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FedEx CEO finally admits Amazon is a real competitor
“We basically compete in an ecosphere that’s got five entities in it,” Smith said, adding: “There is UPS. There is DHL. There is a US Postal Service. And now increasingly there is Amazon. That’s who we wake up every day trying to think about how we compete against and give the best services to our sales force.” I am getting a Blockbuster feeling about FedEx – though this time, after years of denying Amazon’s logistics growth, they can do something about it. Source: FedEx CEO finally admits Amazon is a real competitor – Business Insider
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Netflix Loses No. 1 Spot as Bandwidth User for 2019
Interesting to see who is consuming the global bandwidth with this study. Buried deep in this report is how Google represents 17%. Worldwide, these are the top 10 applications by downstream bandwidth consumption: HTTP media stream (12.8%); Netflix (12.6%); YouTube (8.7%); operator IPTV (7.2%); HTTP download (4.5%); HTTP TLS (4.4%); HTTP (3.0%); Facebook (3.0%); PlayStation download (2.8%); BitTorrent (2.4%). Source: Netflix Loses No. 1 Spot as Bandwidth-Eating Application for 2019 – Variety
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Audi unveils Mars rover-looking electric off-roader
Audi has teased the world at this years Frankfurt show, and by george, it looks fantastic. Changes of anything like this getting near production is next to zero, but let’s hope I proved wrong. Move over Tesla – the old vanguard has still some miles in it. The concept vehicle is called AI:TRAIL, and Audi uses it to communicate its vision of a future vehicle segment where a vehicle would drive autonomously on the road and then could be used as an off-road vehicle with driver-assist features. Source: Audi unveils Mars rover-looking electric off-roader with insane specs – Electrek
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