by Ben Schafer | Sep 30, 2016 | News
It’s been documented that taking an Uber and shopping often go together. This may help explain Uber’s latest partnership with a New York City startup that will allow businesses to serve up promotions and other content to passengers just when they’re on their way to...
by Ben Schafer | Sep 28, 2016 | News
As any regular Uber passenger in New York City can tell you, the cost of using the service can quickly add up, especially when factoring in the dreaded “surge” — the company’s practice of hiking rates based on demand at particular times and places. Now Uber is...
by Ben Schafer | Sep 28, 2016 | News
A new company has been launched in Boston that aims make ride-hailing a primary way to transport patients to and from the hospital. Circulation is a startup launched by Boston Children’s Hospital in coordination with Uber. While both Uber and Lyft have increasingly...
by Ben Schafer | Sep 22, 2016 | News
Uber is setting up shop in Detroit, with plans to build another self-driving vehicle facility in the capital of the U.S. auto industry. Uber has not disclosed the exact nature of the facility, nor its location and size, but early indications are that it could be...
by Ben Schafer | Sep 20, 2016 | News
The U.S. Transportation Department is out with long-anticipated guidelines that seek to lay down rules of the road for self-driving vehicles — and the takeaway is that the agency is giving a green light to the fast-moving, billion-dollar industry. The “Federal...
by Ben Schafer | Sep 16, 2016 | News
Reviews of iOS 10, the latest version of the Apple iPhone operating system, have been mixed, but it does offer one long-awaited feature: the ability to hail an Uber or Lyft via Siri, its voice recognition assistant. The software update also allows users to book a ride...
