July 14, 2015
Shipster’s On-Demand B2B Shipping Broadens Its Reach
The on-demand business model is gaining traction in the B2B community, from on-demand transportation to on-demand temporary workers. Further proof that businesses are embracing these services comes from Shipster, a...
July 13, 2015
Public Transit May Get The Uber Treatment
Move over, Uber. The next wave in transportation disruption may come from a myriad of startups looking to provide a convenient niche service to commuters. By offering rides based on real-time rider...
July 10, 2015
Uber Takes The eCommerce Route In Indonesia
After being recently shut down in multiple countries over its controversial “tech company” status, Uber seems to have found a workaround at least in Indonesia. The company has announced plans...
June 29, 2015
France: Uber executives taken into custody
Two Uber executives were taken into custody in Paris on Monday as part of a government probe into the ride-hailing service, according to Agence France-Presse. The incident took place after...
June 24, 2015
Uber’s Big China Bet Pays Off With Big Backer
Uber’s CEO Travis Kalanick said earlier this month that in one of Uber’s most popular cities in China, the ride-hailing company is turning out close to 1 million trips a day....
June 21, 2015
US: California commission says Uber driver is employee
A ruling in the case of a single Uber driver could have much broader implications for the popular ride-hailing service and for companies like it that rely on workers they...
June 17, 2015
Text Messages Drive New Uber Service
Hailing an Uber ride without a smartphone just got easier. The ride-sharing company launched its new service TextBER yesterday (June 16), which allows users to request a ride by simply...
June 16, 2015
The Race Is On Between Uber And China’s Top Taxi...
Uber’s biggest rival in China may have just raised the stakes. The country’s largest taxi app firm and biggest competition to Uber’s ride-sharing service, Didi Kuaidi, is seeking to raise...
June 15, 2015
Uber Driving $1 Billion Into China
Uber is getting serious about its investment in a market that hasn’t been always welcome to U.S. tech companies: China. Serious, for Uber, means committing to invest a billion dollars...