M8s. Arriving in the UK this month, the One M8s keeps the same metallic unibody chassis and, aside of a few under-the-bonnet hardware changes, looks just like its predecessors. What it’s essentially aimed at, however, is providing a cheaper price point for potential buyers to get started with the company’s flagship range – previous One handsets, including its One M9, have always been premium devices. Key changes between the HTC One M8 and One M8s include a 13-megapixel camera sensor, rather…

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