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NEWS 
February 6, 2016 Spanish Regulator Urges Removal of Obstacle to Uber’s Return
Taxi-hailing service Uber could see a temporary ban in Spain overturned after a regulator said on Thursday it had asked the government to remove restrictions on its service, saying they were anti-competitive. Uber, embroiled in disputes with authorities around the world after aggressive international expansion,suspended its service in Spain in 2014 when a judge imposed […]
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ALL DEALS 
February 6, 2016 Google Rolls Out New, Detailed Weather Cards for Android
Earlier this month Google, was spotted testing its revamped weather card in Google Now with limited Android users. The search giant has finally made the feature official with an announcement in a blog post on Thursday. “An unexpected snow or rainstorm can put a bit of a damper on your day, so to help keep […]
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ALL DEALS 
February 6, 2016 Dropbox for Windows 10 Released With Biometrics Support and More
Microsoft on Thursday announced that Dropbox has released its universal Windows 10 app, adding that users can utilise Windows Hello biometrics feature to sign into their Dropbox account. Dropbox for Windows 10 offers several interesting features including the ability to allow a user to drag and drop files from Windows File Explorer to Dropbox app. […]
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ALL DEALS 
February 6, 2016 Hong Kong Uber Drivers Fined Over Licences
Two Hong Kong Uber drivers were fined Friday after pleading guilty to driving without proper licences, the latest slap on the wrist for the global ride-sharing giant. The pair were among seven Uber drivers arrested in Hong Kong in an undercover police sting in August, as the burgeoning company encounters regulatory roadblocks around the world. […]
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NEWS 
February 6, 2016 Microsoft Mimicker Alarm App Launched for Android
Microsoft Garage, responsible for Invite, Send, Next Lock Screen, Snip, Guardian, and Parchi apps, has launched an alarm app for Android called Mimicker Alarm. The Android app helps you wake up by forcing you to play a game. You can choose which one out of the three games you want to play. The options include […]
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NEWS 
February 6, 2016 QuizUp Gets $7.5 Million in Investment From Glu Mobile
Glu Mobile, publisher of games such as Kim Kardashian: Hollywood and Frontline Commando, has announced that it is investing $7.5 million (approximately Rs. 50.7 crores) in the parent company of mobile trivia game QuizUp, Iceland-based Plain Vanilla Games. This comes in part due to last year’s deal between Plain Vanilla and Universal Television (NBC) to […]
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ALL DEALS 
February 6, 2016 Amazon Steps Up Recruitment as It Expands in Europe
Online retailer Amazon plans to create several thousand jobs in Europe in 2016, more than 2,500 of which will be in Britain, stepping up its expansion in the region, it said on Friday. The jobs form part of an investment by the US-based company to expand its warehouses and delivery network in Europe, its research […]
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COMPUTERS 
February 6, 2016 India Funding Roundup: Silvan, SnapBizz, ShabdaNagari, LocalCircles, Little, Housing, Fisdom, Just Buy Live, Easypolicy
The week following the Startup India event has seen the largest investments going to startups specialised in online insurance, B2B distribution, and e-commerce enablement solutions. Silvan Silvan Innovation Labs, a Bengaluru-based company providing home security and automation products, has reportedly raised Rs 3.5 crores from Chennai Angels. The company will focus on offering its services […]
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COMPUTERS 
February 6, 2016 Skype’s Latest Update Hides IP Addresses by Default
Skype is rolling out an update for all of its apps on desktops and mobiles, adding the ability to hide a user’s IP address. The company says that from now on all Skype users’ IP address will be hidden as a default status in the latest versions of Skype. “Starting with this update to Skype […]
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NEWS 
February 6, 2016 Ola Launches Ride Sharing Service in Kolkata
Cab aggregator Ola on Friday announced the launch of Ola Share, a social ride-sharing platform, in Kolkata. Ola Share will allow users who travel on the same routes to share their cab rides with users from social groups they are part of starting today, the company said in a statement. A ride can now be […]
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COMPUTERS 
February 6, 2016 Google Chrome 48 With Multiple Security Fixes Released for Desktop
Google has released the version 48.0.2564.82 of its Chrome browser for Linux, Windows, and OS X. The updated version brings several fixes and improvements on both desktop and mobile devices. The Chrome v48 brings a number of bug fixes most of which were detected using AddressSanitizer, Controle Flow Integrity, and MemorySanitizer codes, says the blog […]
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COMPUTERS 
February 6, 2016 BitTorrent Sync Update Brings Encrypted Folders and More
BitTorrent has released an update for its file synchronisation app called BitTorrent Sync to bump the version up to 2.3 and add a number of features for its users. One of the major additions is the ability to add encryption to a folder. BitTorrent Sync allows users to move files from one device to another […]
