Toyota Wants Its Cars to Expect the Unexpected | Bitcoin is on the verge of splitting in two and more...
> Gill Pratt, CEO of the new $1 billion Toyota Research Institute has ambitious plans to utilize artificial intelligence and robots to increase safety in automated driving. Toyota has also announced some key appointments to its technical team.
https://goo.gl/AOTUJG
> Bitcoin, the Cryptocurrency and the blockchain technology underlying it are controlled by two different factions that are headed for a split. This will be a test-case for open source software.
http://goo.gl/BpZ7tA
> Pinterest has hired Jon Kaplan, a Google sales VP to join as its head of Global sales.
http://goo.gl/Flb0Og
> Richard Kramer, chairman, CEO and president of Goodyear believes that Disruption can often be a blessing in disguise - E-commerce has given the company yet another opportunity to prove itself to its customers.
http://goo.gl/Ng4FpE
> The Financial Services industry has been impacted by disruptive technologies and a wave of innovative new business models and services and this trend will continue... Oliver Bussmann, Global CIO at UBS AG predicts the 'emergence of mega trends for financial services that marks the fourth industrial revolution'
http://goo.gl/rt13hZ
> Companies can often discover good ideas that seem innovative at first sight. However trying to channelize these ideas to align with product, business and company strategies is a larger challenge. Companies need to establish a collaborative, disciplined, systematic approach to find ideas that are achievable and profitable.
https://goo.gl/dKtxy7
> Flipkart's head of commerce and advertising and founder of Myntra, Mukesh Bansal has resigned in the midst of a top-level restructuring. This coincides with the appointment of Binny Bansal as Flipkart's CEO.
http://goo.gl/zNfIuK
> Accenture is doing slightly better than most other tech companies with regards to diversity, but believes that it can do better.
http://goo.gl/kDRVX8
> United Parcel Service has announced the appointment of its CEO, succeeding Scott Davis who will retire. The company has also created a new lead independent director position and appointed William R. Johnson.
https://goo.gl/vvTsNR
> Jack Dorsey aims to appoint two new members to Twitter's board shortly, to replace its outgoing board members.
http://goo.gl/1rBPgC