Uber is adding color to your ride home in the form of glowing beacons designed to help you more easily identify your driver. The ride-hailing company is set to roll out the feature in four cities globally in preparation for New Year’s Eve, one of its busiest nights of the year. Drivers in Miami, Denver …
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On a nondescript street in downtown San Francisco, an unremarkable parking garage with dusty walls and painted-over windows seems like an abandoned warehouse. Inside, however, it’s a very different scene. Row upon row of shiny self-driving cars await their moment. At first glance, they look like regular dark-gray Volvo SUVs and white Ford sedans. But they’re decked out with rectangular …
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Ever just skip the reading part and hit the Accept button after one of your favorite apps changed its terms and conditions? Yeah, you’re not alone. But you should know these updates do more than revise the apps’ software. They may also let the app grab more of your personal information, including your location, personal contacts, the device you’re using …
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You know it’s not a proper Disney movie until there’s a cross-promotional tie-in. Now Uber is jumping on the Star Wars hype train (or should that be hype car?) announcing a partnership with Disney to bring “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” to your ride-sharing app. By “activating” the “experience” (that’s right, we can use marketing speak), Uber says you’ll …
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Uber is trying to save passengers time. How? By completely overhauling its app, putting a focus on speed and efficiency. “It’s not just a normal update,” Uber CEO Travis Kalanick said during a press briefing Tuesday at the company’s swanky San Francisco headquarters. “This is a radical redesign and rebuild of the app from scratch.” Uber’s premise is simple: It …
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Your acai bowl could be getting a lot more expensive. Uber said Thursday that it would begin to charge extra for deliveries made in certain cities with its UberEATS delivery service, if orders are made during times when demand is high but drivers are scarce. The new pricing model will first come to Phoenix, Houston, Dallas, DC, Miami and Atlanta, …
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Now playing: Watch this: iOS 10: Five hidden features you may have missed 1:49 The next time you search for a restaurant or directions in the Maps app on iOS 10, you may notice an extra button or two to make a reservation or request a ride. The new buttons are part of a long list of new features in …
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Well, it’s better than the offer from the adult entertainment site. Ken Bone, the man who won last week’s presidential debate despite the fact he’s not running for president, has sold out. “Everyone wants to know if I’ve decided… and I have. uberSELECT helps you ride in style like me, Bone tweeted on Thursday. ” What he was promoting was …
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Uber’s global expansion continues apace with the ridesharing company launching its growing food delivery service UberEats in Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth. The standalone app lets the tired and hungry order food from local restaurants, then track the delivery to their door. There are more than 80 restaurants on board in Brisbane, 60 in Adelaide and 70 in Perth, and Uber …
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Now playing: Watch this: How to use Google Maps hands-free 1:06 If you use Google Maps on your phone, a lot has changed recently — especially so over the last few weeks. There are lots of new features that are easy to miss and make navigating a lot more efficient, like these keyboard shortcuts. Here are 14 tips and tricks …
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