Car hailing company DiDi signed an agreement with TAL Education Group to provide free online courses for the children of taxi drivers.

International Data Corporation, a market research group, predicts the World Wide Web population will reach almost 100 million by 1998 and that online commerce will grow to more than US$20 billion.

News Corporation reported a drop in quarterly profit because of declining revenue from film and DVDs and the sale of its MySpace website, though operating income at its cable-TV division was up.