InMobi competes with Google and Facebook in the $100 billion global mobile advertising market, and is one of the few Indian start-ups to make a profit. It already reaches 1.4 billion devices and turned profitable in the three months to December.

Google has named auto industry veteran John Krafcik, a former CEO of Hyundai Motors America, as chief executive of its self-driving car project.

With the hiring of Krafcik, Google is starting to look at the project as a potential and relevant business in the near future.

Industrialist Gautam Punj has a fundamental, deep-seated love for Mercedes-Benz cars. In fact, he is almost always among the first to book a new car at launch.

Google founder Larry Page will be the CEO of Alphabet while longtime Google executive Sundar Pichai will become CEO of Google's core business.

Both are using their war chest to offer incentives to drivers and discounted fares to riders. Traditional radio cabs and small-time operators are struggling to match up.

The three automaker partners - Daimler BMW and Volkswagen's premium division Audi - will each hold an equal stake in HERE and none of them seeks to acquire a majority interest, they said in a joint statement.

Car companies say the new screens will make driving less dangerous, because of well-integrated voice controls and large touch screens.

The prototypes will join Google's Lexus cars, which use the same self-driving software, the company said in a blog post.

Several prototype versions of its self-driving cars are set to hit the streets of Mountain View, California, the search firm's hometown.

A team of drivers that is testing the fleet of more than 20 vehicles have driven 1.7 million miles so far.

Some analysts, however, expect self-driving cars to not appear on global markets until the early- or mid-2020s, partly due to regulatory hurdles.

Here are the top trends from this year's CES that are all set to woo the masses in 2015.

Apple is exploring how to make an entire vehicle, not just designing automotive software or individual components, an automotive source familiar with the talks said.

The CES 2015 showcased revolutionary consumer technologies ranging from connected cars to virtual reality.

Earlier in 2014, Google had said that since the vehicle was built for utility, its top speed would be around 40 km (or 25 miles) per hour.

While Glass may find some specialized, even lucrative, uses in the workplace, its prospects of becoming a consumer hit in the near future are slim, many developers say.

This test drive took place on the placid streets of Mountain View, the Silicon Valley town that houses Google's headquarters.

The company says the vehicles will use sensors and computing power, with no human needed.

Its test cars now can handle thousands of urban situations that would have stumped them a year or two ago.