Uber Faces New Competitor

Uber would soon battle with Arro in tech-taxi market.

Uber is about to face a new competitor in its home country. Uber news exclaimed that one of New York’s biggest taxi organizations has collaborated with Arro to provide transportation services through an application operated via smartphones. The new ride-sharing software allows users to hire and pay for green and yellow taxis in New York City, essentially proving a service that Uber’s UberT already provides.

Arro’s designers affirm that their program is faster, much more affordable, and more credible than that of Uber’s. They believe that the new service that is being test-launched in 7000 taxis and expected to launch in a few weeks, would finally succeed in working with all 20,000 green and yellow taxis in New York. The supporters of the new program believe that this latest application is equipped with several tools that would help it to compete with Uber. 

Uber news today disclosed that other applications have failed to battle with the Californian enterprise. Arro stated that it stands the best chance yet due to collaboration with Creative Mobile Technologies in Long Island City, which is known for controlling video screen and payment systems in about 50% of the city’s 13,000 yellow cabs.

The partnership lets the ride-sharing enterprise’s customers hire taxis through messages sent directly to cab operators through CMT’s data terminals in the front of taxis. Uber drivers, by comparison, are electronically hired through smartphones straddled on their dashboards. When a user uses the software, the passenger’s name, cross streets, and pickup address is shared with the nearby taxi driver. On the other end, the rider receives the identity number and operator’s name so he or she could recognize the driver.

Uber technologies stated that passengers save their credit card details in the application, letting him to pay the charged fare and tip automatically. An official of Arro, Mike Epley, believes that the new entrant’s solution is incorporated with the cab while its competitor is not.

The city’s Taxi and Limousine commission legitimized electronic method in 2013 and ratified laws for yellow cab applications, as long they operate within the limits sets by the agency. Commercial sources have informed that the new entrant would not charge the $2 fee that Uber currently charges on when riders hire a taxi. Industrial specialists have shared the perspective that if the new ride sharing firm operates in an effective manner, then it could cut down the market share of Uber.

The organization’s officials should devise a competitive strategy to deal with the newcomer; otherwise, it might fail to retain its position. 

Facebook Moments Creates Music Videos From Stored Images

Facebook's picture-sharing app is extending itself to add video-making feature.

Facebook has taken a step to please video enthusiasts. Facebook news exclaimed that the company’s recently introduced picture-sharing application, Facebook Moments, is expanding to facilitate video sharing. The application, updated today, would now automatically develop a video of disseminated pictures that a user designs, personalizes, and share to the platform.

Facebook news today disclosed that the added feature could make the application more attractive for users who were not impressed by the picture-synchronize update launched previously. As the update’s early users begin sharing their videos to the network for others, their friends may be attracted to benefit from the addition on their own.

With the introduction of the feature, Facebook Moments would produce a music video for any group of at least six pictures. The users can click the video in the application to personalize it further by amending the pictures and choosing among 12 different music tools. Facebook breaking news highlighted that when a user has edited this video, one more click would share it directly to the network and tag friends with whom he/she is currently sharing those pictures.

The latest update also helps Facebook Moments to compete with similar services, such as Flipagram or those automatically pioneered animations that Google Photos provides through its “Assistant” feature, which is also known for building stories and collages.

The North American social media giant is also one of the beneficiaries of the video-creating feature, as ‘Video’ has become one of the fastest expanding categories on the social platform, with more than 4,000,000,000 daily views. This has permitted it to sell an extensive range of video advertisements, which is why the platform is benefitting from ‘video category’ lately, along with new tools, such as enhanced video analytics, “Watch Later” buttons, live streaming, and changes to its News Feed to focus on the best videos.

It is the most recent application that has been launched by Facebook’s Creative Labs initiative, which is also known for pioneering applications like Mentions, Rooms, Facebook Paper, Slingshot, and Facebook Groups. Marketing specialists believe that the addition to the social platform would not only enhance the credibility of the Cambridge-based enterprise, but also increase its market share.

Facebook’s officials should take measures to promote the recent innovation in an effective manner to capture the market. It holds a significant market share already, which can enable it to propagate the feature conveniently in the market. People overall accepted the feature wholeheartedly.

Alibaba's Cloud Computing Division Introduces China's First Artificial Intelligence Platform

Alibaba is launching an artificial intelligence service in China amongst apparently no prior competition.

Alibaba Group is about to launch a highly advanced facility. Alibaba news exclaimed that the ecommerce giant’s cloud-computing division, named Aliyun, is introducing an artificial intelligence service which, it believes, would be the first in the most populated country.

The system, known as DT PAI, combines algorithms employed by the Asian giant with machine and deep learning methods, and demonstrates them in a single drag and drop interface. The division has stated that the platform is deployed by developers to anticipate user-behavior, without the need to write any new code.

Alibaba news today indicated that a major portion of the organization’s revenue is still earned from its online selling business. In July, the company announced that it had injected $1 billion into Aliyun with the objective to penetrate into international markets, such as Southeastern Asia, United States of America, and the Middle East.

China is trying to resolve its financial crisis. Cloud computing is a sector that could help the Huangzhou-based enterprise to grow in the competitive market. In one of its financial reports, it stated that its quarterly revenue earned from its internet infrastructure business and cloud computing has increased by more than 106% this year to $78,000,000.

Alibaba breaking news reported that Aliyun is facing competition from Amazon Web Services (AWS), which introduced its artificial intelligence service in April. It expects to differ from competing organizations, such as Microsoft Azure and AWS, by exploiting growing markets and aiding Chinese businesses grow their cloud infrastructure in the world’s largest economy.

The technology employed by DT PAI’s is known as Aliyun’s Open Data Processing Service (ODPS) platform, which it believes is capable of processing 100 petabytes (equal to 1000 terabytes) of information in a time span of 360 minutes. The division stated that 100 petabytes contains approximately 100 million high-definition videos.

ODPS, launched by Alibaba in July 2014, was originally pioneered to help it process loan applications from merchants. The network’s applications have gone beyond e-selling. For instance, BGI deployed it in 2013 to arrange genes more rapidly. Industrial specialists interpret that the introduction of the service would not only enhance the company’s image but also increase its market share and sales revenue in the corporate world.

It is most likely that this development would threaten the interests of the Chinese giant’s rivals. Alibaba’s officials should promote the service to survive in the competitive market. However, this should not be a problem for it to penetrate the market due to its established name. Artificial Intelligence holds an untapped potential for many companies around the world. Its “apparent” head start in the country provides numerous opportunities to the corporate giant to stay ahead and reap the benefits from the market as a sole king for the time being.

Dell Targets Hyperscale Customers Through New Server Division

Dell opens a new division to aim at big hyperscale customers.

Dell has established a new division to cater the second rank of hyperscale clients – those with similar requirements of mega-giants, such as Google, but those enterprises are not so big in size, as reported by Dell news. The Datacenter Scaleable Solutions Group, proclaimed on Monday, would work with enterprises various in sectors, such as cloud hosting, research, telecommunications, and internet-related services.

Dell financial services reported that Dell's senior official, Brian Humphries, stated that these high-scale customers are not big enough but nevertheless are huge in size and are expanding at a rapid pace. Like the hyperscale customers, many of these enterprises utilize large magnitudes of x86-server hardware, and the execution of their information technology acts as the core of their organization.

Dell drivers informed that the DSS group would help such clients to choose semi-custom hardware that will not only be distinctive to them, but would also differ from ordinary servers. These servers would be capable of supporting the operating applications effectively.

DSS is concerned about the delivery methods, as much as the products. These rapidly expanding enterprises found out that their demand is rising and sometimes require extra facility. The organization has stated that it would succeed in delivering thousands of servers in a short period whenever required, assuming with an extra delivering fee charged. It would manufacture new hardware for the hyperscale client belonging to the second tier, beginning with servers that it intends to supply in the latter part of the year, pioneered often for clients in the People’s Republic of China.

Dell is attempting to repeat its success at Data Center Solutions division, which was established about 96 months ago, to target big hyperscale customers. The organization was the first big server OEM to own such an enterprise, and it operated in times when its personal computer line was adversely affected.

Other companies have followed Dell’s footsteps; one of those includes Hewlett Packard, which is also aiming at hyperscale customers through its collaboration with Foxconn to provide cheap cloud servers.

Industry professionals believe that the development of the new unit would increase the company’s market share and build its image in the corporate world. It is probable that the new development would improve its relations with different companies. Its officials should ensure that the new division is operated in a very effective manner.

Dell followed HP in worldwide server market, but outpaced it in terms of growth and prosperity. The revenues soared significantly and it witnessed a term of development.

Facebook Responds To Criticism By Defending 3-Second Video View Standard

An official of the American social networking organization has defended the company's video consumption measuring standard.

The American social network, Facebook, has responded to criticism from a YouTube pioneer. Facebook news today affirmed that the company’s video product manager, Matt Pakes, has posted that three seconds are sufficient for the networking giant to register a user’s impression. This will tell that the user has watched video in the News Feed. 

Mr. Pakes wrote that no broad industry standards are used for measuring any view, three seconds is a common choice and given a constant measure for the video on the social networking platform.

Facebook news exclaimed that a statement was posted to ‘Medium post’ by the video sharing webpage’s creator, Hank Green, which targeted the organization’ video views criteria, while also ripping into the organization for preferring Facebook native video over links from Youtube and other platforms, while accusing the enterprise of ignorance when users upload videos not owned by them.

Mr. Green referred to a study by Ogilvy and Tubular Labs that revealed in the first quarter of 2015, the social network’s 725 videos were stolen. Reloads were able to draw more than 17,000,000,000 on the platform. Facebook breaking news affirmed that the social network gives importance to intellectual property ownership and makes efforts to enhance the tools to identify and eliminate infringing content.

Market professionals are of the view that the networking giant’s response would not only clarify the company’s video view determination criteria, but also improve its reputation in the digital world. The social media organization is working to find solutions to allow Internet Protocol (IP) owners manage and recognize infringing details, tailored for its special network.

Industry experts believe that Facebook’s aggressive entrance into online video industry tends to trouble the interests of the status quo; Youtube dominated system that has helped vine creators to earn an income from their work. Facebook, which has drawn $4,000,000,000 in a time span of less than 24 months, does not offer a revenue sharing formula equivalent to that of Youtube.

Mr. Hank has argued that the Californian network enterprise’s 3-second rule is dangerous, as it does not accurately measure the video consumption. Before Matt’s post, the company had never addressed the 3-second issue. It is most likely that the tech social media organization’s response would improve the motivation levels of its employees.

Facebook’s management should now promote its defensive message in the most effective manner or they might be unable to properly define a video consumption-measuring standard.

Tesla Motors Sends A Message To Its Rivals

Tesla Motors has stated that other vehicle manufactures are just complying with minimum regulatory standards and urged them to stop building compliance cars.

Tesla Motors has sent a message to the automobile world. The company has criticized the incompetence of General Motors (GM) and other vehicle makers to have better success in supplying their own battery-powered cars, as stated by Tesla news.

Tesla’s vice president of business development, Diarmuid O’Connell, commented that most other automobile manufacturers are producing electric vehicles to comply with minimum regulations while continuing to produce and sell less-effective gas engine cars in droves. He added that other electric fuelled cars tend to be ‘utilitarian’ with unattractive design and lower costs. “For the most part, others are building compliance cars”, says Mr. O’Connell.

GM and other companies claim that selling hybrids, electric-powered automobiles, and other environment-friendly cars is not an easy task, as lower gasoline charges lure consumers towards less efficient but more profitable pickup trucks and sports utility vehicles, says Tesla news today. Head of the Association of Global Automakers, John Bozzella, has stated that sales of trucks currently make up more 50% of the American market.

The carmaker had previously decided to take steps to ensure that mileage and emission regulations are not ‘loosened’. Other producers are more careful. Market professionals are of the view that these companies should take the message seriously; otherwise, they would fail to survive in the fast-paced world, as the American government is not only promoting  electric vehicle manufacturing but the Chinese authorities are also acting in a similar manner.

A number of other companies are also investing in the electric automobile production industry, including Nissan Motor Company, Audi, and Chevrolet Bolt. Press sources highlighted that Tesla believes that oil prices would finally increase, as reported by Tesla Motors news. 

The Californian electric automobile pioneer benefits from trading credits, as it has successfully exceeded regulatory targets. It is most likely that if manufacturers continue to invest in environment-friendly vehicle-production sector, then traditional automakers would suffer and their market share would decrease.

Tesla has dominated the field of ‘e-vehicle’ manufacturing, as its powered cars are able to travel more than twice as far as other cars would travel on a single battery charge. It has succeeded in attracting investors and its market capitalization has surpassed $33,000,000,000.

The South African born entrepreneur’s organization is about to launch its Model 3, which would be offered at a price lower than that of Model S. The introduction of automobile might revolutionize the automobile industry. Mr. O’Connell and other executives should now take initiatives to ensure that the message reaches the maximum number of automakers; otherwise, the message would lose significance.

Tesla’s CEO has always spread the word to others about moving to electric cars production in future. His ambitions are obvious through his message to other companies.