Ride Fair, a new app that was released earlier this week, is aiming to give users choices when it comes to hailing rides from an app. The mobile app lets users in the U.S. request rides from both Uber and Lyft. According to a report...
The choice is getting simpler by the day for many travelers — deal with the arduous, often unpredictable and hidden fee-ridden rental car process or push a few buttons for an Uber or Lyft ride. While still not always an option for travelers to rural...
New York, Paris, San Fransisco, London and other major metropolitan areas haven’t been the biggest fans of Uber throughout the years. Well, customers have been. Lawmakers and legacy taxi drivers — not so much. Most recently, the rideshare service is reportedly facing fresh opposition from...
Just five years after expanding its ride-hailing business in Europe, Uber faced Europe’s highest court on Tuesday (Nov. 29) to defend its service against strict EU rules. The company continues to fight in a landmark case that could result in it being labeled a transport...
Didi Chuxing, the ride-hailing service that is acquiring Uber’s China business, has launched an updated app that removes Uber China from Uber’s global app. According to a report by TechCrunch based on that move, there is now an app for Uber users in China and a different...
Bloomberg said Monday (Nov. 21) that Uber Tech has been tapping into the currency crunch bedeviling India, launching a wedding-centered car service that is coming just at what is deemed by the newswire as “the height of the country’s marriage season.” The service, newly in...
Technology can do wonders in payments when it works seamlessly, but when it doesn’t… In the United Kingdom, The Guardian reported, hundreds of Uber drivers have not yet been paid last week’s wages, and they will have to wait until this week to get that...
Karhoo, the startup that was aiming to take on Uber in the ridesharing app market, has shut down after burning through its capital. On the company’s website, Karhoo said it had to close the service and is looking at the next steps for its business. “Unfortunately,...
Uber is gearing up to launch an initial public offering at some point, which is expected to be red hot, but at least two Wall Street banks passed on selling private shares to high-net worth clients in January. That’s according to a report by Bloomberg, which...
