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Chinese authorities pay visits to Uber offices

Uber Uber is said to be facing a new series of investigations in China, according to a report from Reuters. Chinese authorities paid visits to offices of the US-based taxi-hailing in China’s Guangzhou and Chengdu provinces on April 30 and May 6, respectively. The visits appear to be related to China’s zero-tolerance policy for unlicensed taxi drivers, and Chinese authorities …

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Xiaomi’s Mi 4i will hit Asia as early as May 12

Xiaomi’s Mi 4i is an Android Lollipop smartphone clad in polycarbonate. Aloysius Low/CNET If you live in either Hong Kong or Singapore and have been waiting for Xiaomi’s Mi 4i since it was released two weeks ago in India, the Chinese smartphone maker announced that the $205 phone will hit these markets on May 12. Announcements for Taiwan, Indonesia and …

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We put the LG G4’s camera to the test in Paris

Andrew Hoyle/CNET The LG G4 is the Korean company’s latest flagship phone, packing a supercharged quad-core processor and a higher-than-HD, slightly curved display into a body that you can have wrapped in real leather. One of its most impressive features is its camera, which has been given a decent boost from last year’s G3 — that’s what we’re taking a …

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Xiaomi Mi Note Pro to go on sale in China on May 12

The Xiaomi Mi Note is a premium phone that’s half the price of current flagships. Aloysius Low/CNET Earlier this year at a launch event in Beijing, Xiaomi announced the Mi Note phablet and the Mi Note Pro, a more powerful version of the Mi Note. The Chinese smartphone maker did not disclose the launch date then, but has today announced …

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Google mobile searches now outstrip those from PCs

Mobile searches are outshining those from PCs in several countries, says Google. Google Google now sees more searches from mobile devices than from PCs, the company said in a blog posted on Tuesday. “Billions of times per day, consumers turn to Google for I want-to-know, I want-to-go, I want-to-do, and I want-to-buy moments,” the search giant said in its latest …

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