SK Telecom and Uber Technologies have entered into two business arrangements — one an agreement to collaborate and the other a joint venture — focusing on the ride-hailing business, SK Telecom announced on Friday (Oct. 16). One part of the arrangement calls for SK Telecom...
Ride-sharing firm Lyft is teaming up with Epic, which offers electronic health records (EHR), to offer services that will allow healthcare workers “to schedule a Lyft ride for a patient directly from that patient’s record,” Lyft announced in a Thursday (Oct. 8) blog post. A key selling...
99, a Brazilian ridesharing service, will partner with Facebook-owned WhatsApp in order to take orders on the chat platform, letting users summon cars without having to use more than just the WhatsApp application, according to Reuters. 99 is owned by China-based Didi Chuxing Technology, Reuters...
A London judge reinstated Uber Technologies Inc.‘s license to operate on Monday (Sept. 28), ending a 10-month fight between the ride-hailing company and regulators, The Wall Street Journal reported. “This decision is a recognition of Uber’s commitment to safety,” the company said. Shortly after entering...
Uber on Tuesday (Sept. 22) announced new services to help co-workers share Uber rides. The offerings, which will roll out in the “new few weeks,” according to a company post, are among Uber for Business initiatives aimed at profiting from companies’ move to bring workers...
Uber Technologies is under increasing pressure to find new investors and revamp the strategy for its experimental, self-driving car division, which has begun to lose ground to competitors, Bloomberg reports. With the self-driving division set to run out of money by the end of next...
Gojek, the Indonesian company that started as a call center for hailing motorcycle taxis 10 years ago and today offers services ranging from ride-hailing to money transfer, is doubling down in Thailand. The company has rolled out a new, upgraded app for Thailand, replacing its...
Uber Technologies Inc. wants to shed part of its minority stake in Didi Chuxing, the Beijing vehicle-for-hire company that calls itself the world’s leading mobile transportation platform. Bloomberg News reported that a portion of Uber’s $6.3 billion, 15 percent stake in the Chinese company is up for grabs,...
JPMorgan Chase is ceasing the pandemic practice of letting employees Uber to work on the company dime, according to Bloomberg. The measure was put in place early in the pandemic in a move to ensure that employees below the managing director level could avoid public...
