Self-driving cars will be safer than us. How long until human...

Self-driving cars will be safer than us. How long until human drivers are banned?

Vivek Wadhwa, venturebeat.com

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My prediction is that in fewer than 15 years, we will be debating whether human beings should be allowed to drive on highways.

After all, we are prone to road rage; rush headlong into traffic jams; break rules; get distracted; and…

Apple has acquired 20 companies this year, including 7 purchased...

Apple has acquired 20 companies this year, including 7 purchased during Q4 FY2014

Aldrin Calimlim, appadvice.com

Apple has acquired 20 companies so far this year, including seven companies it purchased during the fourth quarter of fiscal 2014.As reported by MacRumors, the acquisition figure was announced by Apple at its Q4 FY2014 financial results conference…

Intel Capital puts $28M into Chinese Android, wearables,...

Intel Capital puts $28M into Chinese Android, wearables, biometrics and M2M firms

David Meyer, gigaom.com

Intel Capital, the U.S. chip firm’s venture capital arm, has invested $28 million into Chinese biometrics, internet of things, wearables and in-game communications firms – and also the developer of a major Chinese Android fork.

The company…

Mobile games to overtake console revenues in 2015 — and Apple’s...

Mobile games to overtake console revenues in 2015 — and Apple’s revenue could double Nintendo’s

Dean Takahashi, venturebeat.com

The console business has ruled gaming for years. But its reign may officially end next year.

The mobile game business is expected to surpass console games in revenue in 2015, according to Newzoo. The market-research firm said that mobile games w…

Using Google Inbox: this feels like the future of email By David...

Using Google Inbox: this feels like the future of email

By David Pierce, theverge.com

My favorite thing about Inbox, Google’s radical new email app for Android, iOS, and the web, is that it’s perfectly happy to have you use your email as a to-do list. Rather than try to turn your inbox into nothing more than a series of letters and…

Apple closes at a new all-time high of $104.83 BY PHILIP...

Apple closes at a new all-time high of $104.83

BY PHILIP ELMER-DEWITT, fortune.com

That’s $733.81 in pre-split shares. And it pushes Apple’s market cap to $614.9 billion.

It took a few days, but Apple’s blow-out quarterly earnings report — driven by strong iPhone and Mac sales and bolstered by the largest stock repurchase prog…