November 11, 2014
US: New York AG takes antitrust fight to proposed taxi...
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has reportedly sent a letter to New York City’s Taxi and Limousine Commission opposing proposed rules that aim to curb competition between ride-sharing apps...
November 10, 2014
“Uber” Of Long Distance Travel – Tripda – Making U.S....
It seems soon Greyhound buses and Amtrak trains could soon know the world of hurt that ride-sharing has already brough to the world’s taxi operators. Instead of offering a taxi...
November 06, 2014
Amazon Ditches Drones For Taxis?
Amazon has been testing package delivery by taxi, in another effort to figure out how to make same-day delivery workable, the Wall Street Journal reported. The tests this fall in...
November 05, 2014
Pay By Photo? Tip.ly Says Why Not?
Person-to-person payments startup Tip.ly has launched a new service for tipping: Just snap a picture of the tip’s recipient and Tip.ly will handle the rest, according to VentureBeat. To tip...
October 15, 2014
Hailo Gives Up On North America, Pulls Its Taxi App...
In the battle of various mobile payment apps focused on the taxi space, one company tried to reform cabs by focusing on making operations better for cab drivers. That company,...
September 26, 2014
Ride-Sharing Services Get More Legal Pushback
The District Attorneys of Los Angeles and San Francisco are threatening three prominent mobile ride services—Uber Technologies, Lyft and Sidecar—with injunctions and accused them of violating California law. The accusation...
August 28, 2014
Uber’s Dirty-Trick Tactics Revealed
Uber gave burner iPhones and credit cards to contracted “brand ambassadors” as part of a campaign to sabotage Lyft’s launch in New York, The Verge reported on Tuesday (Aug. 26)....
August 27, 2014
Square’s $6 Billion Valuation
Privately-held Square has authorized a tender offer that places the company’s self-declared value at $6 billion, CNBC reported. To put that into context, Square’s similar valuation in January 2014 was...
July 15, 2014
Lyft Avoids Restraining Order In NYC
In what has turned out to be a spectacularly dramatic launch for Lyft—the ridesharing service that allows customers to solicit a ride from their smart phone and pay a “donation”...
