Uber reached the 2 billion ride milestone on June 18, just 6 months after hitting 1 billion according to Uber CEO Travis Kalanick. "It took five years to reach our billionth trip,...
Uber announced today that they are in the process of rolling out a change to their surge pricing concept, going to a fixed upfront price instead. It doesn't actually change the pri...
Where are the Libertarians when you need them? Austin voters failed to approve Proposition 1, a proposal supported by Uber and Lyft which would have let the companies self-regulate...
A lot of businesses are about to have a lot more ways to sell their products with Shopify. The company announced that it is giving developers tools to build new sales channels to p...
Google announced that it's adding a ride services tab to Google Maps on mobile. This swill exist alongside car, transit, walking, and biking options that were already there.
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In December, Facebook announced a feature for Messenger that lets users request a ride fro Uber. Lyft announced today that it now provides Facebook Messenger integration.
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Groupon just announced that it recently sold its billionth Groupon, which it says puts it in the "the same elite company as Apple, McDonalds, Uber, The Beatles and Elvis, among oth...
Uber driver Jason Dalton reportedly told a passenger that he was "just tired" when the man jokingly asked whether he was the shooter who had gone on a rampage in Kalamazoo, Michiga...
Harry Potter fans, beware. There isn't a new Harry Potter novel coming out this summer.
The internet lit up earlier this week when the publisher announced the...
As Amazon prepares to put its Echo device in front of America's collective face, it appears to be getting some more bells and whistles that will make it appealing to more people....
An Indian Uber Driver, who was convicted of rape while endangering the life of a woman, kidnapping, and criminal intimidation last month, has been given a sentence of life in priso...