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WIRED How Maps Became the New Search Box WIRED Open the Uber app in downtown San Francisco, and you'll discover you can do a lot more than hail a ride. You rent a bike, thanks to Uber's recent acquisition of Jump Bikes. You can rent a car, courtesy of a partnership Uber has struck with the startup ... and more » https://www.google.com/news

Fortune Toyota Is Investing $1 Billion in the Ride Hailing Company That Bought Uber's Southeast Asia Business Fortune Toyota Motor Corp. is making its largest bet to date on ride hailing with a $1 billion investment in Singapore's Grab Holdings. The Japanese auto manufacturer's investment values Grab, Southeast Asia's largest car-hailing service, at just over $10 ... Toyota invests $1B in Uber's Asian ride-share rivalThe Car Connection all 120 news articles » https://www.google.com/news

The bleary 3am Uber fumble is as much a ritual of a Big Night Out as the creeping existential dread which follows the next day. Now, though, Uber has ... View the full article

CNNMoney Uber targets millions of new users with lite app CNNMoney Uber is making a play for millions of new users with slow or patchy internet connections. The ride-hailing giant unveiled Uber Lite in India on Tuesday, claiming in a blog post the app would use five megabytes of data, the same amount of smartphone ... Uber pilots a smaller version of its app for emerging market users as it exits Southeast AsiaCNBC Uber eyes millions of new riders with the launch of Uber LiteDigital Trends Uber Launched a Slimmed Down App in India TodayFortune Condé Nast Traveler -The Verge -The Mercury News -TechCrunch all 115 news articles » https://www.google.com/news

Here, people are paid for each 'gig' they complete, be that a car ride (Uber), a food delivery (Deliveroo) or a plumbing job (Pimlico Plumbers). View the full article

She said the likes of Uber and Deliveroo, who have also faced similar claims over the status of their workers, should be concerned, "because this is ... View the full article

General Motors Co has invested in U.S. ride services firm Lyft, whose rival Uber Technologies Inc [UBER.UL] is also backed by Toyota. Meanwhile ... View the full article

Bloomberg A British Plumber May Show Uber the Future of Employment Bloomberg Uber and other app-based firms will be watching the ruling with interest as they face similar legal challenges over the way they treat employees. Uber's appeal of a decision granting its drivers benefits including overtime and paid vacation is ... Pimlico Plumbers boss Charlie Mullins warns 'gig economy' firms such as Uber after he loses court battle over worker ...The Sun all 99 news articles » https://www.google.com/news

CampaignLive Movers and shakers: Uber, Dare, Crispin Porter, R/GA, Spark44, Comparethemarket, Reach and more CampaignLive Bozoma Saint John has quit her job as chief brand officer at Uber just one year after joining the embattled ride-hailing app. Saint John, who has held a series of high-profile marketing positions at PepsiCo, Beats and Apple Music, takes the role of ... https://www.google.com/news

Grab has won $1bn worth of investment from Toyota in a recent funding round following on from its recent purchase of Uber in south east Asia. View the full article

Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi told the New York Post on Monday that New York City should impose a fee on Uber rides to help taxi drivers.View the full article

Wired.co.uk The biggest legal crisis facing Uber started with a pile of vomit Wired.co.uk It was a busy Friday evening in March 2015 when Uber driver James Farrar picked up three women from Canary Wharf in London Docklands. They were drunk, putting their feet up on the headrests and demanding he turn on some music. It was, for Farrar, like ... https://www.google.com/news

CNN Two women get kicked out of Uber after kiss CNN (CNN) Two women say an Uber driver kicked them out of his car after he saw them kiss in the back seat. The driver's taxi license, required to drive for Uber in New York City, has been suspended as the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission ... Uber bans New York driver from app after he kicked lesbian couple out of car for kissingEvening Standard Driver sacked after kicking lesbian couple out of Uber for kissingSky News New York City Uber Driver Has License Suspended After Kicking Out 2 Kissing WomenTIME New York Post -Daily Star -New York Daily News all 128 news articles » https://www.google.com/news

So big that on March 25 Uber gave up the chase and sold its Southeast Asia rideshare and food delivery businesses in return for a 27.5% stake in ... View the full article

Fortune Uber Launched a Slimmed Down App in India Today Fortune Uber is setting its sights on the developing world, where most cell phones and data networks lack the capacity to easily handle its app. To solve that problem, Uber has created Uber Lite. The app, which rolled out in India on Tuesday, is a pared down ... Uber Strips Down Its App to Ramp Up in Developing CountriesWIRED Uber eyes millions of new riders with the launch of Uber LiteDigital Trends Uber Lite is a slimmed-down, 5MB version of the app for emerging marketsThe Verge Condé Nast Traveler -TechCrunch -Engadget -Uber all 115 news articles » https://www.google.com/news

Uber wants its app to be on every device in the world — even if those devices are connected to slow or spotty internet connections. The company ...View the full article

Uber unveiled a smaller version of its ride-hailing app on Tuesday, in a bid to appeal to emerging market customers. The revamped app, called Uber ...View the full article

Toronto Star Uber, Lyft can pick up passengers at Pearson airport starting Tuesday Toronto Star Passengers at Pearson airport will be able to call for a car from a ride-sharing company when they land in Toronto starting today. In a pilot project announced Tuesday by the Greater Toronto Airports Authority, passengers can now request an UberX or a ... Uber, Lyft now welcome at Toronto's Pearson International AirportCBC.ca Uber, Lyft can now pick up passengers from Pearson as part of new pilotCP24 Toronto's Breaking News Uber, Lyft pickup lands at Pearson airportToronto Sun BNNBloomberg.ca -Globalnews.ca all 14 news articles » https://www.google.com/news

CNBC Uber pilots a smaller version of its app for emerging market users as it exits Southeast Asia CNBC Uber unveiled a smaller version of its ride-hailing app on Tuesday, in a bid to appeal to emerging market customers. The revamped app, called Uber Lite, takes up just 5 megabytes of storage, and has a 300-millisecond response time, according to the ... Uber Lite is a slimmed down, 5MB version of the app for emerging marketsThe Verge Uber Strips Down Its App to Ramp Up in Developing CountriesWIRED Uber reveals 5 MB Uber Lite app for emerging marketsFast Company Engadget -TechCrunch -CNNMoney all 88 news articles » https://www.google.com/news

Expectedly, Uber Lite has a minimalist design, and maps are optional. The app is made keeping in mind emerging markets, and India is the first place ... View the full article

Uber Lite is a reduced version of application, which works on any network and any android device, which is only 5MB the equivalent of three selfies.View the full article

Uber recently filed a patent for artificial intelligence technology that can detect combinations of behaviours possible associated with intoxication, such ...View the full article

Uber has filed a patent for a machine learning algorithm which can predict whether a rider is sober or not to improve the safety of its service.View the full article

Uber announced a more compact 5MB version of its ride-hailing app on Tuesday, which keeps the core functionality of the service, but strips away the ...View the full article

Irish Times Uber developing technology that could tell if you are drunk Irish Times Uber appears to be working on technology which would detect if users of its ride-sharing app are drunk or high. A patent application from the company, revealed this week, outlines a system that would be able to identify if someone is displaying ... Uber's plans to identify drunk passengers could endanger womenThe Guardian Soon Uber Will Know If You're Drunk While Ordering A TaxiEsquire.com Uber patent uses artificial intelligence to tell if you're drunkThe Independent BBC News -Washington Post -CNNMoney -AppFT - United States Patent and Trademark Office all 83 news articles » https://www.google.com/news