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Musk acknowledges that eventually we’ll not only be able to take our hands off the wheel, but there won’t be a steering wheel to begin with.

"This version doesn’t take into account stop signs and stop lights, but a future version will,"

"The more miles that are driven the better it will get," says Musk. "People should see the car improve with every passing week."

Astute investors like Jorge Paulo Lemann, of 3G Capital, specialise in buying public companies and running them like private ones, with lean staffing and a focus on the long term.

But the most interesting alternative to public companies is a new breed of high-potential startups

The central difference lies in ownership: whereas nobody is sure who owns public companies, startups go to great lengths to define who owns what.

New companies also exploit new technology, which enables them to go global without being big themselves.

They can incorporate online for a few hundred dollars, raise money from crowdsourcing sites such as Kickstarter, hire programmers from Upwork, rent computer-processing power from Amazon, find manufacturers on Alibaba, arrange payments systems at Square, and immediately set about conquering the world.

In the UK, for example, just 1 per cent

But analysts anticipate a further shift as more financial services and greater interactivity are added, which is when mobile payments will become mobile banking.

the mobile phone is taking on extra roles as a place to keep money safe and move it around, as well as to acquire other financial services from trusted providers.

services are quickly expanding to include loan disbursement, bill payment and micro insurance.

In the next few years mobile banking apps will become the predominant means to access all routine banking services, from applying for a loan or overdraft increase to letting the bank know you are moving house

So while we are working closely with digital giants such as Apple, Samsung and Google to roll out their payment services, we’re also working with the banks to create their own payment functionality embedded within their existing hugely popular banking apps

в середине июля о создании «музыкального холдинга патриотической направленности» операторам связи и платного ТВ сообщил замминистра связи Алексей Волин

Операторам рекомендовано распространять музыкально-патриотические телеканалы в составе своих пакетов, включая льготное присутствие в сетях, говорится в документе. Волин сказал, что не помнит о такой встрече

«Я считаю, что на радио и ТВ должно быть больше музыки на русском языке, но не понимаю, зачем коммерческие радиостанции делать государственными и под прикрытием патриотизма разрушать то, что уже создано и хорошо работает, говорит продюсер Иосиф Пригожин.

On the other hand, Yakutin may be a plausible successor to Russian president Vladimir Putin, and the two are said to be close personal friends.

Even if the TEBD never breaks ground, the idea lends itself to all sorts of speculation. You could, in theory, one day make it from the northern tip of Scotland to the southern tip of Chile using a combination of roads and railways.

Netflix isn’t being left in the dust completely, kicking off their original film initiative with “Beasts of No Nation”, which will launch both in theaters and streaming video on October 16th. HBO, Showtime, Netflix and Hulu will still need to compete with each other to retain users in a new “entertainment as a service” landscape where retention is not a given, but an earned currency.

Cable provider Comcast hasn’t felt the heat from the cord-cutting trend, having its second best Q2 in nine years. Comcast is also in an advantageous place as a broadband provider, with 22.3 million total customers in Q2. Good quality video streaming relies on broadband internet, meaning cable providers that offer bundled internet service will still be valuable

AMP aims to ensure that web content loads just as instantly, and looks just as sleek as it would in a native app.

This is about making sure the World Wide Web is not the World Wide Wait

The hope, among publishers, is that faster, cleaner content on the web will drive engagement. Attention spans on the web are short, after all, and there are plenty of other articles to read.

Google is opening this format to all publishers

It will also be interesting to see how Facebook responds to the news

While Facebook is onboarding publishers one by one

But now, more than ever, these platforms are not only determining what news matters to us, they’re determining the best way to present and publish it, as well