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San Francisco’s Biggest Cab Company Files for Bankruptcy

* Author: Davey Alba.Davey Alba Business * Date of Publication: 01.26.16.01.26.16 * Time of Publication: 5:09 pm.5:09 pm Paris Cabbies and Uber Are Clashing—Again French taxi unions and Uber are clashing again. Taxi drivers in France have once more gone on strike—shutting down roads, demonstrating across Paris, and blocking access to major airports and railway stations, according to French …


Paris Cabbies and Uber Are Clashing—Again

* Author: Davey Alba.Davey Alba Business * Date of Publication: 01.26.16.01.26.16 * Time of Publication: 1:52 pm.1:52 pm Uber Using Phone Data To Track How Fast Drivers Are Going Ride-hailing giant Uber says it’s using smartphone gyrometer data to double-check if drivers on its platform are speeding. At least, it does for a portion of its drivers on a new pilot program. Joe Sullivan, Uber’s …


San Francisco’s Biggest Cab Company Files for Bankruptcy

* Author: Davey Alba.Davey Alba Business * Date of Publication: 01.26.16.01.26.16 * Time of Publication: 5:09 pm.5:09 pm Paris Cabbies and Uber Are Clashing—Again French taxi unions and Uber are clashing again. Taxi drivers in France have once more gone on strike—shutting down roads, demonstrating across Paris, and blocking access to major airports and railway stations, according to French …


Paris Cabbies and Uber Are Clashing—Again

* Author: Davey Alba.Davey Alba Business * Date of Publication: 01.26.16.01.26.16 * Time of Publication: 1:52 pm.1:52 pm Uber Using Phone Data To Track How Fast Drivers Are Going Ride-hailing giant Uber says it’s using smartphone gyrometer data to double-check if drivers on its platform are speeding. At least, it does for a portion of its drivers on a new pilot program. Joe Sullivan, Uber’s …


Didi Kuaidi Announces 1.43 Billion Rides in Challenge to Uber

Uber wants you to believe it’s emerged as the global leader in the world of on-demand rides. To be sure, some signs do already point to that: it’s raised more than $10 billion in venture funding, and the company’s worth a reported $62.5 billion. Still, it would be shortsighted to assume Uber has the edge in every aspect of the fight, especially in one of the biggest battlegrounds for ride- …


Didi Kuaidi Announces 1.43 Billion Rides in Challenge to Uber

Uber wants you to believe it’s emerged as the global leader in the world of on-demand rides. To be sure, some signs do already point to that: it’s raised more than $10 billion in venture funding, and the company’s worth a reported $62.5 billion. Still, it would be shortsighted to assume Uber has the edge in every aspect of the fight, especially in one of the biggest battlegrounds for ride- …