November 12, 2015
Uber Black Back In Korea Following Regulatory Snafu
Uber is making a comeback of sorts in Korea, having restarted its Uber Black service in that country. TechCrunch reported Wednesday (Nov. 11) that the ride-hailing company brought the service...
November 06, 2015
Cash Still King For Uber In Indonesia
Cash isn’t king everywhere, but in Indonesia, it’s still a main payment option. To keep in tune with how consumers in the region are choosing to pay, Uber has adjusted its...
November 03, 2015
Tencent’s $1B Bet On On-Demand Services
Tencent Holdings, the Chinese Internet company, will invest as much as $1 billion in the country’s largest online on-demand services provider in a deal that values the latter at $20...
November 02, 2015
Uber Legal Battle Hinges On Technicality
In the midst of a series of legal battles, ride-hailing giant Uber Technologies may find its fate determined by a “legal technicality,” The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday (Oct. 29)....
October 29, 2015
Uber Looks To Expand To Pakistan
In the latest movement of ride-hailing company Uber to branch out internationally, the company has signaled that it will push into Pakistan, Reuters reported Wednesday (Oct. 28). That rollout will...
October 26, 2015
Apple Watch Commercial Pitches Uber – And Apple Pay
It’s not like Apple and Uber really need each other’s help to gain even more name recognition with consumers, but a new ad campaign featuring the two companies might do...
October 19, 2015
UK Court Rules In Favor Of Uber’s App
Score one for Uber. The ride-hailing company got handed down a legal victory, and what’s more, it’s in Europe, where Uber has been a flashpoint across the Continent. [bctt tweet=”Uber...
October 16, 2015
Verifone Levels The Playing Field For Taxis
Long before the days of Uber and Lyft, Verifone made card payments possible for taxis. Now, with its major acquisition of ride-hailing app Curb, Verifone is making those payments invisible...
October 15, 2015
Uber Drivers’ Data Gets Breached
Ride-hailing outfit Uber inadvertently released data tied to hundreds of its drivers, a deluge that included everything from scans of drivers’ licenses, Social Security numbers and other data. Motherboard, citing...