Now playing: Watch this: Pebble unveils two new smartwatches and a wearable not… 2:43 Editors’ note, December 7, 2016: Pebble has announced that its assets have been acquired by Fitbit and it will no longer release new products. While the Pebble 2 and other Pebble watches will continue to work, no new software updates or …
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As everyone knows, we’re now living in a sharing economy. People share their homes (Airbnb), their culinary skills (EatWith), their manual labor (TaskRabbit) — heck, even their money (LendingClub). Oh, and of course their cars: Lyft and Uber drivers will gladly ferry you from point A to point B (or, let’s be honest, bar A to bar B). But what …
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Facebook calls it Photo Magic. But if you call it creepy, there’s a way to take it off. In this CNET Update, watch to learn about all the new features in the Facebook Messenger app. Not only will you find winter fun and other chat effects, but you can also get a free ride from Uber: Now playing: Watch this: …
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You could be slurping frozen treats on the high seas thanks to Uber and its drones. Uber Flying robots aren’t a regular part of Uber’s modus operandi, but on Friday the ride-sharing company is using the drones to deliver ice cream to customers in Singapore. Uber has been doing an ice-cream delivery promotional stunt for four years, and with the …
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Ride is a new car-hailing app that caters to carpooling commuters. Ride Is there room for another ride-hailing startup? That’s what a new smartphone app called Ride is hoping to find out. It’s muscling into the increasingly crowded field of ride-hailing startups, dominated by Uber and Lyft, by focusing on carpooling, rather than replacing the taxi. Ride, which launched its …
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Uber says it has strict policies protecting customer privacy. Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty Image Addressing concerns that it didn’t respect the privacy of its customers, Uber said Monday that one of its employees checked a journalist’s ride on the service because she was 30 minutes late to a meeting the two had scheduled. The revelation came in response to a series …
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Uber CEO Travis Kalanick has been asked to explain his company’s policies. Stephen Shankland/CNET Recent reports of Uber’s lack of regard for user privacy has raised the attention of Sen. Al Franken, who has sent a letter to Travis Kalanick that asks the ride-sharing service’s CEO to address the allegations. The Minnesota Democrat, who chairs the Subcommittee On Privacy, Technology, …
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