Uber is calling on a judge in California to uphold a ruling from an arbitrator that denied a driver’s attempt to be treated as an employee of Uber. According to a report by Bloomberg, Uber wants the court to approve the decision and dismiss the driver’s...
Uber has turned over a treasure trove of data on transportation over the weekend, which may help officials reduce traffic during commutes and improve the flow of traffic. According to a report by The Washington Post, the data, which Uber loaded onto a public website, reveals the...
Uber is gearing up for a fight with New York City, which wants the ride-hailing app to share information with the city about where drivers pick up and drop off customers. According to a report, Uber is not keen to share that data and, on Thursday...
Is the Big Apple overrun with one of its ubiquitous signifiers — the yellow cab? CNNMoney reported recently on an MIT study, which, earlier this week, said that a staggeringly low number of four-person cabs/sedans — how about 3,000? — would be adequate to cover as...
Let the surge pricing games begin! It’s the most wonderful time of the year — for Uber. New Year’s Eve has been busiest night of the year for Uber. Pretty much the entire world is in need of a designated driver or a quick trip...
Uber is facing a lawsuit from an employee who contends the ride-hailing app startup mislead employees about the equity they would receive as compensation. According to a TechCrunch report, the lawsuit contends Uber “devised a fraudulent scheme to recruit highly sought software engineers.” The lawsuit...
The cities of Beijing and Shanghai implemented new rules for the ridesharing app space this week, saying companies can no longer use out-of-town drivers for their services. According to a report by The New York Times, officials in the cities said the ridesharing app companies can only hire local residents...
U.S. Senator Al Franken (D-MN) recently wrote an open letter to Travis Kalanick, CEO of Uber, requesting additional transparency around the ridesharing company’s changes to its user location data collection policy. The letter is reportedly a direct response to an app update in November that...
We hardly knew ye. Uber’s San Francisco self-driving car initiative was halted almost as soon as details were released. On Wednesday (Dec. 14), Uber announced it would bring the self-driving Volvo XC90s — like the ones it rolled out for downtown Pittsburgh back in September...
