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Uber Launching Taxi-Hailing Service In Nagoya
Uber Launching Taxi-Hailing Service In Nagoya
September 06, 2018  |  Ridesharing

Uber Technologies, the ride-hailing startup, announced on Thursday (Sept. 6) that it is launching a taxi-hailing app in Nagoya as it aims to expand in...

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GO-JEK Pairs With P2P Lenders To Boost FinTech In S. Asia
GO-JEK Pairs With P2P Lenders To Boost FinTech In S. Asia
September 05, 2018  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Indonesian ride-hailing and online payment company GO-JEK is expanding its financial technology services through partnerships with three peer-to-peer (P2P) lending firms: Findaya, Dana Cita and...

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Grab Battles Go-Jek, Invests $250M In Startups
Grab Battles Go-Jek, Invests $250M In Startups
August 30, 2018  |  Investments

Grab announced that it plans to invest $250 million in Indonesian startups over the next three years through its new innovation arm. Earlier this month,...

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Lyft Taps Google Veteran As It Goes After Business Market
Lyft Taps Google Veteran As It Goes After Business Market
August 22, 2018  |  Personnel

Lyft, the ride-hailing startup competing against Uber, has hired Manish Gupta, a Google veteran, as vice president of engineering. According to a report citing Lyft, Gupta...

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Uber Secures $2.8B In Q2 Revenue
Uber Secures $2.8B In Q2 Revenue
August 16, 2018  |  Ridesharing

Uber revealed that its second-quarter revenue increased 63 percent from the prior year to $2.8 billion, while gross bookings jumped 41 percent to about $12...

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Waymo Connects Riders To Phoenix Transit Systems
Waymo Connects Riders To Phoenix Transit Systems
August 01, 2018  |  Ridesharing

Waymo announced it is partnering with Valley Metro, the Phoenix, Arizona area’s regional public transportation authority, to explore mobility solutions using self-driving technology. “Working together,...

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Uber Trips Tally 10B
Uber Trips Tally 10B
July 25, 2018  |  Ridesharing

Uber has reached a major milestone: completing more than 10 billion trips. “We’ve hit some pretty exciting milestones together in the past, and this latest...

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ReachNow Rolls Out Ride-Hailing Service To Round Out Offering
ReachNow Rolls Out Ride-Hailing Service To Round Out Offering
July 17, 2018  |  Ridesharing

ReachNow, the BMW-owned carsharing service, announced it is launching a ride-hailing service, becoming what it said to be the first carsharing and ride-hailing service all...

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Grab Opens App Up To Third-Party Developers
Grab Opens App Up To Third-Party Developers
July 10, 2018  |  Mobile Applications

Grab, the Southeast Asian ride-hailing app company, is trying to expand its business — and as a result, it is opening up its platform to developers...

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