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Uber widens taxi app to Japan’s Tokyo but ride-sharing still barred
Uber Technologies launched a ride-hailing smartphone application in Tokyo on Friday in partnership with three domestic taxi firms, even as strict regulations block its popular ride-sharing service in Japan. The...
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Life in Myanmar under the world’s longest internet shutdown
Since Myanmar shut off the internet in two states a year ago, lawyer Oo Twan Hla, who was once able to check online when his cases were scheduled, said he must now travel through a war zone to read a signboard.
Indian IT business spied on politicians and investors worldwide
A little-known Indian IT firm offered its hacking services to help clients spy on more than 10,000 Email accounts over a period of seven years.
Organiser of Europe’s largest technology event says it will go ahead, as planned
Europe’s biggest technology conference, the Web Summit, will take place in Lisbon in November as planned, its organiser said on Tuesday.
China punishes microblog platform Weibo for interfering with communication
China’s internet regulator has ordered the Sina Weibo social media platform to disable some of its features for a week, rare punishment for what it said was interference with online communication, among other things.
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