January 20, 2016
The Zipcar Effect
When the car-sharing service Zipcar launched in 2000, the automotive industry seemed to have little to fear. But the company was instrumental in shaping the modern ridesharing economy that even...
January 20, 2016
GM Joins Ride-Hailing Market With Sidecar Buy
General Motors (GM) is gearing up to lock horns with Uber with its latest acquisition of Sidecar, a ride-hailing and delivery service provider. The acquisition comes after Sidecar shuttered its...
January 14, 2016
Uber China’s $2B Round Raises Value To $7B
Uber’s China division received a nearly $2 billion investment from Chinese firms, boosting the unit to a valuation of $7 billion. As Reuters reported Wednesday (Jan. 13), the previously unreported...
January 13, 2016
Lyft Works To Connect Smartphoneless Seniors To The Digital Age
Ridesharing is one of those modern miracles apt to leave a population that could really be well-served by it — senior citizens past their driving years, who are otherwise pretty independent...
January 12, 2016
GM Turns To Hackers For A Helping Hand
From ride-hailing apps like Uber to traditional manufacturers like General Motors, change is coming to the old-fashioned automobile from more directions than the Model T. Between turning cars into Wi-Fi-connected...
January 08, 2016
CES ’16: The Good, The Bad And The Ugly (So...
It’s somewhat ironic that though the Consumer Electronics Show regularly brings thousands upon thousands of new gadgets to the floors of Las Vegas’ convention centers, it’s usually journalists rather than...
January 07, 2016
San Francisco’s Largest Yellow Cab Company A Casualty Of Uber’s...
Uber came to disrupt the market, which it undeniable has, and in its home town of San Francisco, it has managed to disrupt one of its larger rivals — the city’s...
January 07, 2016
China’s Ride-Hailing King Has eCommerce Ambitions
Chinese ride-hailing app company Didi Kuaidi is expanding its test drive service to unlock a whole new market of automobile eCommerce to its user base, the company announced. The test drive service,...
January 07, 2016
The Next Frontier For GM, Lyft And Self-Driving Cars
Technology continues to take commerce into a growing number of new environments and devices – from clothing and wearables, to smart homes and even retail stores. In 2016, nearly 5.5...
