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The company aims to predict demand in a locality based on past trends such as office hours and deploy drivers to that area to meet the rush.
The second phase of Delhi’s odd-even rule ended Saturday, but restrictions on “surge pricing” used by cab aggregators Ola and Uber to meet demand and supply is not expected to end till the state government issues sector-specific guidelines.
During the 15-day period of the road rationing scheme, the Delhi government forced Ola and Uber to

Saavn is launching original podcasts as it aims to change radio in India.
Saavn, which is one of India’s leading music streaming service, is launching original programming for those who listen to the radio. In a conversation with IndianExpress.com, Saavn cofounder Paramdeep Singh said, “Radio isn’t dead but has evolved into more diversified content often referred to as podcasts.”
Saavn believes podcast is the new way to go for audio, one that will engage users for a long

Two iPhone devices, not iPhones, says Apple’s head of marketing Phil Schiller.
Apple doesn’t want you to pluralise its products. So instead of saying two iPhones, or two iPads, the ideal Apple way to go with is ‘two iPhone devices, or two iPad devices.’
So why all this confusion?  Well Apple’s head of marketing Phil Schiller went on Twitter to remind everyone of the sacred rule that was being broken by pluralising their product names. So, according to Schiller

Docoss X1 is a Rs 888 Android smartphone but here’s why this incredible pricing is hard to accept.
Docoss X1 and Freedom 251 by Ringing Bells are two really cheap smartphones — at least on paper — that have managed to grab attention in India.
Docoss X1 costs Rs 888 and offers 4-inch display with 1GB RAM with 4GB storage (32GB expandable), a dual-core processor, Android 4.4 KitKat, a 2 megapixel camera and a 0.2 megapixel front camera.
Freedom 251 by Ringing Bells was

Docoss X1 is a Rs 888 Android smartphone offering a 4-inch display, dual-core processor and more. But this incredible pricing is hard to accept and here’s why. In this image, the Docoss X1 is seen. (Source: Docoss Twitter account.)
Docoss X1 and Freedom 251 by Ringing Bells are two really cheap smartphones — at least on paper — that have managed to grab attention in India. Docoss X1 costs Rs 888 and offers 4-inch display with 1GB RAM with 4GB storage (32GB expan

Samsung Galaxy S6 and Galaxy Note 5 are available at Re 1 under the company’s ‘Make for India’ celebrations.
Samsung is hosting its ‘Make for India’ celebrations, with deals on the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy Note 5 where users can get buy these smartphones by paying just Re 1 for each.
However the rest of the price has to be paid in EMI , and the offer is only for those who opt for Bajaj Finserv or Capital First as a payment option.
The ‘Re 1’ price offer ope

Samsung Galaxy S6 and Galaxy Note 5 are available at Re 1 under the company’s ‘Make for India’ celebrations.
Samsung is hosting its ‘Make for India’ celebrations, with deals on the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy Note 5 where users can get buy these smartphones by paying just Re 1 for each.
However the rest of the price has to be paid in EMI , and the offer is only for those who opt for Bajaj Finserv or Capital First as a payment option.
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Google Chromecast 2 is now available in India for Rs 3,399 and is available for purchase online as well as in offline stores. But do you really need to buy this streaming dongle, and what exactly does it do? We have all the answers for you.
This April, Google finally officially launched the new Chromecast in India. The streaming dongle costs Rs 3,399 and is available for purchase online as well as in offline stores. Chromecast 2, as the new Chromecast is colloquially known, is praised by techies

Docoss X1 is a Rs 888 Android smartphone but here’s why this incredible pricing is hard to accept.
Docoss X1 and Freedom 251 by Ringing Bells are two really cheap smartphones — at least on paper — that have managed to grab attention in India.
Docoss X1 costs Rs 888 and offers 4-inch display with 1GB RAM with 4GB storage (32GB expandable), a dual-core processor, Android 4.4 KitKat, a 2 megapixel camera and a 0.2 megapixel front camera.
Freedom 251 by Ringing Bells was

On Friday, the micro-blogging website was re-categorised under the “news” section of the App Store rather than “social networking”.(Reuters) Micro-blogging website Twitter has retired “Magic Recs” — an effective bot account that used to send users direct messages (DM) recommending viral accounts or Tweets to follow.
The bot used to run an algorithm to measure how many others a user knows that were following an account or Tweet in quick succession and us

However, the researchers suggested that since the fatalities have been narrowed down to just seven procedures, it would be rather easy to target just those procedures to drastically change the global surgery figures.
@atul_gawandeAtul Gawande, Surgeon and researcher
It is estimated that roughly 1 out of every 100 people undergo at least one surgery every year. According to an article tweeted by surgeon and researcher Atul Gawande, around 80 per cent of all deaths, complications and costs incurr

A third of this information is “data from proton collisions at 7 TeV (Transient Earth Voltage), making up half the data collected at the LHC by the CMS detector in 2011”, a CERN statement said.
@seanmcarrollSean M Carroll, Theoretical Physicist
European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) is one of the grandest and most expensive scientific endeavours in human history, and most of what is done at CERN is either too advanced or too expensive for everyone else to use.
Keeping tha

The research: Understanding the processes that trigger a solar flare through a computer simulation model, so that these can be predicted
On November 4 last year, the Swedish airspace was closed for more than an hour following radar malfunctions at some of its airports. Flights disappeared from radar screens, causing a blackout. The problem was traced to disturbances in the Earth’s magnetic field near the area.
These disturbances in the magnetic field were caused by what are known as s