Uber under scrutiny in Delhi after driver charged with rape
Ride-hailing company Uber is under scrutiny in Delhi after police arrested one of its drivers for allegedly raping a female passenger.
Ride-hailing company Uber is under scrutiny in Delhi after police arrested one of its drivers for allegedly raping a female passenger.
Blowing up entrenched business models and picking up the profits that spill onto the floor is a time-honored tradition in tech, these days known by the cliche of the moment, "disruption." Here are our picks for the top stories of a very, well, disruptive year.
Recent privacy concerns surrounding Uber haven't soured investors on the ride-sharing startup, which just raised $US1.2 billion from investors in its latest funding round.
They might be masters of innovation in some areas, but startups like Airbnb, Uber, Sidecar and Fitbit are finding that when it comes to Washington, D.C., the old ways are the best.
After quizzing Uber on its data collection practices, U.S. Senator Al Franken now wants rival Lyft to explain its privacy policies.
Uber said nearly 1,000 jobs had disappeared in Nevada after the ridesharing company was forced to temporarily suspend operations in the U.S. state.
Silicon Valley-based ride-sharing company Uber is looking eastward to inject some wisdom into how it handles user data.
U.S. Senator Al Franken has waded into the latest controversy surrounding Uber, asking the car service app company pointed questions about its privacy policies.
Uber drivers nice enough to let their passengers control a car's music with Spotify might find themselves subsidizing the party.
Uber has written to the Transport Ministers of Australia talking up the economic and community benefits of its taxi-hailing app amid state government attempts to regulate its car-sharing service UberX.
While you were busy rating your last Uber driver, your last Uber driver was busy rating you.
Ride-sharing platform Lyft has sued its former COO, Travis VanderZanden, for allegedly breaching a confidentiality agreement, charging that he uploaded company documents to a personal Dropbox account before joining rival operator Uber.
It's a boom year for venture capital investing, and tech companies with the potential to disrupt business-as-usual are grabbing the lion's share of the money.
Uber aims to give people an easy way to hail a ride from their smartphones, but its surge pricing is wreaking havoc on at least some customers.
Uber is pushing back against the latest legal challenge to its business, saying accusations against it and its competitors are inaccurate and need correcting.