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The Verge Uber Express Pool offers the cheapest fares yet in exchange for a little walking The Verge UberPool has long occupied a weird place in the ride-hailing company's lineup of services. Riders love it because its so cheap, but drivers hate it because of the stress of ferrying multiple passengers to a variety of destinations. And the company's ... Uber officially launches 'Uber Express Pool' in select citiesEngadget Uber Launches 'Express Pool' to Conquer the CommuteWIRED Uber officially launches Uber Express POOL, a new twist on shared ridesTechCrunch CNNMoney -Condé Nast Traveler -Los Angeles Times all 19 news articles » https://www.google.com/news

The Week Magazine Uber and municipal government: Super friends? The Week Magazine American cities have an Uber dilemma. And a new study provides a few possible insights into solving it. The research was a joint project under an umbrella of different groups, including the National Cooperative Highway Research Program, the National ... and more » https://www.google.com/news

Bloomberg Uber Seeks Help From a London Plumber Bloomberg Back in April 2012, a British employment tribunal ruled that Pimlico was in fact employing its plumbers. That case arrived on Tuesday at the U.K. Supreme Court, where it's being appealed. Such is Uber's common interest that it asked to join the Supreme ... Uber looks for a London plumber to help plug its leaksLivemint all 6 news articles » https://www.google.com/news

BGR Uber CEO believes flying taxis are just 5-10 years away BGR In October of 2016, Uber published a lengthy white paper outlining its plan to further revolutionize the transportation industry. Over the course of 100 pages, Uber detailed new initiative dubbed Uber Elevate, a fledgling program that aims to develop a ... and more » https://www.google.com/news

Financial Times Citymapper drops bus plans, looks to take on Uber Financial Times Citymapper has dropped plans to become a bus company and will instead attempt to take on Uber as a private hire taxi operator in London, after the popular mapping start-up was granted a licence from the city's transport authority on Tuesday. Founded in ... and more » https://www.google.com/news

Business Insider Uber is slowly quitting developing markets in Asia — here's why India is probably next Business Insider "Where we are now as of Q4 is the developed markets, the contribution from the developed markets, essentially pays for the overhead of the business, alright ... [The] amount that we are investing in developing markets, that's a significant negative but ... and more » https://www.google.com/news

Fortune Here's When Uber's Flying Taxis Might Actually Take Flight Fortune Speaking on Tuesday at an investor forum in Tokyo, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi predicted that his company's Uber Air flying taxis will be commercialized and used widely within the next five to ten years. According to Reuters, which earlier reported on ... Sony to launch a ride-hailing service in Japan as Uber CEO signals further expansion in the countryCNBC Sony takes on ride-hailing in Japan as Uber looks for partners - The ...The Verge Uber CEO's Asia trip underscores its persistent global ambitionsThe Star Online Daily Mail -Economic Times -The Japan Times -Nikkei Asian Review all 86 news articles » https://www.google.com/news

TechCrunch Uber parks its service in Morocco | TechCrunch TechCrunch Uber is pulling the brakes on its service in Morocco, which will cease on February 23, as it waits (and hopes) for local regulators to accommodate app-based.. Uber is temporarily pulling out of MoroccoQuartz Uber pulls out of Morocco amid tensionsABC News all 12 news articles » https://www.google.com/news

Fortune An Uber Eats Driver Accused of Fatally Shooting a Customer Has Turned Himself In Fortune An Uber Technologies Inc. (uber, +0.00%) driver turned himself in after allegedly shooting and killing a customer over the weekend. Robert Bivines, 36, made an Uber Eats delivery late Saturday before witnesses said he exchanged words with and then shot ... UberEats driver suspected of fatally shooting customer in AtlantaThe Guardian Uber Eats driver suspected in shooting death of customer turns himself inCNN Uber Eats Driver Allegedly Shoots And Kills Customer In AtlantaNPR CBS News -Washington Post -Gizmodo -WXIA-TV all 135 news articles » https://www.google.com/news

Fortune Uber Is Reportedly Planning to Sell Its Southeast Asia Branch to Competitor Grab Fortune Uber is preparing to hand over its Southeast Asia business to the Singaporean ridesharing company Grab, according to a report by CNBC. Uber would get Grab equity in the deal, if and when it goes through. CNBC's sources further said the deal was part of ... Uber to sell Southeast Asia business to rival Grab in anticipation of IPOThe Drum Uber Is Reportedly Going to Sell Its Southeast Asian Division to Competitor GrabGizmodo Uber is reportedly preparing to sell its Southeast Asia businessEngadget CNBC -The Straits Times -TechCrunch all 20 news articles » https://www.google.com/news

Edmonton Journal Airport getting 'closer to an agreement' with Uber Edmonton Journal Edmonton International Airport remains a no-fly zone for Uber as the ride-sharing service tries to drive home a deal with the airport. The ride-sharing company has been in talks with the airport authority for about a year, and entered more concerted ... https://www.google.com/news

TechCrunch Uber, Google and other tech employees form Coalition of Black Excellence TechCrunch When black employee resource groups from a variety of tech companies come together, black magic happens. More specifically, black excellence happens. The Coalition of Black Excellence Week, spearheaded by Uber Litigation Counsel Angela Johnson in ... and more » https://www.google.com/news

The Drum Uber to sell Southeast Asia business to rival Grab in anticipation of IPO The Drum After its merger with Didi Chuxing in China, Uber is set to sell its Southeast Asian business to rival Grab in exchange for a majority stake. The move has been hailed as a strategy to help Uber manage its costs in preparation for an IPO as soon as next ... Uber is reportedly preparing to sell its Southeast Asia businessEngadget Uber Is Reportedly Going to Sell Its Southeast Asian Division to Competitor GrabGizmodo Uber Is Reportedly Planning to Sell Its Southeast Asia Branch to Competitor GrabFortune CNBC -The Straits Times -TechCrunch all 20 news articles » https://www.google.com/news

ABC Online Uber in regional Victoria not taking off as quickly as expected, say taxi firms and customers ABC Online It is after midnight on a Saturday night in the central Victorian city of Bendigo and the wait for a lift home at the taxi rank is more than an hour long. That's despite ride-sharing service Uber launching in the city four months ago. It is a similar ... and more » https://www.google.com/news

CNN Trump appointee who was banned from Uber for alleged racial comments is out at federal volunteer agency CNN (CNN) A senior adviser at the agency that oversees federal volunteer efforts is out after CNN's KFile reported last month that Uber banned him for allegedly harassing a driver. Daniel Pollack worked in public affairs at the Corporation for National and ... and more » https://www.google.com/news

Boing Boing Surge-taxing Uber as a way relieve urban congestion Boing Boing You wouldn't have to define congestion zones: just use Uber and Lyft's own realtime telemetry about how many of its cars are stuck in traffic: the more stuck they are, the more expensive it becomes for them to be there, the more expensive their rides ... Lyft and Uber reshaping Long Island's transportation sectorNewsday Uber, Lyft pickup and dropoff locations moving March 1 at Memphis InternationalThe Commercial Appeal DIA does not track Uber and Lyft rides, opening risk of losing revenue, Denver auditor warnsThe Denver Post all 29 news articles » https://www.google.com/news

CNBC Uber preparing to sell Southeast Asia Unit to Grab - CNBC.com CNBC After selling its China stake in 2016, Uber is in talks to mimic that strategy in Southeast Asia. Uber users could end up on BUSES as boss suggests public transport system combined with ride-sharing techThe Sun Uber wants to be public transportation, and I have some serious ...The Verge Uber's losses narrowed in Q4, but there's still work to doBusiness Insider Reuters -The Australian -The Japan Times -Brand Equity all 39 news articles » https://www.google.com/news

Slate Magazine Waymo is readying a ride-hailing service that could directly compete with Uber Quartz Waymo is preparing to launch a ride-hailing service akin to Uber's, but with driverless cars. The self-driving carmaker spun out of Google was approved on Jan. 24 to operate as a transportation network company (TNC) in Arizona, the state department of ... Did Waymo Just Put Uber in Second Place?Slate Magazine all 19 news articles » https://www.google.com/news

The Verge Vergecast: Waymo v. Uber, all software is broken, and the web still lives The Verge This week on The Vergecast, Nilay, Dieter, and Paul welcome senior writer Sarah Jeong to the show for the first time. Sarah was at the federal court in San Francisco for Waymo v. Uber trial and has been reporting on it for The Verge, so she lends us ... https://www.google.com/news

Ars Technica Is Uber shortchanging drivers? As part of lawsuit, over 9000 now say yes Ars Technica As they opted out of arbitration, they can sue, and band together as a class. Indeed, alleged violations of the TSA are the only issue at hand: the case does not turn on whether Dulberg and the other drivers were properly classified as contractors or ... and more » https://www.google.com/news

TechCrunch Equity podcast: Uber's losing billions, Amazon lays off hundreds and somehow Instacart gets more money TechCrunch On this week, we were joined by Mike Ghaffary from Social Capital, who was the perfect guest because he used to run Eat24, when it was Yelp's food delivery business. Food delivery is highly relevant to this week's news. First up, we talked about Uber ... and more » https://www.google.com/news

WIRED Traffic Is a Disease. An Uber Tax Is the Cure WIRED Uber and Lyft changed the entire system by ushering in an explosive rise of cars available for hire. In just a couple of minutes, at the tap of a button on your phone, you can find a car that is both cheaper and more convenient than anything that ... Gender pay gap among Uber driversThe Mancunion all 9 news articles » https://www.google.com/news

The Guardian Uber to set up 24-hour hotline for UK customers The Guardian Uber said it would also change its approach to reporting serious incidents to the police. Concern had been raised by the Met police that Uber was failing to properly investigate allegations of sexual assault against passengers – one major issue when ... Uber to report crimes direct to police to boost safetyBBC News Uber to revamp reporting of violent incidents in bid to placate TfLFinancial Times Uber unveils new security measures in wake of UK safety concerns and TfL banThe Independent Telegraph.co.uk -Sky News -CNBC -Transport for London all 63 news articles » https://www.google.com/news

Mashable Here's what it's like to ride the brand new Uber Bike Mashable Uber Bike is following the bike-sharing trend that has been growing in cities like San Francisco for years. Ford GoBike is a bike-share mainstay at this point with what seems like endless stations throughout the city and has electric bikes coming in ... and more » https://www.google.com/news

Daily Mail Talk about Uber Pool! Shocked passenger sees driver PEE into a cup 'because he didn't want to wet himself' Daily Mail Tirhas Hailu was picked up from the Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport when she noticed her driver reaching for his cup; 'It was very silent. I can hear him peeing... the smell of it was disgusting,' said Hailu; When she confronted him ... Atlanta Uber driver accused of peeing in cup in front of passengerWXIA-TV all 2 news articles » https://www.google.com/news