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Europe teaches Uber to do business better

On Monday, Uber returned to Dusseldorf, Germany, a city it was forced to abandon in 2015. This is a victory both for German regulators and for Uber, or rather, for its new version under Chief Executive Dara Khosrowshahi. It shows that the San Francisco-based company can actually function as a tech platform, rather than as a taxi business that pretends ...

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Apple is looking down on ads but takes billions from Google

What if everyone is wrong about Apple Inc.’s most closely watched growth business? Investors have been obsessed with what Apple calls its “services” segment — a grab bag that includes the company’s cut of iPhone app sales; the AppleCare warranty program for devices; and subscriptions for internet add-ons including Apple Music, iCloud digital file storage and perhaps soon a Netflix-like ...

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India strikes uncomfortable balance on biometrics

India’s extraordinary attempt to give every resident a biometric ID, the Aadhaar project, has just been declared constitutional — in part — by the country’s Supreme Court. It was hard to imagine any other outcome; too much time and money had been spent on Aadhaar, and too many of India’s poorest people had waited patiently in line for their chance ...

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