Uber founders Garrett Camp and Travis Kalanick recognized the potential to disrupt the $100 billion global taxi industry. After all, this heavily regulated sector had seen little innovation over the prior century, leaving customers to cope with an expensive, inconvenient service that rarely seemed ...
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Uber’s general manager in Quebec said the company would end its service on October 14th, leaving open the possibility that a deal could be struck with regulators in the meantime. The company called on the government to rethink new rules that require drivers to undergo 35 hours of training, ...
Uber, in San Francisco, USA. A British employment tribunal ruled Friday Oct. 28, 2016, in favor of Uber arguing it is a technology company linking self-employed drivers with people who need rides, and leaving their drivers without entitlement to minimum wages ...
For two days in November, taxi drivers didn't pick up any weary travelers leaving Mineta San Jose Airport. Instead they drove past, honking, and hoping their strike would persuade city leaders to make ride-hailing companies such as Uber and Lyft follow the same rules as taxi companies at th...
But Kalanick wasn't the only Uber official sucked into the vortex unleashed by Fowler's essay. On Monday, the company announced that Emil Michael, vice president for business and a close Kalanick ally, was also leaving. Then Uber board member and hedge fund partner David Bonderman resigned Tue...
Uber encourages low-rated riders to improve their ratings by showing politeness and refraining from leaving trash in the vehicle and asking drivers to exceed the speed limit. Uber has unveiled its community guidelines listing specific awful behavior that would lead to deactivation of low-rated riders...
He got the job and moved to Hayes Valley in San Francisco, leaving a half-packed apartment in Chicago after 4 years. "The world of no health insurance, jamming late nights, endless responsibility, and some of the most fun I've ever had are ahead of me and I'm so stoked," hewrote....
On New Year's Eve 2015, Edmonton, Alberta resident Matthew Lindsay and four friends were leaving a wedding in Mill Woods. They opted for an Uber ride (fact: Uber is currently illegal in Edmonton). Sure, they were notified that surge pricing was in effect, at least for the first stop ...
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Freewheeling Uber faces major change. Its board is cracking down, its founder and CEO is stepping away indefinitely, and the company itself is coming to grips with measures intended to reform its toxic culture and aggressive business practices. And it all started when Sus...