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...