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Tuesday, 4 March 2014
The human eye is more like a video stream
Monday, 3 March 2014
Audi Risks Fading as BMW Recovers
Volkswagen will have little to display from its luxury brand Audi at the upcoming Geneva Auto Show, other than a sports car. Audi accounts for almost half of the operating profit at Volkswagen. It will unveil a new version of the TT sports car at the auto show. This model accounted for less than 2 percent of the brand’s 1.58 million sales in 2013. Its biggest rival, BMW will showcase the latest model from its cutting-edge i series of electric cars. Daimler’s Mercedes-Benz will present a new version of its best-selling C-Class.
In comparison with its rivals, Audi has not revealed any new models. Tow VW sources revealed that overhauls to Audi’s top-selling A4 sedan and the Q7 SUV, slated for 2014, will be pushed into next year as the cars need to be reworked. Europe’s car market is back in growth as the region’s long-suffering economy recovers from a debt crisis. The luxury car industry avoided the worst of the downturn, thanks in part to strong demand from developing countries, and will be a key battleground as the European market recovers.
Research firm IHS Automotive forecasts Audi will briefly snatch the luxury sales crown in 2017/18, as it aims to double its line-up of popular premium crossovers that includes the Q5 compact SUV. But it expects both Audi and Mercedes to miss their goals to overtake BMW by 2020, with Mercedes staying in third place throughout the period. BMW, aiming to stay in the top sales spot for a tenth straight year, will flaunt the i8 plug-in hybrid sports car in Geneva. Other unveilings will include the new four-door Mini Clubman concept car and the new 2 series Active Tourer minivan. Mercedes will present the new V-class minivan and a coupe version of its all-new flagship S class sedan, the brand’s top-end product.
Posted By:: Muhammad Usman
Sources: Auto news
Sunday, 2 March 2014
Germany and France Discussed a US Free Internet
The recent rumors confirm that the plans to fire the United States as the supreme overload of the Internet are well underway with the Germans and the French revealing they are plotting something. Speculation started to filter out a few days ago, but German Chancellor Angela Merkel has just announced she would talk to French President Francois Hollande about creating a European communication network in order to avoid emails and other information passing through the US.
Angela Merkel has been pushing for greater information protection in Europe following 2013 reports about mass surveillance in her country. The United States really made a huge mistake when it tried to get away with tapping Chancellor’s own mobile phone. Angela Merkel wasn’t surprised that both Google and Facebook based their operations in countries with reportedly low levels of information protection while being active in such countries as Germany – the ones with high data protection.
Merkel said she was going to discuss with France about how both Germany and France could maintain a high level of information protection. She admitted her plans were to talk about EU providers offering security for European citizens, so that people shouldn’t have to send all data across the Atlantic. In other words, Merkel wants to create a communication network inside Europe. Perhaps it wouldn’t stop US hacking, but still ensure that European data legislation would be sacrosanct.
The office of the French president confirmed that the governments had been discussing the issue and said France agreed with Germans’ proposals. Berlin has been pushing (so far in vain) for a “no-spy” agreement with the United States, but the Americans insist that they own the worldwide web, and therefore don’t want to listen to anybody.
Angela Merkel has been pushing for greater information protection in Europe following 2013 reports about mass surveillance in her country. The United States really made a huge mistake when it tried to get away with tapping Chancellor’s own mobile phone. Angela Merkel wasn’t surprised that both Google and Facebook based their operations in countries with reportedly low levels of information protection while being active in such countries as Germany – the ones with high data protection.
Merkel said she was going to discuss with France about how both Germany and France could maintain a high level of information protection. She admitted her plans were to talk about EU providers offering security for European citizens, so that people shouldn’t have to send all data across the Atlantic. In other words, Merkel wants to create a communication network inside Europe. Perhaps it wouldn’t stop US hacking, but still ensure that European data legislation would be sacrosanct.
The office of the French president confirmed that the governments had been discussing the issue and said France agreed with Germans’ proposals. Berlin has been pushing (so far in vain) for a “no-spy” agreement with the United States, but the Americans insist that they own the worldwide web, and therefore don’t want to listen to anybody.
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