Just like cars on a highway at rush hour, transformation in city and infrastructure planning is not moving fast enough to get people where they need to go — and it’s about to become more of a problem, if Moovit Co-Founder and CEO Nir Erez...
Uber, the ridesharing company, announced the launch of Uber Health, a new service that will partner with healthcare organizations to provide rides for patients. In a blog post, the company said that each year, 3.6 million Americans miss a doctor’s appointment because of a lack...
Rideshare platforms typically reach consumers through their own mobile apps — be it Uber, Lyft or a smaller player, like Bounce in San Diego. As a result, it can be hard for smaller ridesharing companies to attract new consumers. Enter Whipster, which aggregates fares from multiple...
Creating possible competition for ridesharing companies such as Uber, Nissan and DeNA are planning a test run of a self-driving taxi service — dubbed Easy Ride — in Japan, CNBC reported. Nissan said on Friday (Feb. 23) it will conduct the test on a 4.5 kilometer road in...
Uber’s new Chief Executive Officer, Dara Khosrowshahi, dismissed rumors during a presentation in India about a potential merger with ridesharing service Ola, saying instead that he plans to invest more in the company’s India business, which has been suffering recently from losses. According to news...
Uber is reportedly gearing up to sell its ridesharing business in Southeast Asia to Singapore-based Grab. In return, Uber would obtain a substantial stake in Grab, sources close to the potential deal told CNBC. Still, Uber and Grab have not reached a deal as of...
Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi is looking at a future for Uber beyond ridesharing and cars. “Cars are to us what books are to Amazon,” he said at a conference while outlining his grander vision for the platform going forward. That vision, he noted, will grow...
Startup firm Uber is testing a new service in Nairobi, Kenya, that will charge a cheap rate for ridesharing customers who want to use its service for quick errands. According to a Reuters report, the new service is geared toward customers who look for a...
A former Lyft employee has accused staffers of using the ridesharing company’s software to spy on passengers, including obtaining the phone number of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. TechCrunch spoke to the source, who claimed that employees were able to use Lyft’s back-end software to “see...