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| Sep 9, 2019 | Uber Freight HQ opens in Chicago | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today! Uber announced in March that it would hire hundre... |
| Sep 9, 2019 | Uber Freight HQ opens in Chicago | Uber announced in March that it would hire hundreds of Chicago-area Uber Freight workers ahead of plans to lease additional city office space, and this morning the ride-hailing giant revealed its long-term vision for the newly christened Ub... |
| Jan 31, 2019 | Uber Freight introduces Yelp-like ratings for shipping facilities | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more. If you’re in the trucking business, there’s a phrase you reliably dread: driver detention. It’s the length of time spent idling at ship... |
| Jan 14, 2019 | Ретроспектива: 2018 год в цифрах | Подборка занимательных статистических фактов за предыдущий год — по мотивам записей из Telegram-канала Groks. 12 12 комментариев 19 110 просмотров Слушать Последние месяцы предыдущего и первые месяцы нового года обычно предзнаменуют множест... |
| Dec 20, 2018 | SoftBank leads $385 million investment in Fair to expand its car-leasing Uber partnership globally | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today! Fair, a car-leasing firm that bought out Uber’s l... |
| Dec 20, 2018 | SoftBank leads $385 million investment in Fair to expand its car-leasing Uber partnership globally | Fair, a car-leasing firm that bought out Uber’s leasing portfolio of vehicles earlier this year, has raised a whopping $385 million in a series B round of funding led by SoftBank. Additional participants in the round include Exponential Ven... |
| Dec 6, 2018 | Google’s Gradient Ventures leads $7 million investment in Wise Systems to automate routing for shippers | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more. Wise Systems, which develops autonomous routing and dispatch software for delivery fleets, has raised $7 million in a series A round of... |
| Dec 6, 2018 | Google’s Gradient Ventures leads $7 million investment in Wise Systems to automate routing for shippers | Wise Systems, which develops autonomous routing and dispatch software for delivery fleets, has raised $7 million in a series A round of funding led by Gradient Ventures — Google’s AI-focused investment fund. Additional participants in the r... |
| Nov 29, 2018 | Uber Freight taps machine learning to give shippers rates 2 weeks in advance | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more. Uber Freight, the cargo-hauling trucking platform Uber built on its on-demand transport infrastructure, has unveiled a new feature that... |
| Nov 29, 2018 | Uber Freight taps machine learning to give shippers rates 2 weeks in advance | Uber Freight, the cargo-hauling trucking platform Uber built on its on-demand transport infrastructure, has unveiled a new feature that gives shippers — companies and distributors who dispatch cargo en masse — access to real-time market rat... |
| Nov 20, 2018 | Uber aims to offer more wheelchair-accessible rides with shorter wait times | Uber has long received flack for its lack of widely available wheelchair-accessible rides. Today, Uber is taking steps to ensure riders who rely on wheelchairs can get rides when they need them, and without having to wait more than 15 minut... |
| Aug 7, 2018 | As Uber winds down autonomous truck business, Otto founders aren’t giving up | Uber doled out more than $600 million to acquire self-driving truck startup Otto two years ago. Last week, Uber announced it was ceasing work on its autonomous trucking business to focus on cars. Earlier this year, Uber settled a legal spat... |
| Aug 7, 2018 | As Uber winds down autonomous truck business, Otto founders aren’t giving up | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more. Uber doled out more than $600 million to acquire self-driving truck startup Otto two years ago. Last week, Uber announced it was ceasin... |
| Mar 21, 2018 | KeepTruckin raises $50 million from IVP, GV, others to grow its fleet management tech | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more. KeepTruckin, a company that provides trucking firms with technology for tracking vehicles and keeping digital logs of hours driven, has... |
| Mar 21, 2018 | KeepTruckin raises $50 million from IVP, GV, others to grow its fleet management tech | KeepTruckin, a company that provides trucking firms with technology for tracking vehicles and keeping digital logs of hours driven, has raised $50 million in a series C round of funding led by IVP, with participation from existing investors... |
| Mar 16, 2018 | How tech firms are increasing accessibility for disabled users | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more. Nearly 20 percent of people in the U.S have a disability, according to U.S. Census Bureau data, with more than half of those reporting ... |
| Mar 16, 2018 | How tech firms are increasing accessibility for disabled users | Nearly 20 percent of people in the U.S have a disability, according to U.S. Census Bureau data, with more than half of those reporting a “severe” disability. That figure is roughly consistent with other countries — in the U.K., for example,... |
| Mar 1, 2018 | Uber Health lets providers schedule rides for patients | Healthcare organizations are billed each month for the cost of patient rides, which are on par with standard Uber rates at the time of the ride booking. By utilizing Uber Health, care coordinators can set up rides a few hours in advance or ... |
| Mar 1, 2018 | Uber figures out how to get older people into its cabs: drive them to the doctor | The company has launched Uber Health, in which doctors can schedule rides for their patients Editor's note: Our next SplashX Invent Health, this time focused on the "Future of Clinics" is coming up on March in Palo Alto. We&#... |
| Jan 30, 2018 | Uber confirms it’s selling its Xchange Leasing portfolio of vehicles and contracts to Fair | Uber has confirmed that it’s selling its car-leasing business, Xchange Leasing, to car marketplace startup Fair. The ride-hailing giant launched Xchange Leasing back in 2015 as an easier way for prospective Uber drivers to get on the road. ... |
| Jan 30, 2018 | Uber confirms it’s selling its Xchange Leasing portfolio of vehicles and contracts to Fair | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more. Uber has confirmed that it’s selling its car-leasing business, Xchange Leasing, to car marketplace startup Fair. The ride-hailing giant... |
| Nov 24, 2017 | Russia’s antimonopoly authority clears merger between Uber and local service Yandex.Taxi | Editor’s note: This post from East-West Digital News was syndicated with permission. The Federal Antimonopoly Service of the Russian Federation has approved the Yandex-Uber plan to merge their respective taxi service activity in the country... |
| Nov 5, 2017 | Uber rival Grab crosses 1 billion rides in Southeast Asia | Grab, Uber’s fierce rival in Southeast Asia, announced today that its service has crossed one billion completed rides. The firm hit the milestone on October 26 when 66 concurrent trips from across its seven markets took it into ten-figure t... |
| Sep 26, 2017 | UberEats to accept cash payments in select countries, starting with India | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more. The much-anticipated “cashless society” is taking longer to arrive than some previously predicted, but it’s clearer than ever that pape... |
| Sep 26, 2017 | UberEats to accept cash payments in select countries, starting with India | The much-anticipated “cashless society” is taking longer to arrive than some previously predicted, but it’s clearer than ever that paper and coin transactions are on their way out. The trajectory of change from cash to digital will, of cour... |
| Sep 8, 2017 | Uber pledges to make all UberX cars in London electric or hybrid by 2019 | Uber has announced a new “clean air plan” that will make all of its London UberX vehicles electric or hybrid by 2019 and all of them fully electric by 2025. It also plans to ensure that cars available through its app across the entire U.K. ... |
| Sep 8, 2017 | Uber pledges to make all UberX cars in London electric or hybrid by 2019 | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more. Uber has announced a new “clean air plan” that will make all of its London UberX vehicles electric or hybrid by 2019 and all of them fu... |
| Sep 6, 2017 | In DACA responses, some tech giants find a louder voice to protest Trump | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today! In its earliest days, Silicon Valley was happy to... |
| Sep 6, 2017 | In DACA responses, some tech giants find a louder voice to protest Trump | In its earliest days, Silicon Valley was happy to eschew national politics. The availability of venture financing and the focus on emerging technologies that, for a while at least, were nurtured beyond the attention span of mainstream consu... |
| Sep 4, 2017 | Mercedes-Benz enters European ride-sharing market with $50 million investment in Via | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more. Mercedes-Benz announced today that it has created a joint venture with U.S.-based Via to launch a new ride-sharing shuttle service in E... |
| Aug 30, 2017 | Deposed Uber chief Travis Kalanick welcomes new CEO | New Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi on Wednesday officially met Uber's employees at a companywide meeting, where former chief Travis Kalanick formally welcomed his successor. Kalanick co-founded Uber and ran the company until he resigned in... |
| Aug 30, 2017 | As Uber Confirms CEO Pick, A Real Change of Control? | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints The board of embattled ride-hailing giant Uber late Tuesday confirmed its decision to hire Expedia chief executive Dara Khosrowshahi as its new CEO. The vote was unanimous, th... |
| Aug 30, 2017 | Here’s what happened at Uber today | It’s a brand new day for Uber, the transportation startup that has been caught up in a whirlwind of drama ranging from sexual harassment and culture issues to an absence of C-level leaders to a lawsuit with Waymo. At an all-hands meeting to... |
| Aug 29, 2017 | Uber to end controversial post-trip tracking as part of privacy drive | Uber is set to reverse a controversial decision to collect users’ location information after their trip ends, Reuters reports, with the privacy u-turn coming first to the iPhone app — expected to get the update this week — and subsequently ... |
| Aug 29, 2017 | Uber finally confirms that Khosrowshahi will be its new CEO, and Kalanick ‘couldn’t be happier’ | It’s officially official. News reports have been telling you since Sunday that Expedia CEO Dara Khosrowshahi had been offered the CEO role at Uber, but that was based on sources, not any company statements. It also wasn’t entirely clear if ... |
| Aug 25, 2017 | Uber to donate $1.2 million to Girls Who Code as tech industry reels from sexism scandals | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more. Uber has announced a partnership with Girls Who Code, the not-for-profit organization that’s setting out to “close the gender gap” in t... |
| Aug 25, 2017 | Uber to donate $1.2 million to Girls Who Code as tech industry reels from sexism scandals | Uber has announced a partnership with Girls Who Code, the not-for-profit organization that’s setting out to “close the gender gap” in technology. As part of the three-year agreement, Uber will mete out $1.2 million to help Girls Who Code “g... |
| Aug 23, 2017 | Uber drivers have made more than $50M in the first month of tipping | Enlarge Photo by Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto via Getty Images reader comments 119 with 49 posters participating Share this story Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Reddit Uber is making additional changes to its driver-side app by allowi... |
| Aug 16, 2017 | Uber’s new head of Asia is a former Goldman exec who once climbed Mount Everest | Regular run-ins with government regulators and battles with well-funded local rivals have made Asia challenging terrain for Uber . The challenge is such that it’s fitting that the U.S. ride-sharing giant has hired a man who once scaled the ... |
| Aug 15, 2017 | Race to the bottom: The fate of Taxify and Uber in Nigeria | Share this article: Uber has come to become the buzzword for everything on-demand. But it took the company years of name change, legal battles, series of funding and expansion to earn its place in hearts and minds. In its search for expansi... |
| Aug 11, 2017 | Uber libera globalmente recurso de chat para conversar com o motorista | Em abril, o Uber ganhou um recurso de chat no Brasil, permitindo que usuários enviem mensagens para o motorista a caminho. Agora, isso está sendo liberado para o mundo inteiro. Para acessar o chat, primeiro é preciso solicitar um veículo no... |
| Aug 11, 2017 | How the global e-taxi landgrab is playing out between Uber, Didi, and others | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today! The global e-taxi battle took another interesting... |
| Aug 11, 2017 | How the global e-taxi landgrab is playing out between Uber, Didi, and others | The global e-taxi battle took another interesting turn this week when Didi Chuxing — by far the largest ride-hailing company in China — invested in Careem, an Uber rival that’s popular in dozens of cities across the Middle East, Africa, and... |
| Aug 10, 2017 | Uber adds app messaging between driver and rider | If you’re anything like us, you land after a long plane journey, slightly shattered and attempting to adjust to your new time zone then once you’ve finally left passport control and picked up your bags, you simply want to grab a taxi and ge... |
| Jul 25, 2017 | Uber is going to provide accident insurance in France for free | Uber drivers and delivery persons in France are automatically going to get covered by accident insurance over the coming months. Uber has partnered with French insurance company Axa on this insurance product. It’ll go live this fall and it’... |
| Jul 25, 2017 | Convoy raises $62.5 million for on-demand platform that connects shippers with truckers | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more. “Uber for trucking” logistics startup Convoy has raised $62.5 million in a series B round led by Y Combinator’s Continuity Fund. Other ... |
| Jul 25, 2017 | Left your phone in an Uber? That’ll be $15 | If it ever happened to you, you know this can get tricky. The car takes off, you pat your jeans. Oh no. Your phone (or your wallet or keys or something) is now in the backseat of the Uber that drove you back home after drinks at Las Vegas L... |
| Jul 25, 2017 | Convoy raises $62.5 million for on-demand platform that connects shippers with truckers | “Uber for trucking” logistics startup Convoy has raised $62.5 million in a series B round led by Y Combinator’s Continuity Fund. Other notable new investors include Bill Gates’ Cascade Ventures, Mosaic Ventures, and former U.S. senator Bill... |
| Jul 18, 2017 | Uber faces another lawsuit due to a lack of wheelchair-accessible rides | The Brooklyn Center for Independence for the Disabled, along with other disability rights groups, is suing Uber, alleging Uber is in violation of New York City human rights laws because it doesn’t have enough wheelchair-accessible cars avai... |
| Jul 17, 2017 | Uber rides into more trouble in Asia as it halts its service in Macau | Uber has bowed to regulators in Asia once again after the U.S. ride-sharing giant halted its service in Macau, the gambling mecca that is a special administrative region of China. The company said it will “pause” its services in Macau from ... |
| Jul 15, 2017 | Why the Uber-Yandex merger in Eastern Europe won’t cover Ukraine | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today! As the dust settles from the momentous merger new... |
| Jul 15, 2017 | Why the Uber-Yandex merger in Eastern Europe won’t cover Ukraine | As the dust settles from the momentous merger news that will eventually see Uber and Yandex form a new ride-sharing company covering six Eastern European markets, it’s worth taking a moment to dig down into the finer nuances of the deal. We... |
| Jul 14, 2017 | Uber Merger With Russian Rival Yandex On The Horizon: Another Loss For The Ride-Hailing Service After Exiting China | Aaron Mamiit, Tech Times 14 July 2017, 09:07 am Uber has suffered another setback in what was once a very aggressive plan for international expansion, as the company has agreed to a merger with Yandex for their ride-hailing services in Russ... |
| Jul 13, 2017 | Uber and Yandex merge their ride-sharing services to form a new $3.8 billion company targeting Russia and neighboring markets | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more. Here’s a bolt out of the blue: Uber is partnering with Yandex, the Google of Russia, to launch a new standalone company that merges the... |
| Jul 13, 2017 | Uber, Yandex combine ridesharing and UberEATS in Russian markets in a $3.72B JV | As Uber continues to work through a huge amount of internal management turmoil, the company is also consolidating and rationalizing more of its international business. Today, the company announced that it will be combining its rides-on-dema... |
| Jul 13, 2017 | Uber and Yandex merge their ride-sharing services to form a new $3.8 billion company targeting Russia and neighboring markets | Here’s a bolt out of the blue: Uber is partnering with Yandex, the Google of Russia, to launch a new standalone company that merges their respective ride-sharing services to target Russia, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, and Georg... |
| Jul 5, 2017 | Lyft is now completing one million rides a day | Lyft, which is only available in the U.S., just announced it’s hit one million rides a day. Uber announced one million rides worldwide in December 2014. As of July 2016, Uber was completing an average of 5.5 million rides a day. Last week, ... |
| Jun 30, 2017 | Uber dá US$ 500 para alguns motoristas após atingir 5 bilhões de corridas | O Uber está em crise, você sabe. Até Travis Kalanick, que parecia inabalável no cargo de CEO, teve que renunciar. Apesar dos pesares, a empresa continua funcionando: o Uber acaba de completar 5 bilhões de corridas e, para comemorar, distrib... |
| Jun 28, 2017 | Uber agora permite que usuário peça corridas para outras pessoas | Se você nunca precisou chamar um Uber para um parente ou amigo, provavelmente conhece alguém que já o fez. Essa prática é tão comum que se tornou oficial: em alguns países, o Uber passou a permitir que o usuário solicite viagens para outras... |
| Jun 28, 2017 | Equal Rights Center sues Uber for denying equal access to people who use wheelchairs | The Equal Rights Center is suing Uber for denying equal access to its services for people with disabilities. According to the lawsuit, the ERC alleges that Uber has chosen not to include wheelchair-accessible cars as an option in its standa... |
| Jun 27, 2017 | You can now request an Uber for anyone in your address book | Uber on Tuesday announced an interesting new feature: The ability to request Uber rides for other people, even if they don’t have the Uber app on their phones. Don't Miss: Amazon's epic Black Friday deals started early this year a... |
| Jun 27, 2017 | Uber makes it easier to request a ride for someone else | Uber wants to increase its potential user base by making it easier for you to request rides for other people. Though it’s already possible to request a ride for someone else, for example, your drunk friend or an elderly relative who may not... |
| Jun 27, 2017 | Uber makes it easier to request a ride for someone else | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more. Uber wants to increase its potential user base by making it easier for you to request rides for other people. Though it’s already possi... |
| Jun 27, 2017 | Uber Is Now Allowing You To Request A Ride For Other People | Eric Brackett, Tech Times 27 June 2017, 05:06 pm Uber has unveiled in a blog post a new feature that will allow users to request rides for other people. This feature focuses heavily on providing transportation for elderly family members, wi... |
| Jun 25, 2017 | How tech companies are recognizing Pride Month | In the month of June, tech companies celebrated Pride in the best way they know how: small, quirky product updates. With San Francisco and New York’s annual Pride event hitting this weekend, it’s a good time to reflect on just how far LGBTQ... |
| Jun 21, 2017 | You Can Now Tip Your Uber Driver As Ride-Hailing Service Undergoes Overhaul | Aaron Mamiit, Tech Times 21 June 2017, 07:06 am Uber customers all over the United States will soon be able to tip their drivers, as the company moves to overhaul its ride-hailing service after a flurry of scandals and controversies. The ne... |
| Jun 20, 2017 | Uber is implementing tipping, but how well it works will be critical | On the heels of what must feel to employees like the longest six months in Uber‘s eight-year history, the company last week tried ending relentless news reports about its corporate misbehavior by encouraging its CEO, Travis Kalanick, to tak... |
| Jun 20, 2017 | Uber adds tipping | After years of refusing to add a tipping option for drivers, Uber is finally adding tips to its application as part of an outreach program to riders and passengers. The company, which has seen so much trouble on so many fronts in recent mon... |
| Jun 14, 2017 | "See you soon," Uber's Travis Kalanick tells staff in leave announcement | Uber CEO Travis Kalanick is taking a leave of absence for an unspecified amount of time, he told staff at the fast-growing ride-hail giant in a company-wide memo. "[I]f we are going to work on Uber 2.0, I also need to work on Travis 2.... |
| Jun 13, 2017 | 10 Things You Need to Know From Eric Holder’s Uber Report | After months of interviewing employees and workplace reviews, Uber has released the recommendations of an internal investigation about its failings to police reckless behavior within the company. The investigation, led by former U.S. Attorn... |
| Jun 13, 2017 | Uber CEO takes leave, now the company must grow up | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today! Uber, the unorthodox ride-hailing company that sh... |
| Jun 13, 2017 | Uber CEO takes leave, now the company must grow up | Uber, the unorthodox ride-hailing company that shook up the taxi industry, is itself undergoing a shakeup on a seismic scale unprecedented in Silicon Valley, most significantly with the leave of absence for its founder and CEO Travis Kalani... |
| Jun 13, 2017 | Uber CEO takes leave of absence amid sexual harassment scandal | More On: travis kalanick Travis Kalanick's 'ghost kitchen' firm has spent $130M on real estate Uber founder Travis Kalanick missing out on stock surge City Council preps oversight of 'ghost kitchens' Travis Kalanick... |
| Jun 6, 2017 | Uber Hires Harvard Professor to Help Embattled CEO Be a Better Leader | It looks like Uber is making good on its promise to get leadership help for CEO Travis Kalanick, who is under fire following allegations of sexual harassment at the company. The ride-hailing giant announced today that it has hired academic ... |
| Jun 5, 2017 | Uber hires Harvard Business School professor Frances Frei to solve its leadership problems | In a bid to heal its fractured company culture, Uber has hired Harvard Business School professor Frances Frei as its new SVP of leadership and strategy. According to the company’s announcement, Frei will report to CEO Travis Kalanick, “work... |
| Jun 1, 2017 | Elon Musk, Google, Microsoft, and more decry Trump’s withdrawal from Paris accord | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today! President Trump announced he will withdraw the Un... |
| Jun 1, 2017 | Elon Musk, Google, Microsoft, and more decry Trump’s withdrawal from Paris accord | President Trump announced he will withdraw the United States from the Paris climate accord, a move that will weaken efforts to fight climate change and raise tensions in an already uneasy relationship with technology companies that have voc... |
| May 30, 2017 | Spain’s taxi drivers stage another anti-Uber strike | Taxi drivers in Spain are striking today in cities including Madrid, Barcelona and Valencia to protest at what they see as the exploitative practices of ride-hailing transportation apps Uber and Cabify. Cab drivers in Barcelona are staging ... |
| May 24, 2017 | Justiça reverte decisão e diz que motorista não tem vínculo empregatício com Uber | O Tribunal Regional do Trabalho de Minas Gerais (TRT/MG) julgou um recurso do Uber e decidiu nesta terça-feira (23) que um motorista parceiro não tem vínculo empregatício com a plataforma. É uma mudança em relação à decisão proferida em fev... |
| May 23, 2017 | Quiqup, the Postmates of London, raises $26 million to grow its on-demand logistics platform | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more. Quiqup, a U.K.-based logistics startup that serves businesses and consumers with an on-demand delivery and pickup service for just abou... |
| May 22, 2017 | Uber debuts a “smarter” UberPool in Manhattan | Uber announced this morning a series of under-the-hood changes to its ride-sharing service UberPool in Manhattan, with the goal of improving its matching algorithms, as well as its pickup and dropoff processes in the city. The company says ... |
| May 22, 2017 | Uber testa mudança no UberPool que faz passageiro andar mais até o carro | O UberPool é a modalidade mais barata do Uber, em que você divide o carro com outras pessoas em troca de uma tarifa mais barata. A empresa expandiu um teste em que o usuário precisa andar um pouco até chegar ao veículo, em vez de ser recebi... |
| May 22, 2017 | Uber says carpool service is ‘not perfect’, experiments with new version in Manhattan | Choosing Uber’s carpool option can be risky. Yes, you can save money, but the tradeoff is efficiency, convenience, and speed in terms of reaching your destination. Uber today acknowledged that UberPOOL is “not perfect” and announced that it... |
| May 20, 2017 | Keep on truckin’: 5 companies disrupting the road freight industry | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more. So Uber officially launched its not-so-secret trucking business, Uber Freight, on Thursday, as the Silicon Valley tech titan looks to i... |
| May 20, 2017 | Keep on truckin’: 5 companies disrupting the road freight industry | So Uber officially launched its not-so-secret trucking business, Uber Freight, on Thursday, as the Silicon Valley tech titan looks to infiltrate another lucrative industry: long-distance road freight. Uber first announced the service back i... |
| May 16, 2017 | Uber app to display real-time public transit data so you can easily combine modes of transport | Uber has announced plans to make it easier for riders to keep tabs on transit options by displaying real-time public transport data directly within the Uber app. For this feature — available only in the Android Uber app for now — the ride-h... |
| May 16, 2017 | Uber app to display real-time public transit data so you can easily combine modes of transport | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more. Uber has announced plans to make it easier for riders to keep tabs on transit options by displaying real-time public transport data dir... |
| May 12, 2017 | Automobile Barcelona – A Look At The City’s Urban Transport Tech Landscape | With the car exhibition Automobile Barcelona arriving in town, Cabify closing a $100M investment round a few days ago, and Uber awaiting it’s EU fate this week, it’s a good moment to step back and take a look at the major urban transport te... |
| May 10, 2017 | Uber now lets you save your favorite places in the app | I travel back home about three or four times a year, and every time I go back, I have to bug one of my friends to send me his address. I always forget to write it down, so whenever I’m getting ready to jump in an Uber to head to his place, ... |
| May 9, 2017 | Uber gets sued over lack of services available to people with disabilities | Although Uber has launched a program for people with disabilities to use the car-hailing service, the program is not available in all the markets in which Uber operates. Two people who use wheelchairs have filed a lawsuit against Uber alleg... |
| May 8, 2017 | Uber is setting up a research hub in Toronto | Toronto’s position as a world-class artificial intelligence hub has grown even more certain as companies from around the world have turned to the talent and expertise found in Canada’s largest city. On Monday, Uber announced the creation of... |
| May 5, 2017 | TechCabal Daily: Generous Uber | Hey there! Here’s everything interesting in African technology today. Not subscribed? Click here to get this goodness in your mailbox every day at 7am (GMT + 1). https://media.giphy.com/media/3osxYqCoxc03ZaTK9i/giphy.gif Good morning. 1. Ge... |
| May 4, 2017 | UberPOOL will now suggest better drop-offs to save everyone time | Uber’s adding a new feature to UberPOOL that will hopefully help expedite trips, for both drivers and passengers. UberPOOL riders will now get pop-up drop-off spot suggestions in the app while en route, letting them know when it might be ea... |
| May 4, 2017 | Justice Department to probe Uber over evasion software | A secret software tool has reportedly landed Uber in hot water. The Justice Department has launched a criminal investigation into the company’s use of an internal program known as “Greyball” — which helps drivers evade local law enforcement... |
| Apr 29, 2017 | Uber Android App Getting Revamped Privacy Settings With Easier Management And Account Deletion | Alexandra Burlacu, Tech Times 29 April 2017, 11:04 am Uber has new updates in store for its Android app, adding simplified privacy controls designed to make things easier for users. The new privacy controls aim to help users manage their da... |
| Apr 27, 2017 | Uber Makes It Easier For Riders To Check Their Ratings: Will This Reduce Bad Behavior By Passengers? | Aaron Mamiit, Tech Times 27 April 2017, 08:04 am Uber updated its rating system to make it easier for riders to check their ratings in a bid to curb bad passenger behavior during requested rides. The changes were brought about due to feedba... |
| Apr 27, 2017 | Uber launches personal injury and illness insurance in the UK with the IPSE | As Uber continues to get more negative attention for its business culture and practices, the company today is taking one step ahead in the UK to try to improve its relationship with drivers here. The company is today announcing a new partne... |
| Apr 26, 2017 | Está mais fácil ver sua nota de passageiro no Uber | Depois de cada corrida no Uber, você pode avaliar o motorista, e ele avalia você também. Sua média ficava relativamente escondida na interface do app, mas agora será bem visível, para estimular usuários a se comportarem melhor. A nota do us... |
| Apr 26, 2017 | Uber’s latest update makes it easier than ever to find your rider rating | For all the controversies that Uber has been involved in over the past several months, that hasn’t stopped the team from improving the app behind the scenes. This week, the developers made a couple of important changes to the way the rating... |
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