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Firefly Emerges From Stealth With $21.5M In Funding To Put Billboards On Top Of Uber And Lyft Cars ForbesGet ready to see billboards on the backs of Ubers as Firefly gets $21.5 million to expand its roving advertising network. View the full article

Wall Street Journal 'Ride from Hell': Carpooling in the Age of Uber Can Be…Awkward Wall Street Journal Ride-sharing pioneers Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft Inc., under pressure to lower their fares, responded with Uber Pool and Lyftline in August 2014. Unlike the traditional services, which offered rides for a single passenger or group of passengers at ... https://www.google.com/news

‘Ride from Hell’: Carpooling in the Age of Uber Can Be…Awkward The Wall Street JournalAs shared ride services become more popular, passengers clash over music, temperature and talking. Exasperated drivers try to referee; 'They had no shame.' https://www.google.com/news

Uber, Ola drivers in Kerala to go on strike from Thursday midnight Times of IndiaKOCHI: The online app-based taxi drivers here would go on an indefinite strike from Thursday midnight. The joint action council of the various drivers' unions, ... https://www.google.com/news

U.S. News & World Report Lyft Beats Bigger Rival Uber in Filing for IPO U.S. News & World Report But there's a danger of waiting to go public as well - markets could go even lower, and the companies could raise less money if they waited longer," said Jay Ritter, an IPO expert and professor at the University of Florida. Uber and Lyft's IPOs are ... Lyft Confidentially Files IPO Paperwork With SECCrunchbase News Lyft pulls ahead of ride-sharing rival Uber to file confidentially for IPOFinancial Post Lyft's IPO Filing May Be Too LateForbes Fast Company all 213 news articles » View the full article

Ride-hailing firm Lyft beats Uber in IPO race The Irish TimesHigh-profile tech unicorn last valued at $15bn. https://www.google.com/news

Linux Foundation’s OpenChain project welcomes Google, Facebook and Uber TechCrunchThe Linux Foundation's OpenChain project helps companies find ways to comply with open-source licensing requirements. Today at the Open Compliance ... https://www.google.com/news

TechCrunch Linux Foundation's OpenChain project welcomes Google, Facebook and Uber TechCrunch The Linux Foundation's OpenChain project helps companies find ways to comply with open-source licensing requirements. Today at the Open Compliance Summit in Yokohama, Japan, it announced Google, Facebook and Uber have joined the project as ... and more » https://www.google.com/news

CNBC Lance Armstrong on escaping a $100 million lawsuit and Uber CNBC CNBC's Andrew Ross Sorkin sat down with Lance Armstrong in the first interview since his emotional interview with Oprah Winfrey in 2013. The two discussed his life since his lawsuit with the United States Government, his early investment in Uber and ... https://www.google.com/news

Uber Lite Gets Uber Pool Ride Option, Paytm Support BeebomUber has brought the Uber Pool ride option and Paytm integration for making payments to the Uber Lite app and it is now being rolled out via an update. View the full article

CNBC Lance Armstrong says his investment in Uber 'saved our family' CNBC Armstrong said the bulk of the money went to Uber, which at the time was valued at just $3.7 million. Today, as the company prepares for its IPO, banks have valued Uber at as much as $120 billion. At the time he invested in Sacca's firm, Armstrong said ... and more » View the full article

CNBC Lance Armstrong says his investment in Uber 'saved our family' CNBC After Lance Armstrong's fall from grace cost him millions of dollars in lost endorsements and lawsuit settlements, one thing kept him on his feet: his investment in Uber. "It's saved our family," Armstrong told CNBC's Andrew Sorkin in an interview ... Lance Armstrong hit the jackpot with an early $100000 investment in UberBusiness Insider Australia Sports Lance Armstrong hit the jackpot with an early $100000 investment in UberPulse.com.gh all 14 news articles » https://www.google.com/news

Reuters Lyft beats bigger rival Uber in filing for IPO Reuters O and Spotify (SPOT.N) dominated the U.S. IPO landscape this year, but the recent turmoil in financial markets due to escalating trade tensions between the United States and China could dampen enthusiasm for offerings from Lyft and Uber. Investors fear ... Lyft, Racing Uber Toward IPO, Takes a Crucial StepNew York Times Why Lyft had to beat Uber to an IPO filingRecode Lyft files for an IPO ahead of rival UberVentureBeat Silicon Valley -Financial Post all 213 news articles » https://www.google.com/news

Ride-hail firm Lyft races to leave Uber behind in IPO chase Reuters(Reuters) - Ride-hailing company Lyft Inc beat bigger rival Uber Technologies Inc in filing for an initial public offering (IPO) on Thursday, defying the recent ... View the full article

Firefly, Mounting Ad Displays to Ubers, Comes Out of Stealth with $21.5M Street FightFirefly, a new digital ad company, hopes to provide Uber drivers with another way to make money as they drive. The startup has quietly assembled a fleet of ... View the full article

Atlanta Journal Constitution Uber disputes Georgia tax bill, and the stakes are high Atlanta Journal Constitution Uber says sales tax rates average 7 percent across Georgia and are 8.9 percent in Atlanta – money that would be tacked on to each passenger's fare. “Sales tax does not apply to ride-sharing apps in Georgia, and a reversal would force consumers in the ... Uber, Lyft rides in NYC could cost more under new minimum wage ruleUSA TODAY Why Lyft had to beat Uber to an IPO filingRecode How Might NYC's New Ride-Hailing Minimum Wage Change Things?PYMNTS.com all 58 news articles » View the full article

Uber launches bus-booking service in Egyptian capital SowetanLIVE Sunday WorldUber Technologies Inc has launched a bus-booking *service* in Cairo, the company's chief executive said on his first visit to Egypt on Tuesday, as the company ... https://www.google.com/news

Not all Uber riders will be refunded for concert price surges TimesLIVEUber SA will only reimburse Global Citizen Festival riders who used the services from 11pm. https://www.google.com/news

Engadget Uber puts self-driving cars back on the road in scaled-down test Engadget Eight months after one of Uber's self-driving cars fatally struck a pedestrian, the company is getting ready to resume testing of its autonomous vehicles on public roads. However, according to internal sources, there are concerns about the program's ... Uber plans smaller, more cautious self-driving car launchReuters Uber is about to restart self-driving car tests but on a reduced scaleDigital Trends Uber will soon put its self-driving cars back on the road after its fatal crash in MarchBusiness Insider all 54 news articles » https://www.google.com/news

Uber's CEO Just Taught a Powerful Lesson in Emotional Intelligence. Here It Is in 5 Words Inc.Just over a year ago, Dara Khosrowshahi took over the reins at Uber. The company's board had decided it was time for a change, as its previous CEO, ... https://www.google.com/news

Lance Armstrong says Uber investment has 'saved' his family BBC SportLance Armstrong says an early investment in Uber has "saved" his family after paying out $111m (£86.8m) in legal fees and settlements. View the full article

Lyft Confidentially Files For IPO To Try To Beat Uber To The Public Market ForbesIn a race with Uber to go public, Lyft announced Thursday that it confidentially filed a draft S-1 with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The Lyft IPO will test ... View the full article

Lance Armstrong says Uber investment has 'saved' his family BBC SportLance Armstrong says an early investment in Uber has "saved" his family after paying out $111m (£86.8m) in legal fees and settlements. View the full article

Ride-hail firm Lyft races to leave Uber behind in IPO chase Yahoo FinanceLyft's IPO will test investors' appetite for the most highly valued Silicon Valley companies and for the ride-hailing business, which has become a wildly popular ... View the full article

Uber: Thurrock Council requests change to Greater London 'geofence' BBC NewsA council meeting heard that Uber's app told drivers Thurrock in Essex was part of Greater London. https://www.google.com/news