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TechCrunch Uber acquires Otto to lead Uber's self-driving car effort TechCrunch Uber is making yet another big push in the self-driving car space. In addition to launching self-driving rides in Pittsburgh with the help of Volvo, the company is acquiring Otto and its all-star team according to a new report from Bloomberg. Otto has ... Uber to Buy Self-Driving-Truck Startup OttomottoWall Street Journal The creator of Google's self-driving car now works for UberEngadget Uber just purchased the self-driving truck startup created by former Googlers — here's a look insideBusiness Insider UK all 13 news articles » https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

Business Insider Say hello to Uber's self-driving car. Business Insider The transportation startup and Volvo have agreed a $300 million alliance to develop autonomous vehicles — and they will be hitting the streets of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania this month. The deal is a clear indication of Uber's determination to ditch ... Uber's self-driving cars will pick up their first customers this monthThe Verge Uber's launch of self-driving cars mimics its approach to ride-for-hireTechCrunch Uber's Self-Driving Car Plans Involve a Trucking Startup, Report SaysFortune Wall Street Journal -BBC News -Engadget all 111 news articles » https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

Fortune Volvo Partners With Uber on Self-Driving Cars Fortune Volvo Car Group has agreed to a $300 million alliance with Uber to develop self-driving cars, the latest move by traditional vehicle manufacturers to team up with Silicon Valley firms long seen as disruptive threats to their industry. The partnership ... and more » https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

The Verge Uber's self-driving cars will pick up their first customers this month The Verge Uber's self-driving taxis will get their first real-world test in Pittsburgh this month, with the semi-autonomous vehicles assigned at random to customers using the company's app. According to a report from Bloomberg, the test fleet will consist of ... Uber's First Self-Driving Fleet Arrives in Pittsburgh This MonthBloomberg Uber acquires Otto to lead Uber's self-driving car effortTechCrunch Volvo and Uber team up to develop self-driving carsReuters Fortune -BGR -Mac Rumors all 29 news articles » https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

Bloomberg Uber's First Self-Driving Fleet Arrives in Pittsburgh This Month Bloomberg Near the end of 2014, Uber co-founder and Chief Executive Officer Travis Kalanick flew to Pittsburgh on a mission: to hire dozens of the world's experts in autonomous vehicles. The city is home to Carnegie Mellon University's robotics department, which ... Uber's self-driving cars will pick up their first customers this monthThe Verge Volvo and Uber team up to develop self-driving carsReuters Volvo, Uber to jointly develop self-driving SUVsMarketWatch Financial Times -City A.M. all 11 news articles » https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

Quartz Uber claims London's English exam for drivers is “harder than the test for British citizenship” Quartz The ride-hailing company is suing Transport for London (TfL), the local transport regulator, over rules that require “private hire” drivers from non-English speaking countries to pass a written English language exam. The rules also increase the ... Uber sues over rules requiring drivers to take English testCNNMoney Uber Sues Over TfL Rules Making Drivers Take English ExamsBloomberg Uber takes a ride to court to challenge English language test for driversCNET TechCrunch -Digital Trends -Reuters -Transport for London all 68 news articles » https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

The Verge You can now order an Uber in India even if you don't have the app The Verge Uber users in India can now order rides even if they don't have the app installed on their smartphone, thanks to a new feature that the company announced today. Uber also announced the launch of another service in India that lets users book rides for ... Uber ups its focus on India with new booking options exclusive to the countryTechCrunch Uber is letting Indians book a cab without its appMashable Uber announces 'Dial an Uber' and 'Request a Ride for Others' features for Indian consumersFirstpost Business Standard -Livemint all 11 news articles » https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

Honolulu Civil Beat Honolulu Mayor Won't Sign Uber Bill Honolulu Civil Beat Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell has decided to allow a bill to regulate ride-hailing companies like Uber and Lyft to go into law without his signature, and said in a press release that he hopes the City Council will work with his administration to amend ... and more » https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

GeekWire Which Uber drivers will get to vote on unionization? Neither mayor ... The Seattle Times Mayor Ed Murray and the City Council are playing hot potato with a key aspect of Seattle's first-in-the-nation ordinance allowing taxi and Uber drivers to ... Uber and Lyft criticize Seattle's data demands as city struggles to ...GeekWire all 3 news articles » https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

11alive.com Uber, Atlanta at standstill over airport agreement as September deadline approaches 11alive.com ATLANTA -- It's been more than 6 weeks since the city of Atlanta said it would have an agreement in place with Uber to pick up passengers at Hartsfield-Jackson and operate with rules similar to limo and taxi drivers. But, as of mid August, there's ... https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

KXAN.com Uber in talks with city, three months after leaving Austin KXAN.com AUSTIN (KXAN) — Rideshare company Uber met with policy directors of three Austin city council members on Tuesday to “reiterate [its] desire to work collaboratively with the city.” The talks come more than three months after Uber and Lyft stopped ... Uber meets with key Austin Council staffersAustin Business Journal Uber wheels back into Austin for new talks with the cityCultureMap Austin all 4 news articles » https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

Wall Street Journal India's Ola Lays Off Workers Amid Growing Competition From Uber Wall Street Journal NEW DELHI—ANI Technologies Pvt.'s ride-hailing service Ola is laying off hundreds of workers at a fellow Indian operator it bought last year, a sign of possible consolidation amid increased competition in the country from Uber Technologies Inc. Uber Is Boosting India Operations With These New HiresFortune Uber-Didi's Chinese Mega Deal Expected to Breeze Past RegulatorsBloomberg Uber's biggest rival in India just laid off nearly 1000 employeesMashable VCCircle all 92 news articles » https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

Washington Post This new apartment building has an 'Uber room' to wait for your ride Washington Post There was the building in D.C.'s NoMa neighborhood that tried to lure new tenants with a communal English bulldog that everyone could call their own. Then there are the rooftop dog parks, pools and gardens on buildings in neighborhoods where D.C.'s ... https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

Bloomberg An Expert in Valuation Says Uber Is Only Worth $28 Billion, Not $62.5 Billion Bloomberg After crunching some numbers, he believes that Uber's true valuation is actually south of $30 billion, less than half of the $62.5 billion it was pegged at in its most recent round of funding. Here are a few reasons why Damodaran believes the prospects ... Uber offers other companies a ride on its appSan Francisco Chronicle Uber may be worth less than half what investors think, valuation expert saysSilicon Valley Business Journal (blog) all 9 news articles » https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

Uber and Lyft criticize Seattle's data demands as city struggles to implement new union law GeekWire The city of Seattle's landmark law that will let drivers for ride-hailing platforms like Uber and Lyft decide if they want to organize and bargain collectively is a first in the country. So naturally, some issues are going to come up. The latest is a ... https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

Forbes What Airbnb And The Uber-Didi Deal Tell Us About Marketplaces And Monopolies Forbes One of the most attractive facets of any marketplace business is its defensibility. The logic proceeds as follows: sellers will always flock to the platform that contains the most buyers and vice versa. These marketplace network effects, in turn ... https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

Austin Business Journal Uber meets with key Austin Council staffers Austin Business Journal They haven't seen eye-to-eye for months but on Tuesday afternoon representatives of Austin City Council members who led the charge to revise Austin's ridesharing rules met with policy officials from Uber Technologies Inc. Uber, according to a statement ... https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

SFGate Jack's Compass steers Uber drivers to riders SFGate Uber driver Brian Hill is sick of schlepping to San Francisco from his San Leandro home to work. So he's trying out a new app called Jack's Compass that offers to plot routes to help Uber drivers boost their chances of finding passengers. “Everyone ... https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

CNNMoney Uber sues over rules requiring drivers to take English test CNNMoney But Uber, one of the biggest employers of private hire drivers in the city, is not happy with the new rules -- so much that it has now filed a lawsuit against the measure. "This legal action is very much a last resort," said Tom Elvidge, Uber's general ... Uber Sues Over TfL Rules Making Drivers Take English ExamsBloomberg Uber takes a ride to court to challenge English language test for driversCNET Uber files legal challenge to incoming rule changes in LondonTechCrunch Fortune -Mashable -Christian Science Monitor -Transport for London all 43 news articles » https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

Kaiser Health News Medical Providers Try Uber, Lyft For Patients With Few Transportation Options Kaiser Health News Some hospitals and medical providers think that the hot-new technology in town — ride-hailing services such as Uber and Lyft — can address this problem by making the trips easier and, in some cases, it is even covered by Medicaid and other insurance ... Uber and Lyft want to replace public busesCrain's Chicago Business Arlington studying a plan that would pay for your Uber to MetroWashington Post Uber and Lyft Come For Public TransportationGizmodo ATTN -Daily Caller -The Information all 55 news articles » https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

Wall Street Journal How Uber Rival's Founder Won Friends and Influenced Beijing Wall Street Journal In the weeks before founding Uber Technologies Co. in 2009, Travis Kalanick, then 32, tweeted about rubbing elbows with entrepreneurs and celebrities, and posted pictures of a party he threw with $100 bottles of wine. The founder of Uber's nemesis in ... Uber's biggest rival in India just laid off nearly 1000 employeesMashable Uber-Didi's Chinese Mega Deal Expected to Breeze Past RegulatorsBloomberg Uber Is Boosting India Operations With These New HiresFortune VCCircle all 68 news articles » https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

11alive.com Woman accuses Uber driver of sexual assault 11alive.com When they arrived, they found a woman who said she was sexually assaulted by her Uber driver, who picked her up outside the Park Bench in Buckhead, about three miles away. She said the driver pushed her out of the vehicle and drove away after she ... Woman leaving Buckhead bar says Uber driver raped herWSB Atlanta Woman says Uber driver sexually assaulted herNew York Post Uber driver accused of sexual assault in BuckheadAtlanta Journal Constitution Toronto Star -Reporter Newspapers -CityNews all 103 news articles » https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

Uber expands UberEATS restaurant delivery service beyond Seattle to Eastside GeekWire Uber launched its restaurant delivery app in Seattle this past March and has served more than 25,000 people thus far, the company told GeekWire today. Uber previously offered lunch delivery in Seattle via UberEATS starting back in October. Drivers ... https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

Uber returning to Auburn Thursday Opelika Auburn News Uber will return to Auburn this Thursday, beginning operations in time for the beginning of Auburn University's fall semester and two weeks before the university's first home football game. Uber's return comes just two weeks after the Auburn City ... https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber

Bloomberg Uber Drivers Under Criminal Investigation by Finland's Police Bloomberg Uber didn't have an immediate comment. The issue in Finland centers around a product called UberPop, which is akin to UberX in the U.S., allowing unlicensed drivers to use their own cars to chauffeur others around. Uber performs background checks on ... Uber drivers are under criminal investigation in FinlandMashable all 2 news articles » https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=uk&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=uber&oq=uber