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Uber aims for businesses with a new platform, while integrating with Concur for easy expensing

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by on July 29, 2014 at 6:32 am
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Product Updates

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Uber revealed today that it is doubling down on enterprise customers as it took the wraps off a business-tier offering ‘Uber for Business,’ alongside the announcement of a partnership with business travel and expenses company Concur. The Uber for Business page still isn’t up and running yet (it gives an error when you try to access it), but the private car-for-hire service says it is now integrated with Concur to “make expensing ground transportation as effortless as requesting an Uber ride.” This means that employees at companies using Concur for expense management are able to connect and sync their Concur and Uber accounts. Once…

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LinkedIn revamps its user profiles to help you increase your business contacts

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by on July 29, 2014 at 5:44 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, linkedin

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LinkedIn is revamping user profiles on its mobile app, making a big design change as it seeks to help its members, their interests and other details stand out. “Your LinkedIn Profile is your professional identity of record. It’s also the heart of LinkedIn. Your new profile helps you tell your story to other professionals when they’re looking for you on the go,” the company said in a blog post. The new profile is certainly more visual. It lists out mutual connections, in addition to basic details like name, employer, job title, etc. LinkedIn explains that the idea is to enable you…

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Twitter blocks prominent hacker account in Russia following government request

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by on July 29, 2014 at 4:31 am
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Twitter has blocked a prominent Twitter account in Russia following a government request, just one week after the company denied that it would clamp down on ‘extremist’ accounts in the country. Global Voices reports that the @boltai account, a Russian Anonymous of sorts which regularly posts government leaks and other sensitive state documents, is no longer accessible to local users. A check on Twitter from Russia shows that the account is indeed blocked in the country — using Twitter’s location-specific censorship feature — in accordance with a request from the Russia government, which is logged at the Chilling Effects website. A Twitter spokesperson tells…

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