An Italian court has ordered Uber to shut down its UberPop service which uses non-professional drivers in their own cars, within two weeks. The company may appeal, but even if it does, the service will be shut down until (and unless) it wins the…
A plan for fixed-rate taxi fares to and from Paris’s two airports has been announced by the government, and it’s already drawing cheers from travelers and big jeers from cabbies who believe the proposed rates are wrong and don’t impose similar rules on rivals such as Uber.
Despite picturing itself as the cozy heart of a “sharing economy,” Airbnb is really serious Big Business. Right now, it’s in the capital markets raising an additional $1 billion in funding—and according to BloombergBusiness, that means its…
Wait for it…Google is on the verge, apparently, of offering a ride-share app that would compete with Uber (a company it previously invested in). In the long run, Google hopes to pair it up with its longstanding driverless car research, which company…
An Italian court has ordered Uber to shut down its UberPop service which uses non-professional drivers in their own cars, within two weeks. The company may appeal, but even if it does, the service will be shut down until (and unless) it wins the…
A plan for fixed-rate taxi fares to and from Paris’s two airports has been announced by the government, and it’s already drawing cheers from travelers and big jeers from cabbies who believe the proposed rates are wrong and don’t impose similar rules on rivals such as Uber.
Despite picturing itself as the cozy heart of a “sharing economy,” Airbnb is really serious Big Business. Right now, it’s in the capital markets raising an additional $1 billion in funding—and according to BloombergBusiness, that means its…
Wait for it…Google is on the verge, apparently, of offering a ride-share app that would compete with Uber (a company it previously invested in). In the long run, Google hopes to pair it up with its longstanding driverless car research, which company…
