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Mobile Minutes: iPhone’s 10th birthday; Google self-driving cars; Facebook diversity; Uber travel data

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Jan. 10, 2017

In the future, what surrounds the iPhone will be more important than the phone itself.
Read more at CNET

Google shows improved self-driving system in Chrysler Pacifica
Google (GOOGL.O) unveiled its latest self-driving system in a Chrysler Pacifica minivan during a Sunday preview ahead of the Detroit auto show, saying the technology is more reliable and affordable.
Read more at Reuters

Facebook’s hiring process hinders its effort to create a diverse workforce
Despite incentivizing recruiters to prioritize women, black and Latino engineering candidates, the department’s demographics have not changed much in the past few years.
Read more at Bloomberg
Uber gives cities free travel-time data
SAN FRANCISCO — Uber is going to make urban traffic and mobility data gleaned from its millions of drivers and riders using the Uber app freely available to all.
Read more at USA Today