Uber unveils hourly rentals for multi-hour/stop needs

Bengaluru

Uber on Monday launched Hourly Rentals, a 24×7 on-demand, intra-city service, which allows riders to retain a car with its driver for several hours, and make multiple stops on their journey. The service is available in 17 cities starting at a price point of Rs 189 for a one-hour/10 km package. PTI

Bengaluru

Wipro-IBM to develop hybrid cloud offering

Wipro on Monday announced a collaboration with IBM through which the Bengaluru-headquartered company would develop hybrid cloud offerings to help businesses migrate, manage and transform mission-critical workloads and applications, with security across public or private cloud and on-premises IT environments. PTI

Tokyo

Japan still in recession, but GDP shrinks at lower rate

Japan’s economy is still in recession but contracted at a smaller rate than initially estimated for the first quarter, according to government data released on Monday. The Cabinet Office said the economy shrank at an annual rate of 2.2% in January-March, better than the 3.4% contraction given earlier. AP

New Delhi

OnePlus to launch affordable smart TVs

Premium smartphone maker OnePlus on Monday said it will add mid-range and entry-level models to its smart TV portfolio in India, a move that will help it compete more aggressively against rivals like Xiaomi and Realme. PTI