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2.4KUber Report Shows Self-Driving Cars Still Need Significant Work
While Uber has made some progress in developing its self-driving cars, there is still significant work to be done, according to a...
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2.6KUber President Jeff Jones Announces Resignation
Another wrinkle in the ongoing soap opera of Uber for the last few months seems to be starting out this week as Uber...
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4.3KAppthority: Uber App Puts Personal, Corporate Data At Risk
Appthority, the global leader in enterprise mobile threat protection, today (March 10) revealed that Uber’s app is putting sensitive personal and corporate data...
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4.0KA New Device Will Help Uber Drivers Collect Tips
A new device wants to make it easier for ridesharing customers to tip their drivers. According to TechCrunch, Pax is a seatback...
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4.3KThai Transport Authority Fines Uber, Grab Drivers
Thailand’s transport authorities are going after drivers who work for ride-hailing services like Uber and GrabCar, even saying they will ask the...
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1.5KWeekend Riders Are Ditching The Subway For Uber
For most New Yorkers, the subway is an everyday part of life and their main form of transportation. While that holds true...
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2.5KLA Ridesharing Startup Adds Chevy Bolts To Fleet
In an effort to reduce gas emissions, as well as create a healthier and sustainable environment for commuters, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti has...
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3.7KUber Offers Longtime Employees A Liquidity Event
In any startup that offers stock shares in addition to base salaries, there’s always the promise of the company going public, and...
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3.5KUber, Lyft Caution Riders To Pay Attention When Getting Into Cars
Services like Uber and Lyft have made catching a ride home from the local bar or to the airport easier than ever....
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2.9KFrenchman Sues Uber For $48M, Claims App Broke Up His Marriage
With all the available connected technologies today, consumers are sharing more information with one another. From check-ins at a favorite restaurant to...
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4.6KNYC Regulator Tells Uber To Share — Data
Fortune reported that a sea change may be coming to the ridesharing industry, with NYC at the epicenter of the first wave. The...
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3.5KUber Wants Court To Confirm Arbitrator’s Ruling
Uber is calling on a judge in California to uphold a ruling from an arbitrator that denied a driver’s attempt to be...
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Uber Shares Data On Four Cities, More To Come
Uber has turned over a treasure trove of data on transportation over the weekend, which may help officials reduce traffic during commutes...
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8.4KNew York City Wants Uber Drivers’ Pickup And Dropoff Data
Uber is gearing up for a fight with New York City, which wants the ride-hailing app to share information with the city...
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3.3KCab Glut In The Big Apple Hints At Ridesharing As Salve?
Is the Big Apple overrun with one of its ubiquitous signifiers — the yellow cab? CNNMoney reported recently on an MIT study, which,...
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4.2KHow Uber Will Ring In The New Year
Let the surge pricing games begin! It’s the most wonderful time of the year — for Uber. New Year’s Eve has been...
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2.9KUber Engineer Sues Over Stock Options
Uber is facing a lawsuit from an employee who contends the ride-hailing app startup mislead employees about the equity they would receive...
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1.8KNew Rules In China Require Local Drivers For Ride-Hailing Apps
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...
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5.1KSenator Asks Uber To Clarify, Change Location Data Options
U.S. Senator Al Franken (D-MN) recently wrote an open letter to Travis Kalanick, CEO of Uber, requesting additional transparency around the ridesharing...
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6.1KUber Self-Driving Fleet Halted In San Francisco
We hardly knew ye. Uber’s San Francisco self-driving car initiative was halted almost as soon as details were released. On Wednesday (Dec....
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3.0KRide Fair Enables Comparison Shopping Of Uber, Lyft
Ride Fair, a new app that was released earlier this week, is aiming to give users choices when it comes to hailing...
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1.8KSilvercar Fights Back Against Ridesharing
The choice is getting simpler by the day for many travelers — deal with the arduous, often unpredictable and hidden fee-ridden rental...
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3.9KTaiwan To Crack Down On Uber Drivers
New York, Paris, San Fransisco, London and other major metropolitan areas haven’t been the biggest fans of Uber throughout the years. Well,...
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2.1KUber Makes The Case For Its Business Model In Europe’s Highest Court
Just five years after expanding its ride-hailing business in Europe, Uber faced Europe’s highest court on Tuesday (Nov. 29) to defend its...
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1.5KDidi’s New Uber China App Removes It From Its Global Business
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...
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Amidst New Cash Rules, Uber Debuts Indian Wedding Service
Bloomberg said Monday (Nov. 21) that Uber Tech has been tapping into the currency crunch bedeviling India, launching a wedding-centered car service...
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Banking Glitch Causes Uber Drivers To Go Unpaid
Technology can do wonders in payments when it works seamlessly, but when it doesn’t… In the United Kingdom, The Guardian reported, hundreds...
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4.0KRidesharing Startup Karhoo Shuts Down
Karhoo, the startup that was aiming to take on Uber in the ridesharing app market, has shut down after burning through its...
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3.8KJPMorgan And Deutsche Bank Declined To Sell Shares Of Uber To Wealthy Clients
Uber is gearing up to launch an initial public offering at some point, which is expected to be red hot, but at...
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3.4KUber Unveils Revamped App
Business Insider reported that Uber has unveiled a new, more streamlined version of its mobile app. This version of the ridesharing app...
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3.7KUK Tribunal Rules Uber Drivers Are Employees, Not Contractors
Uber was dealt a blow in the U.K. when an employment tribunal ruled Uber drivers are workers instead of self-employed contractors. According...
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Uber’s Flying Car Idea: Prepared For Liftoff?
It’s a bird, plane — or an Uber? Not yet, but just you wait. Uber said it’s exploring the flying car concept....
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2.6KUber Is Creating A Trucking Marketplace Dubbed Uber Freight
Uber is getting in the long-haul delivery business, launching a new unit called Uber Freight. According to a report, the new unit is...
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3.9KCan Tesla Out-Uber Uber?
Autonomous cars. Ride-hailing. Ride-hailing with autonomous cars. Can Tesla make a splash — and some money — by jumping into Uber's pool?...
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1.2KUber Makes Roughly $2 Billion A Month
Uber Chief Executive Travis Kalanick revealed at the Vanity Fair New Establishment Summit that the company has 40 million monthly active riders...
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3.5KUber Riders In NYC To Know Upfront How Much The Ride Costs
Uber riders will no longer have to worry about the cost of a fare, now that the popular ridesharing service has rolled...
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3.7KRipple Effects: Sharing The Rideshare Experience
The disruptive power of ridesharing companies, such as Uber and Lyft, has been astounding. The ripple effects are evident in the rapid...
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Google Launches Waze Rider App
Google is hopping in the driver’s seat in a direct race against Uber and Lyft with a carpool idea. Very quietly, Google...
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4.8KSkedaddle Is Trying To Change The Charter Bus Business
Skedaddle, the ridesharing startup, is trying to do what Uber and Lyft did for ride-hailing for charter bus service around the country....
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3.5KUber Launches Uber Gift Cards
Uber, the ride-hailing startup that has transformed how people get a ride, is now offering gift cards for its service. In a...
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3.7KUber Rolls Out Real-Time ID Check
Ever notice that your Uber driver looks slightly (or glaringly) different than the person shown in-app, whom you thought was picking you...
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Uber Prepares For Battle In India With Ola As Main Competitor
Ridesharing in India is expanding quickly. In fact, India is on pace to overtake Uber’s U.S. market, which currently stands at number one....
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Lyft’s Crystal Ball Says Goodbye Car Ownership
Who can predict the future? Ridesharing company Lyft says it can. Lyft looked into its crystal ball and reported that private car...
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Uber Decides Against Exiting Macau Market
Uber, the ridesharing app, has done an about-face in Macau, saying on Friday (Sept. 9) that it isn’t exiting the market, which it...
