Two engineers who showed they could remotely hack into vehicles have been hired by taxi hailing service Uber. In its latest round of recruiting, Uber has been recruiting aggressively as it seeks to beef up […]
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While Uber Thumbs Its Nose At The Law, Chinese Rivals Embrace Regulation As Competitive Advantage
Didi Kuaidi, China’s largest car hailing app, will now have to share driver information with a second municipal government in China. The taxi hailing service, just like American rival Uber, has been receiving a lot […]
Uber Up In Arms After Rivals Ban It From China’s Most Popular Social Network
Uber is up in arms against Chinese tech giant Tencent over what it terms anticompetitive business practices by the social network. Uber executives have come out strongly to protest the repeated anticompetitive tactics being used […]
Taxi Drivers In Brussels Threaten Citywide Strike Unless Government Regulates Uber Drivers
Brussels’ taxi unions voted on Thursday to give the government until September 1st to begin jailing Uber drivers, or face gridlock from protesting taxi drivers. The Brussels Minister of Mobility, Pascal Smet, has proposed plans […]
Spotify Pushes Creepy New Update That Allows It To Track Customers And Sell Their Data
Leading music streaming service Spotify has just revamped its privacy policy and the changes mean it will collect significantly more data about its customers than it did previously. It will also now sell the information to […]
Scientific Study Shows Uber Leads To Significantly Less Drunk Driving
At a time when Uber is embroiled in all sorts of controversies including drivers in China being arrested for failing to have proper insurance, government officials raiding Uber offices in major cities around the world […]
Uber Faces Stiff Asian Competition As Rival GrabTaxi Raises $400 Million
Uber’s challenges in China go beyond the country’s boundaries: one of its chief competitors in Southeast Asia recently raised a stunning $400 million in a financing round sponsored by China’s Sovereign Wealth Fund. The $740 billion […]
Tesla’s Model S Will Now Valet Park Itself At The Push Of A Button
Google and Apple aren’t the only ones working on self driving cars. A select group of Tesla Model S owners will soon be beta testing the company’s first iteration of its Autopilot software. The software […]
Uber’s Legal Troubles Continue After Million Dollar Fine For Illegal Operations In Taiwan
Uber is expected to pay a fine amounting to U.S. $1 million for improper registration, which has ignited a public backlash in favor of Uber’s activities in the City. The government of Taiwan has imposed […]
Uber Drivers In Canada’s Biggest City Facing 198 Charges
The city of Toronto in Canada has now legally charged over 99 UberX drivers in a stiff battle pitting city officials against the popular taxi hailing company. As the battle rages on, UberX could find […]
Hong Kong Police Arrest Five In Raid On Uber’s Office
In another setback for mega-app Uber, five of its drivers were arrested in Hong Kong on Monday after giving rides to undercover police officers. That was only the beginning of Uber’s troubles as, following the […]
Didi Kuaidi, the Uber of China, Just Introduced Surge Pricing And Users Are Furious
Didi Kuaidi, the “Uber of China”, is in a public relations predicament in its local market after the app introduced what they call “dynamic extra fee” to passengers’ cabs that varies according to the traffic […]
Uber Offering Hong Kong Helicopter Service As It Battles With Didi Kuaidi For Control Of China
In its latest effort to promote and expand its business world wide, Uber is offering helicopter rides in Hong Kong from noon until 5:00 P.M. on August 8th for the “reasonable” fare of only $232. […]
Uber Raises $1 Billion From Microsoft As Valuation Approaches $51 Billion
Uber, now the world’s most valuable startup, has completed a new round of funding that has seen the company raise $1 billion and forge an unlikely alliance with another giant technology company. Uber’s $1 billion […]
Uber To Invest $1 Billion Dollars In India Amid Intense Competition
In an attempt to push competing taxi service OlaCabs from the Indian market, Uber plans to invest a whopping $1 billion into its India operations. Because their ride sharing business requires no infrastructure investment, much […]
Uber Changes Tactics As Brazil Latest To See Widespread Anti-Uber Protests
In a scene reminiscent of those in Paris recently, a thousand Rio de Janeiro taxi drivers protested against ride-sharing company Uber, blocking major roadway and bringing traffic to almost a complete stand still. Uber, in […]
Uber Facing $400 Million Canadian Class Action Lawsuit Over UberX
Uber’s world wide legal troubles continue to mount as lawyers in Ontario, Canada announced a $400 million class-action lawsuit against the company on behalf of limo and taxi drivers across the province. The lawsuit comes […]
Uber Hit With $7.3 Million Fine For Passenger Safety Violations
Popular transport networking company Uber has been slapped with a hefty $7.3 million fine for not disclosing essential information to ensure the safety of their taxi users. The car transportation company, which has seen protests […]
Uber Of China Raises Record $1.5 Billion To Dominate Chinese Taxi Hailing Market
After a record-breaking funding campaign, hundreds of free rides are now being offered throughout Mainland China by Chinese taxi and car-hailing app Didi Kuaidi. The company has raised enough funds to offer these rides in […]
Uber Faces Off Against California Court Over Claim Its Drivers Aren’t Employees
Embattled taxi hailing app Uber argued in court this week that the 160,000 drivers who offer people rides for money via the company’s app are not actually its employees. Uber, which claims to only provide […]
Uber To Pay Licensing Fees, Revenue Tax To Operate In Mexico City
Taxi hailing app Uber will see its drivers needing permits to work in Mexico City according to draft reports of legislation leaked to local media. The proposal would also force the company itself to pay […]
Google Launches Uber Rival RideWith
Google’s complicated relationship with taxi-hailing app Uber got even more complex over the weekend as it emerged the Mountain View based search giant will launch a pilot project of its carpooling app RideWith, which allows […]
Taxi Hailing App Uber Ceases UberPop Service In France Following Violent Protests
Uber will be ceasing its UberPop car sharing option in France – at least for the mean time – after weeks of violent protests from French taxi drivers. They claim the service was killing their […]
Two Uber Managers Detained In France Over Illegal Ride Sharing Service
According to a spokeswoman for the Paris prosecutor’s office, two French executives of taxi-hailing app Uber have been arrested and are being questioned about “illicit activity” linked to the ride sharing company’s service. Spokeswoman Agnes […]
France Issues Ban On Taxi App Uber After Violent Paris Protests
Scofflaw taxi service Uber can no longer legally operate in France after the country’s interior minister banned the company following violent protests against it by taxi drivers yesterday. Minister Bernard Cazeneuve called the service “illegal” […]
Paris Taxi Drivers Riot Over Taxi Hailing App Uber
Angry taxi drivers closed the streets of Paris and those leading to the airport by overturning cars and setting tires on fire, as part of a nationwide protest against ride sharing company Uber, who they […]
Federal Trade Commission Petitioned To Stop Uber Spamming From Your Phone, Tracking You 24/7
A privacy group filed a formal legal complaint with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) regarding taxi service Uber’s pending “unfair and deceptive data collection practices.” The group is asking federal authorities to halt the unneeded […]
Taxi App Uber Banning Americans For Exercising Second Amendment Rights
Ride sharing company Uber is positioning itself as a firm supporter of gun control, as it silently changed its policy on June 10th to ban any drivers or passengers caught carrying a firearm in ‘their’ […]
New York City Seizes 500 Illegal Uber Cars In Latest Escalation
While well-funded ride sharing company Uber wages hundreds of legal battles across the world over its ride sharing app, some municipalities are becoming fed up. Case in point: New York City, which has begun seizing […]
Uber Stabs Carnegie Mellon In The Back, Steals Their Entire Robotics Department
Uber isn’t known for being kind, gentle or even a good place to work. It is increasingly becoming one of the most evil big technology companies, underscored by recent moves to track users of its […]