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Silverstone, July 16 : The Force India Formula 1 team will evaluate British GP2 racer James Calado at the Young Driver Test here July 17-19.

Calado has already driven the VJM06 during straight-line aero testing, but the Silverstone test will allow the 24-year-old to complete further mileage in an F1 car.

Calado will share driving duties with the team's race drivers, Paul Di Resta and Adrian Sutil, across the three days.

Mumbai, July 16 : Former American track and field star Carl Lewis watched "Bhaag Milkha Bhaag" and he was so deeply moved by the biopic that he called former Olympian Milkha Singh to convey his appreciation.

Confirming the story, the film's director Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra said: "Yes, Carl Lewis indeed rang up Milkha Singh after seeing the film. We all hoped Milkhaji's life-story would make an inspirational impact. But we never imagined the impact would be so widespread."

Uber, a popular App-based car service, has said that it is adding fare splitting service to its apps for iOS and Android apps.

The new option will added to the apps through a new update for the Uber iOS and Android apps. The new service will allow people to share the cost of ride through the app. The users will be able to access Fare Split option after requesting a ride. The users will be able to share the cost of a ride via a user's contacts list or by manually entering a phone number. The details will then be confirmed through an text within the app or download it to provide payment info

Los Angeles, July 16 :  Actor Michael Pitt has denied the news that he is romantic

Josh Williams, the co-founder of Gowalla, who has been working with social networking giant, Facebook, is planning to resign from his job at the company.

Williams has been working as Facebook's product manager of location and events for about a year and half and has decided to leave the social networking company, Facebook said in a release. He has been working as the key person on social network's lead on local initiatives since Facebook integrated struggling startup Gowalla

Bill Gates, the founder of software giant Microsoft, has said at the opening of the Microsoft Research Faculty Summit on Monday that we have entered a "golden age of computing."

He said that the connectivity, data and processing power have been increasing to levels that can help solve many of the world's major problems. Gates took questions from an audience of researchers regarding the works of his Gates Foundation and other developments in the computing world.