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Uber Starts Motorbike Taxi Service in Indonesian Capital

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Ride-hailing app Uber on Wednesday launched a motorbike taxi service in the Indonesian capital where Southeast Asian rivals Go-Jek and Grab are already battling for dominance. Jakarta is one of the world’s most congested cities and motorbike taxis ordered from a smartphone app have exploded in popularity in the past 18 months as a way to beat the traffic. Uber said that its “UberMotor” service would provide cheap and reliable transportation for hundreds of thousands of people. The company used a local social media and YouTube star Arief Muhammad to…

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Uber Reveals US Law Enforcement Data Queries

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Uber said Tuesday it received more than 400 requests from US law enforcement agencies in the second half of 2015, and gave authorities some information in the vast majority of cases. The global ridesharing giant released the figures in its first “transparency report” following a trend from technology companies related to disclosure of customer data. “Uber receives law enforcement requests for information related to criminal investigations, and may provide information about specific trips, riders or drivers in response,” the company said in a statement with the report. “Our dedicated team…

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Here Is What Siri Thinks of Game of Thrones

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Game of Thrones is around the corner – 11 days for season six premiere in the US and 13 here in India – and it seems the developers at Apple have a lot of free time on their hands. Note: Mini spoilers below. Siri, the digital voice assistant included with all iOS devices, has been programmed with a bunch of responses to different questions surrounding the show, Westeros, and its always-on-the-verge-of-death inhabitants. If you ask Siri “Do you watch Game of Thrones?” expect to hear one of the following: “Yes.…

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Chrome 50 Released for Windows, OS X, Linux; Retires Legacy Platform Support

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Google has released Chrome 50 for Windows, OS X, and Linux. The update brings several improvements, as well as bug and security fixes, apart from new features. An update for Android and Chrome OS is also expected to roll out soon. As announced back in November, Google has retired support for older operating systems, namely – Windows XP, Windows Vista, OS X 10.6, OS X 10.7, and OS X 10.8. Chrome 50 for Windows, OS X, and Linux updates the Push API to add push notifications payloads, which is meant…

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Box’s New Service Allows Customers to Store Data in Europe, Asia

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Cloud storage provider Box Inc unveiled a service that allows businesses in Europe and Asia to store data regionally, at a time when governments demand greater protection for their data in the backdrop of revelations about massive US surveillance programs. Box Zones, to be available next month, uses the cloud services of Amazon Inc and International Business Machines (IBM) to store its customers’ data across Germany, Ireland, Singapore and Japan, Box said on Tuesday. The company, which serves about 57,000 customers including Unilever Plc and Home Depot Inc, has witnessed…

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China Says Tech Firms Pledge to Counter Online Terror Activities

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Twenty-five Chinese technology companies have signed a pledge to counter images and information online that promote terrorism, the Internet regulator said on Tuesday, months after China passed a controversial new anti-terrorism law. The Cyberspace Administration of China said the companies had promised to “handle in a timely way terror-related harmful, illegal information, create a clear Internet space and maintain social stability”. The companies which have signed up include Baidu Inc, Tencent Holdings Ltd, Alibaba Group Holding Ltd, JD.com and Sina Corp, the regulator said. Tencent, Alibaba, JD.com and Sina did…

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