June 10, 2015
Stripe Dashboard Launches For iPhone
After backing Facebook for its “buy button,” San Francisco based online payments vendor Stripe, which powers payments processing for businesses in over 18 countries, has launched itself on the iOS...
June 04, 2015
Alibaba Investment Expands Finance Footprint
Chinese eCommerce giant Alibaba will announce an investment in financial media company China Business Network in a deal that could be announced as soon as today (June 4) reported Reuters, citing...
May 31, 2015
US: Uber pushes back against NYC regulators
Representatives of Uber and Lyft warned Friday that a New York City effort to regulate app-based ride-hailing services will stall innovation and threaten competition. The regulations “will be crushing to...
May 28, 2015
Mary Meeker’s Internet Trends: Mobile On The March and OnDemand...
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers longtime Internet analyst Mary Meeker dropped her annual trends report on the Code Conference here today. Meeker, as per usual in the 20 years she has...
May 18, 2015
Icahn Hitches A $100 Million On Lyft
Lyft has secured another big investment — this time from billionaire activist Carl Icahn. The ride-hailing company announced Friday (May 15) that it has secured $150 million in funding, which is...
May 15, 2015
New Rival Could Run Uber’s Biz Travel Dominance Off The...
It hasn’t always been this way, but Uber is finally gaining traction with business travelers in a big way. Just last March, a study published by the Association of Corporate...
May 05, 2015
Is Technology The Taxi Industry’s Lifeline?
Across major U.S. cities — from the heart of the Big Apple, to the Windy City and out west to the Golden Gate City, ridesharing apps like Uber and Lyft...
May 01, 2015
Doc Leak Reveals Ride-Sharing Rivalry
New leaked documents obtained by Bloomberg reveal an expensive rivalry between ride-sharing competitors Lyft and Uber, according to reports released Thursday (April 30). Lyft is said to be spending millions...
April 30, 2015
Amazon Rival Jet Has A Secret Investor (It’s Alibaba)
Taking a cue from the ancient wisdom that says the enemy of my enemy is my friend, Chinese eCommerce mega-player Alibaba was an investor in Jet.com’s $140 million funding round...
