Uber launched its newest app on Thursday — a trucking dispatch service called Uber Freight. According to Recode, the app works in much the same way as the ridesharing services for everyday riders and drivers. But in this case, it matches commercial shippers with truck drivers...
Uber, the ride-hailing app, is being embraced by the town of Innisfil in Canada at time when cities across the country and world are pushing back against the service. According to a report in The New York Times, leaders in the small but spread-out town...
For New York independent drivers and their passengers, the birth of local Uber rival Juno last year seemed like good news. Many drivers worked for both companies, doubling their business. Many also had claim to Juno stock units that, it turned out, the company would...
Uber saw a judge last week request federal prosecutors investigate the company to see if Uber Technologies and an executive worked together to steal technology from Alphabet’s Google’s self-driving car business before the executive joined Uber. According to a report in The Washington Post, the investigation...
Uber Technologies, the ride-hailing app company, got hit with a legal blow on Thursday (May 11) in its fight not to be regulated as a taxi service, when the European Union’s main court rejected arguments that Uber is merely an app. According to a report...
Maven, GM’s dedicated mobility wing, has launched Maven Gig, which gives occasional gig economy workers access to ridesharing services, as well as enables them to obtain a vehicle for short job stints, such as delivering groceries and food on demand. According to TechCrunch, for $229 per...
Didi Chuxing, the Chinese ride-hailing company, has raised greater than $5.5 billion in what is being billed as the largest round of funding for a technology company. According to a report in Bloomberg News, the funding will be used for expansion beyond China and for driverless technology....
Gig, a car sharing app created by AAA, the emergency roadside assistance service, is live in California’s Bay Area as of Monday (May 1). According to a report in TechCrunch, Gig comes out of A3 Ventures, AAA’s venture capital unit with the car sharing service which takes...
Identity protection is not just a nice-to-have but a necessity for tech companies to have in today’s risky online climate. As such, it’s not too shocking that there is an advocacy group that exists with the sole purpose of challenging the tech industry on privacy...
