Uber, Ola temporarily suspend surge pricing in New Delhi

An employee works inside the office of U.S. online cab-hailing company Uber, on the outskirts of New Delhi, India, April 24, 2015. Reuters/Anindito Mukherjee Global ride-hailing company, Uber Technologies Inc [UBER.UL], has temporarily suspended 'surge pricing' in the Indian capital after the state ...

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Fiat Chrysler rolls out Jeep Renegade SUV in China

People line up to ride various Jeep vehicles on an off road course at the Washington Auto Show in Washington January 29, 2016. The 2016 Jeep Renegade Trailhawk is at top. Reuters/Gary Cameron Italian carmaker Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV said on Monday it rolled out its first locally produced Jeep R...

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Supreme Court rejects challenge to Google book-scanning project

The neon Google sign in the foyer of Google's new Canadian engineering headquarters in Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario January 14, 2016. Reuters/Peter Power The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a challenge by a group of authors who contend that Google's massive effort to scan millions of bo...

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US-CERT to Windows Users: Dump Apple Quicktime

Microsoft Windows users who still have Apple Quicktime installed should ditch the program now that Apple has stopped shipping security updates for it, warns the Department of Homeland Security‘s U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT). The advice came just as resea...

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US-CERT to Windows Users: Dump Apple Quicktime

Microsoft Windows users who still have Apple Quicktime installed should ditch the program now that Apple has stopped shipping security updates for it, warns the Department of Homeland Security‘s U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT). The advice came just as resea...

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Sony says Kumamoto plant not main site for smartphone components

The company logo of Sony Corporation is seen at its headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, March 3, 2016. Reuters/Thomas Peter/Files Sony Corp (6758.T) said on Monday that its image sensor plant in Kumamoto, which has been shut since earthquakes hit southern Japan last week, makes components mainly for digit...

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EU's Vestager says looking closely at Google's Android

The neon Google sign in the foyer of Google's new Canadian engineering headquarters in Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario January 14, 2016. Reuters/Peter Power Europe's antitrust chief said on Monday that she was looking closely at Google's (GOOGL.O) deals with phone makers and operators, concerned that co...

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Exclusive: Florida wins contest for OneWeb satellite manufacturing facility - sources

OneWeb Ltd, a privately owned startup bankrolled by Richard Branson's Virgin Group and other well-known firms, will build a factory to mass produce small satellites near NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, two sources involved in the project told Reuters. OneWeb plans an initial production run o...

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Intel shares could rise 25 percent in next year: Barron's

A worker arranges an Intel logo at the CeBIT trade fair, the world's biggest computer and software fair, in Hannover March 13, 2016. Reuters/Nigel Treblin Intel Corp's shift to higher-growth businesses such as server chips and embedded chips for cars could drive a 25 increase in its shares in a year...

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Sony extending closure of image sensor plant in quake-hit southern Japan

The company logo of Sony Corporation is seen at its headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, March 3, 2016. Reuters/Thomas Peter/Files Electronics giant Sony Corp on Sunday said production at its image sensor plant in Kumamoto, southern Japan, remained suspended as it assessed damage from a powerful earthquake...

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Australia Post looks to drones as letter volumes fall

Australia Post has successfully field-trialled the use of drones to deliver small packages, clearing the way for test deliveries to customer homes later this year. The state-owned corporation said the drones will be used for the delivery of online shopping parcels and time-sensitive items such as me...

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Japan quakes disrupt Sony image sensor production used in Apple iPhones

A logo of Sony Corp is seen outside its headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, January 27, 2016. Reuters/Yuya Shino Electronics giant Sony Corp said a factory producing image sensors for Apple Inc and other smartphone makers will remain closed while it assesses the damage from two deadly earthquakes which hi...

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Oracle, Google fail to settle Android lawsuit before retrial

A 3D printed Android logo is seen in front of a displayed cyber code in this illustration taken March 22, 2016. Reuters/Dado Ruvic/Illustration Oracle Corp and Alphabet's Google unit failed to settle a long running copyright lawsuit over the Android operating system ahead of a retrial scheduled for ...

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Apple opposes U.S. appeal over iPhone in New York drug case

A worker checks an iPhone in a repair store in New York, February 17, 2016. Reuters/Eduardo Munoz Apple Inc argued on Friday that the U.S. Justice Department had failed to substantiate that it needed the company's help to access a locked iPhone in a New York drug case. Apple's brief, filed in federa...

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Apple extends iPhone production cut for another quarter: Nikkei

Details are pictured on the backside of an Apple Iphone 6 on a table in a restaurant in Hanau, Germany, April 10, 2016. Reuters/Kai Pfaffenbach Apple Inc (AAPL.O) will continue its reduced production of iPhones in the quarter ending June in light of sluggish sales, the Nikkei business daily reported...

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EU wants more transparency in web search results

A computer user poses in front of a Google search page in this photo illustration taken in Brussels May 30, 2014. Reuters/Francois Lenoir The European Union's digital chief wants search engines such as Alphabet Inc's Google and Microsoft's Bing to be more transparent about advertising in web search ...

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Daimler says German labor rules may push new tech jobs abroad

A woman uses virtual reality goggles while sitting in a 'smart fortwo cabrio' car prior to the Daimler annual shareholder meeting in Berlin, Germany, April 6, 2016. Reuters/Hannibal Hanschke German labor rules may force Daimler, the 130-year-old inventor of the motor car, to create more software and...

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Browser startup Vivaldi says needs 5 million users to turn profit

Internet browser Vivaldi, which launched last week, must attract five million monthly users to become profitable, its founder and chief executive said in a Reuters interview. The introduction of Vivaldi version 1.0 follows a 15-month development that cost veteran software maker Jon von Tetzchner aro...

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Komodo commerce: e-tailers battle in Southeast Asia

With its $1 billion buy of online retailer Lazada, Alibaba (BABA.N) has signaled Southeast Asia as a regional e-commerce battleground - with 600 million people, and no shortage of logistical headaches. The region has the potential to help global retailers offset slowing growth momentum in their core...

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