GrabTaxi, Asia-Based Uber Competitor, to Open Tech Centre in Seattle

GrabTaxi, the on-demand ride service and Uber competitor in Southeast Asia, is opening a technology centre in Seattle, marking the company's first physical presence in the United States. GrabTaxi said…

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Snapdeal Launches Real Estate Shopping Festival

Online marketplace Snapdeal Thursday launched a week-long real estate shopping festival offering properties in a price range of Rs. 20 lakh to Rs. 5 crore. The shopping carnival called 'Freedom…

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Uber to Launch Carpool Service in Kolkata

After Bangalore and Delhi, taxi aggregator Uber would launch carpool service Kolkata this year, offering at least 30 per cent lower fares to those who share cab rides as part…

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Skype for Windows Gets Real-Time Voice, Text Translation for All

Popular video calling and instant messaging service Skype has announced that it has built the Skype Translator tool into its Windows desktop app for all users. The announcement comes a…

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Google Cardboard Upgrade Brings Spatial Audio Capabilities

Google Cardboard, the company's budget VR headset, has just become more capable. The Mountain View-based company has upgraded its SDK with new tools to improve the positional audio. Google is…

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Facebook’s Zuckerberg Wades Into Vaccine Debate With Baby Shots Photo

Facebook founder and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg has dropped himself into the riotous social media debate over childhood vaccines after posting photos of himself taking his newborn daughter to get…

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China’s Baidu in Talks to Invest in Zomato, BookMyShow, Other Indian Startups

Baidu Inc is in talks to invest in Indian e-commerce start-ups including Zomato, BookMyShow and BigBasket, a spokesman for China's top online search provider said on Wednesday. "The Indian market…

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HackerRank Launches App-Based Recruitment Platform

Bengaluru-based code-challenge community HackerRank announced the launch of HackerRank Jobs, a platform to provide a developer-focused approach to recruiting. The HackerRank Jobs mobile app is available now in the Apple…

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YouTube Launches Pakistani Version, Paving Way for Ban to Be Lifted

The Supreme Court's ban in place since September 2012 applied to YouTube's global and localised sites. The new site, youtube.com.pk, is currently live but inaccessible inside Pakistan, and the government…

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Microsoft Office for Android Makes It Easier for New Users to Come Aboard

The Microsoft Office productivity suite for Android has received an update that brings interesting new features to the Word, Excel, and PowerPoint productivity apps. Among other additions, the company is…

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