Uber rolled out new in-app safety features to 38 countries across Europe, Africa and the Middle East this week. Dubbed Safety Toolkit, the collection of features lets riders and drivers share trip details, access safety information and contact emergency services. People using the ride-hailing company’s service can also set up two-factor authentication as an extra …
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Google Assistant will now take an active role in helping you book a ride. Ask it for a ride to the airport or a local restaurant, and the digital assistant on your phone will pull info from popular ride-hailing apps like Uber and Lyft. You’ll see wait times and prices compared, and if you choose a service Google will take …
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Lyft has challenged more people to give up their cars by expanding its Ditch Your Car program. The ride-hailing company announced the expansion in a Wednesday blog post, giving people until the end of September to sign up. If you offer to give up your car between Oct. 8 and Nov. 6, you could get credit for Lyft Shared, Zipcar, …
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Lyft celebrated its 1 billionth ride by revealing some fascinating stats from its six-year history. The ride-hailing company on Tuesday highlighted the milestone in an enthusiastic blog post, and said its “team members will be personally surprising thousands of lucky drivers with a small gift of our appreciation.” That token turned out to be a free tank of gas for …
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Uber and its former boss won a lawsuit claiming the company hid scandals that led to investors losing billions. An Irving, Texas-based firefighter pension fund filed class action claims against the ride-hailing company and its ex-CEO Travis Kalanick, but a California judge ruled that the claims should be tossed Friday, Bloomberg reports. The lawsuit “does not specifically tie any particular …
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Uber wants you to shift from cars to electric bikes and scooters for short city trips. The ride-hailing giant reportedly plans to put more emphasis on electric bikes and scooters, saying they’re better suited than cars for inner-city travel. “During rush hour, it is very inefficient for a one-tonne hulk of metal to take one person 10 blocks,” Uber CEO …
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Uber drivers in Australia were told to log off their apps on Monday morning to protest “features designed to further shortchange and underpay” them. RideShare Drivers United (RDSU) called on them to turn off the Uber app between 7:00 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. local time in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Perth and Hobart. The lobby group said that around 15,000 drivers …
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Uber’s problems in London might not be over: The city’s taxi drivers are looking into legal action. The Licensed Taxi Drivers’ Association said that its members are exploring the possibility of bringing a class action lawsuit against the ride-sharing company. “We’ve been approached by a number of members to help them explore whether there would be grounds for a potential …
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After conquering Uber, ride-hailer Grab is upping the ante with its expansion throughout Southeast Asia. The company launched a new on-demand grocery delivery service on Monday, along with a redesigned home screen for its existing app. Called GrabFresh, Grab’s latest venture lets users shop for groceries “from the comfort of home,” according to Grab’s statement. It’s a partnership with HappyFresh, …
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Without Apple’s App Store, your iPhone may well have just stayed a phone. The App Store has been around so long, it’s easy to forget that it wasn’t always a core part of the iPhone concept. The store came a year after the introduction of original iPhone, arriving with the iPhone 3G. It debuted with 500 apps from developers like MLB …
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