If you don’t know what to give your friends as a present on a great occasion, give them a gift card. Just in time for the upcoming holiday season, Google enters the gift card field by launching a bunch of certificates, which can be a great solution for those who are ran out of gift ideas. The Google Play gift cards will be available in the US only over the coming weeks, and so far the company doesn’t say if it’s going to expand it to other countries soon.

BMW Group announced ParkNow, an innovative mobile parking solution and highlighted new details on DriveNow, a premium car-sharing service which features a fleet of BMW ActiveE all-electric vehicles. The news were announced at a press conference with San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee as San Francisco is the first U.S. market where the services will be tried out. 

Microsoft has unveiled the results of its partnership with the City of New Yorkand the New York Police Department (NYPD) for a new unprecedented partnership that will help fight terrorism. The tech giant has been working for several years on the Domain Awareness System (DAS), a real-time counterterrorism solution that identifies potential threats and protects critical infrastructure.