image credit: Jon Boyes Getty Images via Fortune.com This is Change Log — my semi-weekly observations and links on the intersection of tech, commerce, health, culture and markets
The first stop is elevators… Microsoft purchased 10 million strands of DNA from a San Francisco bioscience company for data storage. Mr. Softie and others believe actual DNA, given its unique structure, may hold the secret to better data storage solutions… First IBM, then Intel and now Dell is doubling down on the Internet of Things. The company announced an IoT Partners Solution Program that would see its hardware unit couple with independent software developers and vendors to build new solutions… More accolades and high praise for Echo, the little home appliance that could from Amazon … Tim Peake became the first human to complete a marathon in space . Tied to a treadmill to combat the effects of weightlessness Peake completed 26.2 miles in just over three and half hours… Researchers at Oxford University are proposing sharing data to hasten the arrival of self-driving cars. The obstacle is getting big automakers to agree… Dyson built a beautiful, quiet and insanely expensive electric hair dryer… The ride-hailing apps Uber and Lyft are now more important to business travelers than rental cars… You may not think of AT&T as an Internet of Things player but its Roadside Assistance platform is the gold standard among automakers. It links live vehicle diagnostics to the network. Now the company wants to bring similar solutions to other sectors. Talks between Apple and German automakers Daimler AG and BMW concerning its rumored electric car have broken down . Sources suggest the companies could not come to terms on project leadership and, more important, who would own the data. Isn’t Apple’s official corporate stance that users own their […]
