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How the IBM PC Won, Then Lost, the Personal Computer Market

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On 12 August 1981, at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in midtown Manhattan, IBM unveiled the company's entrant into the nascent personal computer market: the IBM PC. The personal computer vastly expanded the number of people and organizations that used computers. Other companies, including Apple and Tandy Corp. IBM CEO Frank T.

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Boeing and Kitty Hawk form strategic partnership on electric urban air mobility

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Boeing and start-up Kitty Hawk Corporation have entered a strategic partnership to collaborate on future efforts to advance safe urban air mobility. Working with a company like Kitty Hawk brings us closer to our goal of safely advancing the future of mobility. Kitty Hawk Corp., Kitty Hawk Corp.,

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BMW Group partners with Dassault Systemes for shared innovations in future engineering – ET Auto

Baua Electric

The two companies have pooled their knowledge and know-how to advance technological innovation in areas including production planning and scheduling, part design and production efficiency. The strategic partnership between Dassault Systemes and BMW Group marks the next phase in their long-term collaboration.

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Mercedes-Benz Vans launches “Startup adVANce” competition for partners for future transport solutions

Green Car Congress

As part of its recently introduced strategic initiative adVANce ( earlier post ), the company is to invest a total of €1 million (US$1.12 Our goal isn’t to generate a vast number of creative ideas which, in a worst case scenario, are just going to end up in a drawer. Personal contacts will be established.

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J.D. Power: Consumer sentiment on future mobility technologies lags far behind automakers plans

Green Car Congress

Consumer confidence in future mobility technologies lags far behind automakers’ plans to bring self-driving and battery-electric vehicles to the marketplace, according to the J.D. Lack of knowledge is a huge roadblock for future adoption. One consumer said, “I like the idea of an electric powered vehicle, but at what cost?

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EV subscription company Autonomy expands California operations to Central Coast region

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Autonomy, the electric vehicle subscription company known for its Tesla Model 3 rental fleet, has announced it has expanded its operations to the Central Coast region of California. The idea was simple: provide a subscription-based program that combines a monthly car payment, insurance, and other applicable fees into one monthly payment.

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The Creepy New Digital Afterlife Industry

Cars That Think

It’s sometime in the near future. Your brother raises the idea of remembering Dad at his best through a startup “digital immortality” program called 4evru. While 4evru is a fictional company, the technology described isn’t far from reality. The chatbot would then talk “as” that person. It’s as if he died all over again.