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'Significant number' of non-compliant Uber drivers to be fined WAtoday Uber drivers operating without the correct third party insurance or licence could be financially ruined if their vehicle is in an accident and causes injury, the Department of Transport has warned. Radio 6PR has revealed the riding sharing company has ... and more » https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

Business Insider UK Some people are having issues deleting their Uber accounts — here's why Business Insider UK The company will delete the accounts of anyone who requested, but it's taking longer than usual after Uber needed to build a system to catch up with the volume of requests from its riders outraged over the company's ties to Trump and its actions during ... and more » https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

Business Insider Some people had to wait before Uber would let them delete their account - here's why Business Insider The company will delete the accounts of anyone who requested, but it's taking longer than usual after Uber needed to build a system to catch up with the volume of requests from its riders outraged over the company's ties to Trump and its actions during ... #DeleteUber: how social media turned on UberThe Guardian So many people decided to #DeleteUber the company had to automate the processMashable #DeleteUber: Why people are closing their Uber accounts amid Trump protestsTelegraph.co.uk CNBC -BuzzFeed News -Refinery29 -Uber Newsroom all 623 news articles » https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

CNET Uber will use self-driving Daimler cars... eventually... probably CNET Ford and Volvo won't be alone in providing self-driving cars to Uber in the future, thanks to a new partnership with Daimler, the parent company of Mercedes-Benz. Eventually, Daimler will lend Uber its self-driving vehicles to help flesh out its ... Uber Partners With Daimler in a Step Toward a Driverless FutureNew York Times Uber teams up with Mercedes-Benz's parent company on self-driving carsThe Verge Mercedes and Uber plan network of self-driving carsFinancial Times Forbes -Bloomberg -Daily Mail all 49 news articles » https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

CityLab Pittsburgh's Mayor Defies Uber and Trump CityLab It's not easy getting to Pittsburgh's airport: There are no direct rail lines to Pittsburgh International; a 17-mile cab or Uber ride from downtown can easily cost as much as $50. And yet about 200 people found their way there last weekend to join ... https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

Uber partners with Daimler on self-driving cars MarketWatch Uber Technologies Inc. announced a partnership with German automaker Daimler DAI, -1.56% Tuesday in which Daimler will manufacture self-driving cars for the company. Daimler will operate the self-driving cars under Uber's network. In a blog post ... https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

Financial Times Mercedes and Uber plan network of self-driving cars Financial Times Uber will offer the service in addition to its existing ride options. It will take a cut of the revenues, while Daimler, Mercedes' parent company, will operate the vehicle network. Uber will retain control of the network of passengers. The two ... Uber teams up with Mercedes-Benz's parent company on self-driving carsThe Verge Uber Partners With Daimler in a Step Toward a Driverless FutureNew York Times Uber and Mercedes team up to deliver autonomous taxisAutoExpress Forbes -Business Insider UK -CNBC all 41 news articles » https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

Financial Times Uber and Mercedes team up to deliver autonomous taxis AutoExpress Mercedes and parent company Daimer have announced plans of a new tie-up with the ride-hailing app Uber, to provide fleets of self-driving taxis to paying customers around the world. The driverless Mercedes models will eventually be bookable through the ... Mercedes and Uber plan network of self-driving carsFinancial Times Uber teams up with Mercedes-Benz's parent company on self-driving carsThe Verge Uber Partners With Daimler in a Step Toward a Driverless FutureNew York Times Business Insider UK -Bloomberg -CNBC all 29 news articles » https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

The Verge Uber teams up with Mercedes-Benz's parent company on self-driving cars The Verge Uber announced today its plan to join forces with German auto giant Daimler on the deployment of self-driving cars. The cars, along with the autonomous technology, will be manufactured by Daimler before being introduced into Uber's ride-hailing network ... Uber and Mercedes team up to deliver autonomous taxisAutoExpress Uber Partners With Daimler in a Step Toward a Driverless FutureNew York Times Daimler will make self-driving cars for UberCNBC Bloomberg -Financial Times -TechCrunch all 27 news articles » https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

New York Times Uber Partners With Daimler in a Step Toward a Driverless Future New York Times An Uber self-driving vehicle during a test in San Francisco. The company announced on Tuesday a partnership with Daimler, under which the automaker planned to build autonomous vehicles that would operate on Uber's transportation network. Credit Eric ... Uber, Daimler Strike Partnership for Self-Driving VehiclesBloomberg Daimler will make self-driving cars for UberCNBC Daimler to operate self-driving cars on Uber's networkTechCrunch all 11 news articles » https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

Starbucks and Uber take heat for immigration stances 13newsnow.com Two well known companies are weighing in on the new immigration policies: Starbucks and the ride sharing service Uber. They've been taking criticism as a result. 9NEWS sat down with DU finance professor Mac Clouse who compared the magnitude to ... https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

Economic Times Uber forges partnership with Cleartrip Economic Times NEW DELHI: Taxi hailing app, Uber has forged a partnership with travel portal Cleartrip under which people booking their trip through Cleartrip will be able to book an Uber from the Cleartrip app itself. It will also enable Uber riders to receive ... and more » https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

South China Morning Post Uber Hong Kong sees bumpy ride on long road to acceptance South China Morning Post Facing hostility from the taxi trade and a government crackdown, the man in charge of Uber in Hong Kong remains undaunted as he fights an uphill battle to make the ride-hailing business legitimate. Kenneth She Chun-chi, general manager of Uber Hong ... https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

Forbes New Book Is Truth Serum For Uber, Airbnb And 'Sharing' Forbes If someone asks how you feel about Uber, Airbnb and the provocative “sharing economy” those companies embody, what will you say? For most of us, our answers are as volatile as the surge pricing that affects the night-time cost of an Uber ride ... and more » https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

Forbes Why Uber and Airbnb Needed a Different Kind of CEO Harvard Business Review Since their founding less than a decade ago, Uber and Airbnb have wrangled with regulators, challenged the taxi and hotel industries, earned extraordinary valuations from venture capital investors — and fundamentally transformed the way people think ... New Book Is Truth Serum For Uber, Airbnb And 'Sharing'Forbes all 3 news articles » https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

The Indian Express Uber partners with Cleartrip in India: Here's how it will work The Indian Express Uber is teaming up with Cleartrip in India, and both platforms will have features from each other's service. For starters, Uber riders will now be able to receive recommendations from the Cleartrip website. The recommendations will include events ... Uber And Cleartrip Tie up For Increase in ServicesNews18 all 7 news articles » https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

Business Insider UK Uber wants half of all London rides to be shared Business Insider UK Uber will steer Londoners towards carpooling in future, even though the bulk of passengers prefer travelling individually or with people they know. The company's UK head of public policy, Andrew Byrne, hinted at the company's shift in direction in a ... and more » https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

City Pages Minneapolis Uber drivers are making a fraction of what the company said they'd earn City Pages In cities like Philadelphia, Boston, and Minneapolis, Uber ran ads on Craiglist to recruit drivers. "Make $20/hour" they pledged. Moreover, Uber's website, as recently as 2015, advertised the annual median income for a driver in its UberX service in ... and more » https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

Mashable Uber, Ola ordered to halt ride-sharing services in India's Silicon Valley Mashable The directive was issued Monday after officials from the state government along with those from Ola and Uber met to discuss the issue. The transport officials are citing an archaic regulation to prohibit UberPOOL and Ola Share from operating in the state. Uber, Ola Car Pools At Risk In Bengaluru As State Transport Cries FoulNDTV Ola, Uber to stop ride-share in Bengaluru from FridayThe Hindu Karnataka gives Uber, Ola 3 days to halt ride-sharing servicesLivemint all 21 news articles » https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

Geo News, Pakistan After Punjab, Sindh govt also seeks legal action against Uber, Careem Geo News, Pakistan KARACHI: A day after the Punjab government declared the services of mobile-application taxi service providers Careem, Uber and A-One as illegal, the Sindh government on Tuesday also sought legal action against these companies. The Sindh government ... Sindh, Punjab govts move to ban Careem, UberThe Express Tribune Sindh, Punjab govts spring into action against Uber, CareemThe News International After Punjab, Careem and Uber banned in KarachiSamaa Tv News,Pakistan Business Recorder (press release) (registration) (blog) -TechJuice (press release) (blog) all 18 news articles » https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

Daily Mail MKR's 'angriest man' Tyson Murr is an Uber driver Daily Mail 'We call Tyson the angry, angry man because he can get quite hot headed very quickly,' she said. Tyson agreed with his sister's assessment, also adding: 'Physically I swell up in the neck and some veins might pop in my forehead and I go red and really ... https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

Business Insider UK 'Uber = Fake Taxis': Argentine prosecutor asks for local Uber executives to be jailed Business Insider UK A taxi driver holds a sign that says in Spanish "Uber equals job loss" as he and other cabbies block an avenue in Buenos Aires, Argentina, April 12, 2016. AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano. BUENOS AIRES, Jan 30 (Reuters) - An Argentine prosecutor asked a ... Argentine judge orders Uber blocked, declines detentionReuters Uber ordered to stop service in ArgentinaCNNMoney all 6 news articles » https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

Fortune Lyft Beats Uber in App Store Downloads for the First Time Following #DeleteUber Campaign Fortune Lyft, which has consistently come in second to Uber in the ride-sharing market, more than doubled its iOS downloads from its average number, The Verge reported. In contrast to Uber's response to Trump's executive order, Lyft on Sunday announced it ... https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

Wall Street Journal How Uber and Airbnb Won Wall Street Journal Jeff Bezos never gave Brad Stone an interview for his best-selling biography of Amazon, “The Everything Store” (2013). But for “The Upstarts,” Mr. Stone has talked with all the key players at Airbnb and Uber to produce a fun, briskly told narrative ... https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

PCWorld Uber, Amazon, Tesla ramped up US lobbying in 2016 PCWorld Many major tech companies spent less money lobbying in Washington in 2016, but a handful, including Uber and Amazon, invested significantly more in attempting to influence politicians and the regulatory process. The money, which totals tens of millions ... and more » https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber