July 16, 2015
Mexico: Rules, fee for ride-sharing apps set
Mexico City’s government imposed regulations on Wednesday for ride-booking applications such as Uber and Cabify, requiring them to get permits to operate and pay a fee following an uproar from...
July 10, 2015
China Beefs Up Cybersecurity Efforts
A draft cybersecurity law released by China aims to strengthen the country’s ability to fight cyberthreats and protect the data of Chinese users, The Wall Street Journal reported yesterday (July...
July 07, 2015
Bulgaria: Uber appeals fines by Competition Commission
Mere hours after the Commission for Protection of Competition (CPC) in Bulgaria announced that Uber will be fined by BGN 200,000, the company issued an official statement on the case....
June 30, 2015
France: Arrested Uber executives will stand trial on September 30th
The two Uber executives who were arrested yesterday will stand trial on September 30th, according to Reuters. Uber France CEO Thibaud Simphal and European GM Pierre-Dimitri Gore-Coty stand accused of...
June 29, 2015
France: Uber executives taken into custody
Two Uber executives were taken into custody in Paris on Monday as part of a government probe into the ride-hailing service, according to Agence France-Presse. The incident took place after...
June 25, 2015
France: Taxi drivers lock down Paris in huge anti-Uber protest
French taxi drivers overturned cars, burned tires and blocked access to airports and train stations in a second day of violent protest Thursday against competition from the ride-sharing service Uber....
June 09, 2015
Uber Unties the Purse Strings to Expand in China
Uber is spending its way into China, chiefly by paying its drivers there even more than the fares they pocket, according to The New York Times. The paper reported Monday (June...
May 26, 2015
Inside NSA’s Plans To Hack Smartphone App Stores
The National Security Agency, along with several U.S. allies, developed a covert plan to hack smartphones using Samsung and Google apps. The intelligence efforts – which sought to infect those...
May 21, 2015
Switzerland: Monsanto’s Syngenta bid to face protests
Swiss environmental activists plan to demonstrate against Monsanto bid for Syngenta AG this Saturday Bloomberg reported. They plan to highlight how resistance from non-governmental groups could create political obstacles to...