Tag: Uber

Bengaluru: Online ride-hailing platform Uber has announced to double its workforce in the product and engineering departments — from over 500 to more than 1,000 ‘technologists’ — at its Bengaluru and Hyderabad facilities next year. Uber India aims to hire full-stack teams that include product managers, product designers, data scientists, user researchers, mobile, front-end and […]

Washington: In a bid to show its seriousness about taking its “flying car” concept off the ground, ride hailing company Uber has signed a second space act agreement with NASA. The pact aims to further explore concepts and technologies related to urban air mobility (UAM) to ensure a safe and efficient system for future air […]

Cairo: An Egyptian court has ordered the suspension of a ban on online cab services — Uber and Careem — until their appeal is determined by a higher court. On March 20, Cairo’s administrative court ruled to ban the services of the two companies and stop their online applications, but Saturday’s order suspended the former […]

Bengaluru, Jan 30 (IANS) Indian online cab aggregator Ola on Tuesday announced its entry into the international market, starting with Australia, to take on its American rival Uber. “We have begun recruiting private hire vehicles and drivers in Sydney, Melbourne and Perth from Tuesday, with rides expected to begin in the coming weeks,” a company spokesperson […]

Davos: In a bid to ensure billions of its riders a safe and secure journey, ride-hailing platform Uber on Tuesday said the company may allow people to request drivers with higher ratings. The company will “do much more with driver ratings… and have users be able to opt in to a higher level of service,” Uber […]

San Francisco: After ride-hailing platform Uber disclosed that two hackers “inappropriately accessed” the names, email addresses and phone numbers of 57 million customers, regulators of at least five states in the US said they will question the company for staying silent after the hack. “At least five states including Illinois, Massachusetts, Missouri, New York and […]

Dhaka: Ride-hailing app Uber on Tuesday announced the launch of its bike-sharing service UberMOTO here. Mashrafe Bin Mortaza, skipper of the Bangladesh cricket team, took the first MOTO ride in the city, reports Xinhua news agency. With the launch, Uber will take another step forward in its efforts to redefine urban mobility in Dhaka that it […]

San Francisco: Online Cab booking app Uber has declared that it will launch its new project of  flying tax service in Los Angeles by 2020 in order to deal with the city’s traffic problem. When Uber’s Chief Product Officer Jeff Holden on Wednesday revealed the plan at the Web Summit, a technology conference in Lisbon, […]

New York: SoftBank’s multi-billion-dollar investment into ridesharing app Uber will be finalised “very likely in the next week” Uber board member Arianna Huffington has said. Uber’s board voted earlier in October to approve the Japanese tech conglomerate’s cash infusion, which would add six more board seats and annul super-voting shares held by former CEO Travis […]

Los Angeles: Uber’s ousted CEO Travis Kalanick has appointed two members to the firm’s board of directors for seats under his control in a move reportedly meant to solidify his influence in the company, a media report said. Kalanick has appointed former Xerox CEO Ursula Burns and former CIT Group CEO John Thain to positions […]

London: Ride-hailing app Uber will not be issued a new private hire licence, Transport for London (TfL) said on Friday. The TfL rejected Uber’s application on the basis that the company was not “fit and proper” to hold a private car hire operator licence after expiry of its current licence on September 30. “Uber’s approach […]

Bengaluru: Global ride hailing app Uber has apologised after its food delivery service’s ‘Wife Appreciation Day’ promotion in Bengaluru was called out for being ‘sexist’ by social media users from across the world. Through its app, the company had put out a promotional message on Sunday for UberEATS, its food delivery platform, which was launched in […]

San Francisco: Google has been reluctant about sharing how much it spends on self-driving technology but now, the number — over $1 billion — has been accidentally revealed while reviewing documents in the ongoing legal tussle between Google’s Waymo and Uber. Google spent a whopping $1.1 billion on developing its self-driving software and hardware, says […]

San Francisco: Ride-hailing app Uber has named American travel company Expedia’s Dara Khosrowshahi as its new CEO after its founder and former chief executive Travis Kalanick resigned in June, the media reported. The announcement was made on Sunday night, reports CNN. According to Uber sources, Iranian-origin Khosrowshahi was not among those reported to have been in […]

New Delhi: A court here on Monday issued summons to app-based cab service providers, including Ola and Uber, for allegedly not adhering to rules relating to fares. ad Metropolitan Magistrate Abhilash Malhotra asked the company to represent itself by the authorised representative on the next date of hearing, December 11. The court order came on […]