Rideshare platform Lyft is teaming up with Venmo to give riders the option to pay for their trip or split the cost with others, Lyft said in a statement on Thursday (Oct. 22). The new feature just started rolling out and will eventually be available...
The deal for Uber’s €1 billion-plus offer to buy Daimler/BMW’s Free Now is up in the air due to BMW’s hesitation, according to a Wednesday (Oct. 21) report in the German monthly business magazine Manager Magazin, per Reuters. Daimler is reportedly ready to sign, but...
SK Telecom and Uber Technologies have entered into two business arrangements — one an agreement to collaborate and the other a joint venture — focusing on the ride-hailing business, SK Telecom announced on Friday (Oct. 16). One part of the arrangement calls for SK Telecom...
Ride-sharing firm Lyft is teaming up with Epic, which offers electronic health records (EHR), to offer services that will allow healthcare workers “to schedule a Lyft ride for a patient directly from that patient’s record,” Lyft announced in a Thursday (Oct. 8) blog post. A key selling...
99, a Brazilian ridesharing service, will partner with Facebook-owned WhatsApp in order to take orders on the chat platform, letting users summon cars without having to use more than just the WhatsApp application, according to Reuters. 99 is owned by China-based Didi Chuxing Technology, Reuters...
A London judge reinstated Uber Technologies Inc.‘s license to operate on Monday (Sept. 28), ending a 10-month fight between the ride-hailing company and regulators, The Wall Street Journal reported. “This decision is a recognition of Uber’s commitment to safety,” the company said. Shortly after entering...
Uber on Tuesday (Sept. 22) announced new services to help co-workers share Uber rides. The offerings, which will roll out in the “new few weeks,” according to a company post, are among Uber for Business initiatives aimed at profiting from companies’ move to bring workers...
Uber Technologies is under increasing pressure to find new investors and revamp the strategy for its experimental, self-driving car division, which has begun to lose ground to competitors, Bloomberg reports. With the self-driving division set to run out of money by the end of next...
Gojek, the Indonesian company that started as a call center for hailing motorcycle taxis 10 years ago and today offers services ranging from ride-hailing to money transfer, is doubling down in Thailand. The company has rolled out a new, upgraded app for Thailand, replacing its...
