10,000 Jakarta taxi drivers to protest against Uber and Grab

Over 10,000 taxi drivers in Indonesia's capital are expected to gather in a massive protest against ride-hailing apps Uber and Grab on Tuesday. The demonstration is five times the size of last week's protest, which drew 2,000 drivers to the city centre to voice their concerns against these apps taking jobs away from them. SEE…

Breaking the news: How a ‘power preggers’ CEO launched a news site about refugees

Supporters of Egypt's ousted President Mohammed Morsi chant slogans against Egyptian Defense Minister Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi before clashes broke out with Egyptian security forces in Ramses Square, downtown Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Aug. 16, 2013. Heavy gunfire rang out Friday throughout Cairo as tens of thousands of Muslim Brotherhood supporters clashed with security forces and armed…

Live from Apple’s smaller iPhone and iPad event in Cupertino

Apple is holding an event today in Apple’s own Cupertino HQ, in its Town Hall Theater. The event kicks off at 10 AM PT (2 PM ET, 5 PM GMT, 6 PM CET), and we’ll have a team covering the event. I’ll be handling the liveblog from Cupertino throughout the event, and you can also…

Man live-tweets his 16-day train journey across the length and breadth of India

When Mumbai resident Omkar Divekar began his 16-day journey with his two friends Rajat Bhargava and Samarth Mahajan on Mar. 9, little did he know that his trip would soon be followed closely by a lot of people on Twitter. See also: This globetrotting Indian tea-seller couple will inspire you to travel As Divekar began…

23 times British tweets ruled Twitter

LONDON — With the social network turning 10 on Monday, we thought it was only fair that we look back on some of the biggest British Twitter moments. SEE ALSO: 21 laugh-out-loud tweets about daily British life that won 2015 From the Queen's first tweet to Ed Balls getting exciting about his own name, here…

Google Capital invests in Girnar Software, owner of Indian auto portal CarDekho.com

Girnar Software, which runs several auto portals in India including CarDekho.com, has raised an undisclosed amount of new funding from Google Capital, with participation from returning investor Hillhouse Capital. Read More from TechCrunch http://tcrn.ch/25eS8fH

Alibaba sold a whopping $462 billion of goods in 2015

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba just announced it sold 3 trillion yuan ($462 billion) worth of goods on its various sites in the past year. It hit its milestone with 10 days left in its fiscal year ending in March, said executive vice-chairman, Joe Tsai. The 3 trillion yuan is also thrice the volume Alibaba achieved…