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India becomes Uber’s largest market outside US with launch of its service in four additional cities
Aug19
Uber is going all out to conquer India, after launching its service simultaneously in four additional cities today — Ahmedabad, Chandigarh, Jaipur and Kolkata. This takes Uber India’s presence into 10 cities, becoming the company’s largest market outside the US in terms of the number of operational cities. Uber first landed in India in August last year, starting with Bangalore. The country looks to be a key market for Uber, simply because of its huge population of more than 1.2 billion people who could be potential customers. With the aggressive launch of four new cities all at once, Uber is…
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Smart TVs are anything but smart. The UI is usually incredibly cumbersome, riddled with confusing elements and generally makes you want to pry the Smart TV button off of your remote. But the new Roku TV is different because it started as a streaming box people actually like. Beginning today you can pre-order a Roku TV from TCL while Hisense has announced that its Roku TVs will be available in late September. Both manufacturers have the Roku OS for TV on their televisions. The TV-centric version of Roku OS is nearly identical to the set-top box OS. The key differences are that the channels found…
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Messaging app Line has introduced new security measures that notify users when their account is accessed via its desktop app and Web-based store. The move appears to be a response to pressure in its native Japan, where police have fielded complaints from users whose accounts have been accessed by third parties. The company denied that its database was hacked, and instead asked users to create more sophisticated passwords and keep their user ID private. The new feature sends a chat ping when users log in to the Mac or Windows app, or the Web store. It also sends a notification in the event of any unsuccessful…
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Google confirmed plans for a YouTube subscription music service earlier this year. Now, Android Police has a pretty solid lead on it with alleged leaked screenshots of the service, which is currently named YouTube Music Key. While details could change as Google puts the final touches on the new product, YouTube Music Key is expected to include Google Play Music All Access, which will be rebranded as Google Play Music Key. Based on the leak, the new YouTube service will offer ad-free music, audio-only mode, offline playback, background listening and more. Users will pay $9.99 for access to a catalog…
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