New features have been added to Google Maps to help you take control of your daily commute— enabling you to plan ahead, prepare for the inevitable disruptions, and possibly avoid them altogether. People in North America spend a full day per month commuting—which almost adds up to a two-week vacation each year. Know before you …
Iridium Communications announced Sept 27, 2018, it joined the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Partner Network (APN) and has been collaborating with AWS on the development of Iridium CloudConnect, the first and only satellite cloud-based solution that offers truly global coverage for Internet of Things (IoT) applications. Enabled by the Iridium® network, and planned for launch …
China’s top state refiner, Sinopec Corp, halved loading of Iranian crude oil in September. Brent Crude is at $84 per barrel and could go to $100+ per barrel. Various analysis indicate that oil prices will not go that high. There is also a lot of analysis and claims that prices will go over $100+ per …
Elon Musk urged Tesla workers to help Tesla achieve profitability in the third quarter. There is some uncertainty about exactly how many Tesla Model 3s were produced in the third quarter. Estimates are about 55,000. This could be about $920 million in profit from the model 3. The Economist used to be boring, but smart …
There is an OECD world economic projection out to 2060. It has China and India getting far stronger economically but predicts that China will not do better than 50% of US GDP PPP per capita in 2060. India stays below about 35% of US GDP PPP per capita. Indonesia is projected to get to about …