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'Cash Cab' Meets Uber Where Advertisers Gather Your Data Via Octopus Tablets ForbesHere's the pitch: any Lyft or Uber can become a "Cash Cab." Except in Bethesda-based Play Octopus' twist on the Discovery Channel tv show with surprise ... View the full article

Uber's New 'Unhappy Hour' Promotion: Get a Free Ride if Your Super Bowl Team Loses Inc.Sometimes it's hard to tell whether the ads on the Super Bowl support the game or it's the other way around. Many companies spend millions each for a moment ... View the full article

Uber India To Remove Misbehaving Riders BloombergQuintUber will now remove riders who despite repeated warnings misbehave or damage the driver or co-passenger's property, as per the updated community ... https://www.google.com/news

Uber has Atlanta discounts for Super Bowl weekend 11Alive.com WXIAATLANTA — With the days counting down before Super Bowl weekend, Uber has announced special deals in Atlanta. Uber Eats has announced free delivery ... https://www.google.com/news

Uber has Atlanta discounts for Super Bowl weekend 11Alive.com WXIAATLANTA — With the days counting down before Super Bowl weekend, Uber has announced special deals in Atlanta. Uber Eats has announced free delivery ... View the full article

'Thrown to the wolves' - the women who drive for Uber and Lyft BBC NewsFrom inappropriate comments to sexual harassment, being a female Uber or Lyft driver poses risks. https://www.google.com/news

Montreal taxi company that challenged Uber with electric fleet halts operations Cape Breton PostMontreal's Teo Taxi, which sought to take on Uber with a fleet of electric vehicles, halted operations and laid off all its drivers, the company's management said ... View the full article

Uber Wants to Ferry People To and From Trains and Buses FortuneWhen a company like Uber files for an IPO, it eventually wants to show a sunny face to investors—especially with a claimed valuation of $120 billion, which ... https://www.google.com/news

Uber Wants to Ferry People To and From Trains and Buses FortuneWhen a company like Uber files for an IPO, it eventually wants to show a sunny face to investors—especially with a claimed valuation of $120 billion, which ... View the full article

Uber’s Giving the Losing Super Bowl Team’s City Free Rides for an Hour After the Game AdweekAfter this year's Super Bowl, Uber wants to give the losing team's fans something to cheer about: a safe (and free) ride home after they're finished drowning their ... https://www.google.com/news

Uber Has a New Money-Making Scheme Ahead of Its IPO FortuneWhen a company like Uber files for an IPO, it eventually wants to show a sunny face to investors—especially with a claimed valuation of $120 billion, which ... https://www.google.com/news

Uber Has a New Money-Making Scheme Ahead of Its IPO FortuneWhen a company like Uber files for an IPO, it eventually wants to show a sunny face to investors—especially with a claimed valuation of $120 billion, which ... View the full article

Review: Uber Lite should be the only Uber app you need MemeburnI recently came across Uber Lite. With my smartphone having storage issues and the app being just 5MB, I decided to give it a try. https://www.google.com/news

Uber stressed: World's largest ride-share company flooded with complaints ABC 4The world's first and largest ride-share company is "uber stressed." Members of its special investigations unit says complaints -- from passengers about drivers, ... View the full article

From Papa John's to Uber: When CEO scandals go viral CNBCJon Fortt sits down with Kara Alaimo, assistant professor at Hofstra. https://www.google.com/news

Here’s the Uber Investor Letter That Forced Travis Kalanick Out BloombergOn June 20, 2017, two venture capitalists arrived at the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Chicago to hand-deliver a letter to Travis Kalanick. The memo helped convince the ... https://www.google.com/news

Passenger claims his Uber driver scoffed Greggs and watched TV while behind the wheel Chronicle LiveOne passenger was not impressed with his ride from Benwell to the city centre with a peckish driver. https://www.google.com/news

Gobbling up: Swiggy, Zomato, Foodpanda, UberEats make a meal of investors’ funds The Financial ExpressFlush with funds that are being used to create infrastructure and acquire customers, food delivery players are scaling up rapidly. From a 15 million run rate order ... View the full article

Meet Uber’s First-Ever Chief Privacy Officer FortuneRuby Zefo, Uber's first chief privacy officer, has her work cut out for her. She joined the ride hailing company nearly six months ago, just after the company ... https://www.google.com/news

Another tech bubble could be about to burst as Uber, Lyft and Airbnb talk up IPOs The Australian Financial ReviewAs heavyweight VCs bid up the value of start-ups, others have to follow - it's up or out. The result has been not only a new bubble in IPO markets, but the ... View the full article

Comment: How Uber is steadily draining your money New Zealand HeraldComment: I was shocked by this figure …$467 blown in just 12 months. I logged into my Uber account last week, curious to know what I had actually spent using ... View the full article

Uber Wants Self-Driving Scooters and More Car News This Week WIREDYeah, WIRED Transportation loves new car tech. But this week, we were all about alternatives to driving around on four wheels. We thought about what might ... https://www.google.com/news

Uber talks safety process after Raleigh driver arrested mid-ride WTVD-TVThe company is now sharing how drivers are screened in North Carolina in the wake of one Raleigh woman's terrifying ride. https://www.google.com/news

Crypto Broker Led by Uber and E*Trade Alums Is Going Public CoinDeskVoyager, a cryptocurrency brokerage startup founded by veterans of Uber and E*Trade, is going public on Canada's TSX Venture Exchange through a reverse ... View the full article

The true cost of using Uber will hit you hard when you add it up NEWS.com.auI logged into my Uber account last week, curious to know what I had actually spent using this app. In 2018 I had racked up nearly $500 on Uber fares or the ... View the full article