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Google Play Movies comes to 21 new countries, including Argentina, Greece and Thailand

Jun20
by on June 20, 2014 at 5:52 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Google, google play movies, Product Updates

Google Play Movies has landed in another 21 countries, bringing the service’s availability to 90 markets. This gives even more movie fans the chance to purchase and rent both classic flicks and the latest blockbusters. Android Police spotted the new additions to the list where Google Play Movies is available — including Greece, Thailand, Poland, Croatia and Laos. Google Thailand has already announced this on its blog, and we expect that a full announcement for all the new countries will be made soon. The company has been increasing its efforts to promote its Google Play services, partly to support the international push of…

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Uber rolls into Vietnam, its second new launch in Asia this week

Jun20
by on June 20, 2014 at 5:22 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Asia, uber, vietnam

Uber has continued its growth in Asia after it launched in Saigon, Vietnam, its second new city this week following its arrival in Hong Kong. Vietnam is a large market, with a population of around 90 million, but it has been a relative backwater for international tech firms, with Facebook being blocked on and off in recent times. As Tech In Asia points out, the country is crying out for the kind of logistics and networks that Uber is vying to build worldwide. Uber’s arrival in Vietnam again pits the company against Malaysian rival Grabtaxi, which entered the country in February. Uber…

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