The Greatest App of All Time Day 24: Uber vs. Calculator
It’s Day 22 of Gizmodo’s March Madness bracket challenge to name the greatest app of all time and we’ve reached the final round of the Sweet 16. Yesterday’s tournament saw …
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TechCrunch Mobility: The wheels are starting to come off the Fisker EV bus
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This Car Buying Advice Totally Changed My Perspective
I’ve been advising on car buying for over 10 years and have come across some pretty awful and unrealistic tips in my time. I’ve been here so long that it’s …
Uber’s almost $272m payout to taxi and hire drivers
Uber will cough up almost $272 million to compensate taxi and hire car drivers who lost out when the rideshare company “aggressively” moved into the Australian market. A class action …
Uber offers new feature for environmentally conscious riders
The new carbon emissions feature on Uber’s app. Uber Environmentally conscious Uber riders interested in monitoring their carbon footprint can now discover the level of carbon dioxide emissions avoided if …
Renewing Ola vs. Uber: How Dara Khosrowshahi reignited Bhavish Aggarwal’s OG cab-hailing duel
From left, Dara Khosrowshahi, CEO, Uber and Bhavish Aggarwal, co-founder and CEO, Ola Synopsis After a long interval, the Ola versus Uber verbal sparring resurfaced following Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi’s …
An Uber Eats Driver Reportedly Refused To Deliver Plan B
One Uber Eats delivery driver seems to have their personal beliefs interfere with the successful delivery of an order — and now the customer is asking for help in an …
Dara’s “Arjuna eye” has Uber India inch closer to finding the profitability ride
Dara Khosrowshahi, CEO, Uber; image credit: Ashwani Nagpal Synopsis Uber’s global and India’s execution shows that startups that make their core business strong benefit, unlike those that chase adjacent and …
Uber Eats is launching a delivery service with Cartken’s sidewalk robots in Japan
Uber, along with partners Mitsubishi Electric and autonomous robotics startup Cartken, are launching a service in Japan that will use self-driving sidewalk robots to deliver food to customers. The companies …
Typo in earnings report sends Lyft stock soaring by 67%
A typo in Lyft’s earnings report overstated a key profit metric by a factor of 10 — sparking a 67% spike in its stock late Tuesday before management corrected the …