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101 Sales, Marketing & Management Ideas
Aug 17 2015 // Fellow agents, Insurance Journal readers, experts, educators, marketing professionals, along with Theodore Roosevelt, Steve Jobs, Zig Ziglar, CNBC’s Kelly Evans, Harvard Business Review and Fortune magazine have been...
How Google Is Becoming 21st Century Berkshire Hathaway
Aug 10 2015 // Google Inc. Chief Executive Officer Larry Page speaks affectionately of fellow billionaire Warren Buffett’s approach to business. With the decision to restructure the Internet-search giant, Page is putting...
Facebook’s Facial Recognition Software Draws Privacy Complaints, Lawsuit
Jul 30 2015 // When you are identified in a picture on Facebook, biometric software remembers your face so it can be “tagged” in other photographs. Facebook Inc. says this enhances the user experience. But privacy advocates...
Tech Firms Collaborating to Make Drone Air Traffic Safe
Jul 28 2015 // Google Inc., the company that brought order to the Internet, has set its sights on doing the same for the flocks of commercial drones expected to someday clog the skies. The search-engine pioneer is joining some of the...
M City: Where All Cars Are Driverless
Jul 21 2015 // A simulated city opened Monday on the north campus of the University of Michigan to test how self-driving cars will travel in the future without mowing down pedestrians or causing colossal crashes. “We had the...
Automakers Seek to Limit Data Sharing with Tech Partners
Jul 20 2015 // Carmakers are limiting the data they share with technology partners Apple Inc. and Google Inc. through new systems that link smartphones to vehicle infotainment systems, defending access to information about what drivers...
How the Insurance Industry Is Using Google Glass
Jul 20 2015 // Improved customer service may be just one benefit insurers could see by using Google Glass in their operations. Michael Clifton, vice president of Insurance for Cognizant, described some of the benefits in the...
Google Driverless Car Hit from Behind, Again
Jul 17 2015 // A Google Inc. driverless car was involved in the fleet’s first collision to result in injury. One of Google’s vehicles braked during a green light because of congestion, and the car behind hit it at 17 mph and...
California Judge Rejects Lawsuit Claiming Google Privacy Violations
Jul 16 2015 // Google Inc. users were blocked from suing over alleged privacy violations by a judge who said they failed to show any of their information had been disclosed. It was the fourth time U.S. Magistrate Judge Paul Grewal...
Auto Makers Seek to Limit Data Sharing with Tech Partners
Jul 10 2015 // Carmakers are limiting the data they share with technology partners Apple Inc and Google Inc through new systems that link smartphones to vehicle infotainment systems, defending access to information about what drivers do...
Google Tests Driverless Cars in Texas City
Jul 8 2015 // Google Inc. has selected Texas as the latest testing site for its self-driving car project, the company announced Tuesday. A modified Lexus SUV has already been seen on Austin roads, with safety drivers on board, according...
Google Offering Railroad Crossings Alerts for Drivers
Jun 29 2015 // Google will add audio and visual alerts to warn drivers about upcoming railroad crossings on Google’s navigation system, the U.S. Federal Railroad Administration announced on Monday. The agency also asked four other...
Two Self-Driving Cars Avoid Collision, Says Passenger
Jun 26 2015 // Two self-driving prototype cars, one operated by Google Inc. and the other by Delphi Automotive Plc, had a close call on a Silicon Valley street earlier this week, a Delphi executive told Reuters on Thursday. It was...
USAA Piloting Auto Insurance Quotes in California Through Google Compare
Jun 23 2015 // California drivers shopping for auto insurance online can now receive USAA rate quotes and coverage information in their Google search results through the Google Compare service that debuted in March 2015. USAA is piloting...
Ethics of Self-Driving Cars: Should They Kill Driver to Save Others?
Jun 16 2015 // Imagine being in charge of the switch on a trolley track. The express is due any minute; but as you glance down the line you see a school bus, filled with children, stalled at the level crossing. No problem; that’s...
Google Receives Patent on Drones for Emergency Medical Services
Jun 15 2015 // Google Inc. received a patent on the use of drones to provide emergency medical service. Patent 9,051,043, issued June 9, covers the use of unmanned aerial vehicles to provide emergency medical support. Google said the...
Smart Cars Don’t Eliminate Human Errors
Jun 11 2015 // As companies such as Google Inc., Mercedes- Benz and Volvo Cars race to develop vehicles that are smart enough to drive themselves, even the most sophisticated systems will sometimes be no match for human error. In a...
Google to Issue Monthly Reports on Self-Driving Car Accidents
Jun 8 2015 // Google Inc. said it would give monthly updates of accidents involving its driverless cars. The report for May showed Google cars had been involved in 12 accidents since the company first began testing its self-driving cars...
Google Suspects Movie Studios Conspired with Mississippi Attorney General
Jun 3 2015 // Google Inc. has asked a federal judge to require three major movie studios to comply with subpoenas it believes may help show they conspired with Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood as he investigated the Internet search...
Google Drone Prototype Crashes
May 31 2015 // A prototype of the massive solar-powered drone Google Inc. plans to build as a platform for delivering Internet service from the sky was destroyed in a crash at a New Mexico test site. The unmanned Solara 50 fell to the...
