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Nigel Cassidy

Morning Money: Car companies are hitching a ride to the future of driverless taxis

Nigel Cassidy
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Morning Money: Car companies are hitching a ride to the future of driverless taxis
Ford has announced plans to mass-produce a fully autonomous self-driving car by 2021, which will most likely be available to customers as part of an Uber-like ride-sharing service. They're not the first company to head down the ride-sharing road. A series of brands have invested in taxi technology companies with the hope of one day going driverless - Toyota and Uber, VW and Gett, and General Motors and Lyft. So how likely is it that driverless taxis could become reality? Joe Aldridge spoke to David Bailey, Professor of Industry at Aston Business School, to find out.
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Mike Ingram, Professor David Bailey


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Nigel Cassidy

Morning Money: Is "Instagram Stories" an attempt by Facebook to crush competition?

Nigel Cassidy
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Morning Money: Is "Instagram Stories" an attempt by Facebook to crush competition?
Instagram, who are owned by Facebook, has launched its newest feature: Instagram Stories. This development allows users to build up a 'story' of their day, which then disappears after 24 hours. Many have argued that it is remarkably similar to the main feature of rival Snapchat. Is this an attempt by Facebook to take advantage of it's large userbase and quash any competition? Joe Aldridge spoke with tech consultant and journalist Chris Green, who explains why Instagram made this step...
Guests:

Steve Clarke, Louise Cooper, Chris Green


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Nigel Cassidy

Morning Money: Cybercrime is bigger than any other type of traditional crime - so how can businesses protect themselves?

Nigel Cassidy
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Morning Money: Cybercrime is bigger than any other type of traditional crime - so how can businesses protect themselves?
The ONS has released its latest data on cybercrime, showing that there have been more than 5.8 million incidents in the last 12 months. One in ten adults have been a victim in the past year, and it's expected that the crime rate is set to double. So whats the impact of such crimes on businesses? Joe Aldridge found out from Charlie McMurdie, Senior Cybercrime Advisor at PwC.
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Joe Aldridge, Charlie McMurdie


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Nigel Cassidy

Morning Money: Virtual Reality vs. Augmented Reality – Oliver Smith looks into the release of Pokemon Go

Nigel Cassidy
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Morning Money: Virtual Reality vs. Augmented Reality – Oliver Smith looks into the release of Pokemon Go
Virtual Reality was touted as the future, but has its place as the new entertainment medium been lost? The release of a new mobile game, Pokemon Go, has shown the massive success of VR's cousin "Augmented Reality". Matt Cox has been exploring the differences between Virtual and Augmented reality entertainment, and if it means VR has crash landed before it even took off.
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Matt Cox, Oliver Smith


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Nigel Cassidy

Morning Money: Does saying goodbye to ads mean saying goodbye to news?

Nigel Cassidy
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Morning Money: Does saying goodbye to ads mean saying goodbye to news?
Advertisers are turning away from traditional print mediums, meaning news sources have had to turn to other methods to make up the revenue. Online sites for these news media companies were meant to buoy up profits, but ad-blocking technology has eaten into revenues, and now the rush is on to search for a sustainable business model in the post-ad block world. Matt Cox spoke to digital media and product strategist, Nic Newman, to find out more.
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Matt Cox, Nic Newman


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Nigel Cassidy

Morning Money: Google vs the EU Commission

Nigel Cassidy
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Morning Money: Google vs the EU Commission
Margrethe Vestager, the European commissioner for competition, is expected to charge Google over its Android mobile operating system. Matt Cox spoke to Taj Dhunay, CEO and Founder of The App Developers, an android and IOS app creation and consultancy firm, who explained how Google dominates the market.
Guests:

Matt Cox, Taj Dhunay


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Nigel Cassidy

Morning Money: Is Google looking to drop it's innovative "moon-shot" ideas?

Nigel Cassidy
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Morning Money: Is Google looking to drop it's innovative "moon-shot" ideas?
Google's parent company Alphabet is trying to sell robotics firm Boston Dynamics, which it acquired two years ago. So is this a sign of the end of innovation and ingenuity from Google in the pursuit of profit, or something more complex? Matt Cox spoke to fintech consultant David Brear, Chief Thinker at the Think Different Group, who gave his take on the matter.
Guests:

Matt Cox, David Brear


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Sarah Lowther

Morning Money: Chris Green discusses the on-going battle between Uber and TfL

Sarah Lowther
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Morning Money: Chris Green discusses the on-going battle between Uber and TfL
Transport for London has approved a new plan to "modernise and improve" London's private hire industry, but it's seen to some as a crackdown on Uber's growth. So are regulators taking aim at disruptive companies to protect the "old guard", or is this another step in integrating innovation into the UK? Matt Cox spoke to tech consultant and analyst, Chris Green, to find out how he sees the situation.
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Matt Cox, Chris Green


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Morning Money: Growth and challenges facing the big data industry

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Morning Money: Growth and challenges facing the big data industry
Big data companies, such as Facebook and LinkedIn, are increasingly restricting access to their data. Billy Bambrough's been investigating what this means for the future of big data companies, by speaking with Tim Seears, CTO at Big Data Partnership, and David Richards, CEO at WANdisco.
Guests:

Billy Bambrough, Tim Seears, David Richards


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Sandra Kilhof

Morning Money: How do the world's biggest corporates attract young talent?

Sandra Kilhof
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Morning Money: How do the world's biggest corporates attract young talent?
A survey by Universum has concluded that students are attracted to the big four professional services and global banks ahead of the likes of Google. Joao Araujo of Universum and Louisa Harrison-Walker, Director at Benchmark Recruitment, speak to Billy Bambrough about how the world's biggest corporates attract young talent.

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