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Uber is banned in New Delhi after driver is arrested for allegedly raping a passenger.
Lu Wei, China s top Internet regulator, reportedly visited Facebook, Apple and Amazon recently. He reportedly found Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg with a copy of Chinese President Xi Jinping s book on governance, and Zuckerberg said he had bought several copies of Xi s book so he and colleagues could learn about socialism with Chinese characteristics, according to China.com.cn.
Twitter co-founder Evan Williams is raising funds for Obvious Ventures, the VC firm he founded earlier this year. The firm focuses on sustainability and health.
Digital-ad spending is rising, and is projected to match spending on TV ads by 2019.
Gartner research: By 2018, more than 50 percent of users will use tablets or smartphones first for all online activities.
Ralph Baer, co-creator of the first home video-game console, dies at age 92.
ICYMI: Volkswagen buys stake in San Jose-based battery startup QuantumScape in bid to compete with Tesla.
Google, Bill Gates, Sean Parker are among donors to $20 million White House campaign to train 25,000 computer science teachers by 2016.
Photo of Uber smartphone app from Associated Press archives
