



Yahoo’s fervent pitch to mobile developers: a rich cut on ads running inside their apps. It's getting some encouragement from the prime minister. But Facebook’s evangelism of open source networking gear is making businesses rethink their own approach.Ĭisco CEO John Chambers says “mais oui” with $100 million commitment to French startups. Last year, HP’s proprietary products generated $2.6 billion. A key partner in HP's endeavor: Cumulus Networks, also a partner to Dell for a similar solution. Like Cisco, the company faces fierce competition from lower-cost competitors using commodity hardware and software-defined networking to reduce corporate data center costs. HP goes open source with latest network switches. I’ll be back next Monday with an update from Cloudera CEO Tom Reilly, with whom I chatted last night.

The commission says in an overview document that "current regulatory requirements governing fuel economy standards and vehicle safety fail to reflect the transformation occurring in powertrains, autonomy, and models of mobility.Forward this newsletter to technophiles, and tell them to sign up! Miss one? Here’s an archive of past editions. Regulators are hiking fuel efficiency requirements, while California and many European countries want to end new gasoline-powered passenger vehicle sales by 2035. Governments, including the United States, have struggled to adopt regulations to allow for wide-scale adoption of next-generation transportation like self-driving cars amid safety concerns. "Progress can only continue if we modernize the way policy and regulation work," Hackett said. The commission will be co-chaired by Jared Cohon, president emeritus of Carnegie Mellon University, former Ford Motor CEO Jim Hackett and Transdev Group CEO Thierry Mallet. The World Health Organization estimates 1.35 million people die and 20 to 50 million are injured annually in vehicle crashes. "Let's bring everybody together to talk about how do we want the movement of people and goods to actually work," Malek said in an interview.Īutonomous cars and delivery trucks, package-carrying drones, air taxis, connected vehicles and Hyperloop systems are among transit advances that could revolutionize travel.
