The Switch: There’s a battle brewing between Uber and Google. Here’s why Google will win.

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There’s a battle brewing between Uber and Google. Here’s why Google will win. Racing to win the future of transportation, two companies appear to be heading for a pretty big crash: Google and Uber.Both firms appear to be crossing into each other's territory. Uber on Monday announced a partnership with Carnegie Mellon that could enable it to get into driverless cars -- a major project in development at Google. And Bloomberg reported that Google is preparing its own ride-hailing service. Both bits of news raised eyebrows in Silicon Valley because Google is a big investor in Uber and one of its top executives sits on the ride-sharing company's board of directors.  Read full article »

Innovations: The story behind the viral BBC video of Auschwitz that was shot with a drone

A BBC video of Auschwitz released a week ago has received over 5 million views on YouTube, making it the most-viewed BBC News video ever on the platform. Two BBC producers spent a morning at Auschwitz in late January shooting the footage with a drone, which delivered a unique perspective the world hasn’t seen since the World War II prison camp was liberated 70 years ago.  Read full article »

Zirx wants you to hand over your keys and let their agents park for you

Most of us can probably agree that finding a parking spot is one of life's little tortures. I don't have a car myself, but I am an inveterate ride-moocher and know all too well how much drivers resent the minutes they spend circling the block.  Read full article »

Innovations: Why we should all hope to get bitten by a GMO mosquito

If you’re one of those people terrified by the prospect of GMOs in your food supply, you’ll likely be even more terrified by a planned experiment in the Florida Keys: releasing millions of GMO mosquitoes near a residential neighborhood to neutralize particularly nasty strains of two potentially deadly tropical diseases — dengue and chikungunya — that are growing threats in the United States.  Read full article »

The Switchboard: Google reportedly wants to compete with Uber

Published every weekday, the Switchboard is your morning helping of hand-picked stories from the Switch team.Google is developing its own Uber competitor Bloomberg reports: “Google is preparing to offer its own ride-hailing service, most likely in conjunction with its long-in-development driverless car project.”  Read full article »

What Amazon’s learned from a decade of Prime

It's been a decade since Amazon introduced its Prime service, which waives fees for two-day shipping and includes perks such as access to Amazon's streaming video library -- for $99 per year. When Amazon first announced Prime in a 2005 earnings call, skeptics wondered how the company would make the then-$79 annual fee palatable to consumers -- and how it was going to foot the bill if the program caught on.  Read full article »

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