June 21, 2015
US: California commission says Uber driver is employee
A ruling in the case of a single Uber driver could have much broader implications for the popular ride-hailing service and for companies like it that rely on workers they...
June 17, 2015
Text Messages Drive New Uber Service
Hailing an Uber ride without a smartphone just got easier. The ride-sharing company launched its new service TextBER yesterday (June 16), which allows users to request a ride by simply...
June 16, 2015
The Race Is On Between Uber And China’s Top Taxi...
Uber’s biggest rival in China may have just raised the stakes. The country’s largest taxi app firm and biggest competition to Uber’s ride-sharing service, Didi Kuaidi, is seeking to raise...
June 15, 2015
Uber Driving $1 Billion Into China
Uber is getting serious about its investment in a market that hasn’t been always welcome to U.S. tech companies: China. Serious, for Uber, means committing to invest a billion dollars...
June 10, 2015
Uber Gets Into Credit Cards To Finance Gas For Drivers
Lately, with all the regulatory storms swirling around Uber, when news is reported on the ride-hailing company it’s not usually positive. But yesterday, Uber had its own bundle of news...
June 07, 2015
India: Uber taxis seized in Delhi
Delhi police said 120 ride-hailing taxis linked to Uber Technologies and two Indian operators have been impounded, as the companies did not have licenses to operate. The drive against these...
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 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 07, 2015
Uber Teams With UK P2P Lender To Finance Cars
While Uber continues to face regulatory pressures in the U.S. (and abroad), in London it has formed a unique partnership with the peer-to-peer lending service Zopa to help drivers gain...