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The companies will share information on new technology and products, and knowledge of local markets and regulations.

Taxi firms build international alliance against Uber

Ola, Lyft, Didi Kuaidi and GrabTaxi agree to take Uber for a ride and not a joyous one
There is a speculation that Sony’s PC unit Vaio, currently controlled by an investment fund, might join Fujitsu and Toshiba’s PC unit to form a singular entity although no confirmation was received from Vaio

Toshiba laptops could be a thing of the past

The Japanese tech major to try and merge PC business in an effort to rid itself of loss-making divisions.

Yahoo launches revamped, future-ready version of Messenger

Chennai: People wade through waterlogged road at Porur in Chennai. The state of Tamil Nadu is grappling with  heaviest rains it has seen in a  100 years.

Skype calls to Tamil Nadu are now free #ChennaiRains

Skype makes calling landlines and mobiles in Tamil Nadu free.
As the person responsible for the creation of Android, Rubin is perfectly poised to take on the iPhone.

The Father of Android is about to start his own mobile company

A new report claims that Andy Rubin, the creator of Android, is about to start his own mobile company.
Third-party app developers can integrate the Ride Request button into their apps with a few small lines of code.

Uber’s Ride Request button might soon come to your favourite app

The next time you’re looking up the timings of a concert or booking a table at your favourite restaurant from an app, you might spot an Uber button. Tapping it will take you directly to the Uber app with your pickup location, destination and other details already filled in
National Digital Library is a collaborative effort between the US and India to digitise a million books ranging from technical literature to art.

India’s National Digital Library will have a million free e-books

The National Digital Library will roll out a collection of 1 million digitsed books and journals, according to an official. The Library will also bring over 100 institutes under its fold.
Safety Check was originally launched in October 2014 and was first activated during the Nepal earthquake in April that killed nearly 9,000 people and injured over 21,000.

Facebook and Google deploy tools for Chennai rains

If you’re in Chennai you can now use Facebook’s Safety Check tool to let family and friends know you are safe.
Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of Facebook, with wife Priscilla Chan.

The young philanthropist: FB CEO Zuckerberg’s gifts to charity

Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan’s pledge committing 99% of their shares in Facebook, worth $45 billion, to charity, is remarkable not just because of the size of the contribution but because of their ages.
With just 60 million monthly active users to WhatsApp’s 900 million, Telegram is far behind. Why, then, is WhatsApp blocking links to it?

Is WhatsApp blocking links to rival app Telegram?

Ever heard of Telegram? It’s a WhatsApp clone, only much more secure. The Berlin-based startup offers two layers of encryption, and claims to be “faster and more secure” than WhatsApp. Now, WhatsApp seems to blocking app links its rival in its Android app.

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