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

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

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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...
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Steve Clarke, Louise Cooper, Chris Green

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

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

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Morning Money at 6:00

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

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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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Morning Money: Google vs the EU Commission

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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.
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Matt Cox, Taj Dhunay

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

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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.
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Matt Cox, David Brear

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