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...
by Ben Schafer | Sep 13, 2016 | News
The recently-elected mayor of London is taking a new approach in the ongoing battle between Uber and the city’s iconic black cabs: giving a leg up to the cabbies without resorting to banning or regulating the ride-hailing company out of business. Under the measures...
by Ben Schafer | Sep 4, 2016 | News
Users of the Waze navigation app are accustomed to its helpful alerts concerning potholes, hazards and police on the road ahead. For app users in the San Francisco area, another alert could soon be popping up: a person looking for a ride. Google bought Waze three...
by Ben Schafer | Sep 1, 2016 | News
Taking an Uber and spending money at shops and restaurants apparently go together, to the tune of $2 billion a year. That’s how much Visa says its U.S. cardholders spend almost immediately after they take Uber trips — and this helps explain the new loyalty program...
by Ben Schafer | Aug 31, 2016 | News
A few weeks ago, Uber threw in the towel in the China, agreeing to be bought out by Didi Chuxing, the home-grown ride-hail company that dominates the country. Now we have a better idea of what may have prompted the move: Uber reportedly posted a jaw-dropping loss of...
by Ben Schafer | Aug 24, 2016 | News
Uber is trying to make it easier for its drivers to save for retirement with a newly-announced partnership with Betterment, an online savings service. The feature takes its place among a growing number of driver perks now being offered by Uber and Lyft, its main U.S....
by Ben Schafer | Aug 17, 2016 | News
Ford plans to roll out a line of fully-autonomous vehicles, without human consoles, in five years that would be geared for ride-hailing and sharing services. Ford’s announcement on Tuesday makes it clear that the brand most synonymous with Detroit the old-line...
by Ben Schafer | Aug 16, 2016 | News
Could the development of an autonomous vehicle finally lead Apple to narrow the gap in research-and-development spending with Google? It looks like it, at least based on the companies’ latest quarterly filings, especially as execs at Alphabet — Google’s recently...
by Ben Schafer | Aug 8, 2016 | News
It’s a familiar experience for ride-hailing drivers: a group of passengers get picked up from a bar, and each one wants to go home to a different place. Or a guy needs to make a last-minute stop at the flower shop on the way to an anniversary dinner with his...
