Mercedes-Benz will launch its next-generation E-Class in spring 2016 with an auto-pilot feature

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Would you pay extra for a semi-autonomous driving system that still requires you to keep your hands on the steering wheel?

Like +Cadillac Super Cruise, +Tesla Motors AutoPilot and +TOYOTA's automated highway driving assist, the +Mercedes-Benz system will automatically follow the lane and maintain a safe distance to the vehicle ahead. While in truth, these are semi-autonomous systems with a limited scope of operation, some are calling these self-driving cars which in fact they are not. Mercedes is saying that the driver must keep their hands on the wheel while using the system or else it will disengage and other automakers are likely to do the same.

An outstanding op-ed from +Phil Nickinson on the realities of data-driven mobile services

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As usual, Phil has cut through the PR nonsense and taken a very rational view of the issues.

Originally shared by +Android Central

There's a bit of a witch hunt lately against data-driven services. But it wasn't long ago that the torch-bearers were singing a different tune. Today Apple executives will take the stage at the keynote address for the Worldwide developer conference. WWDC. I'll be watching. Like Google I/O… #android

On Google, Apple, data, privacy, rhetoric — and making up your own mind
There’s a bit of a witch hunt lately against data-driven services. But it wasn’t long ago that the torch-bearers were singing a different tune. Today Apple executives will take the stage at the keynote address for the Worldwide developer conference. WWDC. I’ll be watching. Like Google I/O nearly two weeks ago and Microsoft’s Build conference earlier this year, it’s a preview of…

2016 Acura ILX Premium A-Spec

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2016 Acura ILX - 4 of 28

As Honda Motor Company’s premium Acura brand comes up on its 30th anniversary next year, it continues to have a bit of an identity crisis not dramatically different from that suffered by Lincoln. Honda has never really had a clear idea about what the brand was supposed to represent, in fact when it debuted in 1986, there wasn’t even a logo. While a stylized pair of calipers have long since represented the “A,” Acura remains as indistinct as ever. Following the launch of the new midsize TLX sedan, last year, the entry ILX got a mid-cycle revamp earlier this year. Does it finally have the character it deserves?

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From a 2004 trip to Kauai

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At the time, I tried stitching this together with the software that came with the original Canon Digital Rebel and it looked terrible. Google Photos has now done it flawlessly