France’s new taxi app aims to out-Uber Uber
October 19, 2015
The French government is launching “Le Taxi,” a new app that allows passengers to “e-hail” taxis from their computers or smartphones, and rate the service
The French government is launching “Le Taxi,” a new app that allows passengers to “e-hail” taxis from their computers or smartphones, and rate the service
Canberra, Australia will become the first capital in the world to regulate Uber and other ride-sharing services. Uber drivers will be able to legally pick up passengers from October 30 onward in Canberra but the city will require…
The French ban on Uberpop, the version of Uber that allows riders to connect with amateur drivers in private cars for a paid ride, It’s been banned since January, and France’s highest court has now confirmed the ban.
In July, Uber said it had 26,000 Uber driver-partners in New York City, almost double the city’s 13,587 yellow taxis. To be more competitive, the New York taxis started using the luxurious Nissan NV200 minivan…
Uber , the ride hailing company, business growth rate is at 40% every month in India. It’s the second largest market for them after the US. They hope this investment of one billion dollars will lead to over one million trips a day….
An Italian court has ordered Uber to shut down its UberPop service which uses non-professional drivers in their own cars, within two weeks. The company may appeal, but even if it does, the service will be shut down until (and unless) it wins the…
A plan for fixed-rate taxi fares to and from Paris’s two airports has been announced by the government, and it’s already drawing cheers from travelers and big jeers from cabbies who believe the proposed rates are wrong and don’t impose similar rules on rivals such as Uber.
Despite picturing itself as the cozy heart of a “sharing economy,” Airbnb is really serious Big Business. Right now, it’s in the capital markets raising an additional $1 billion in funding—and according to BloombergBusiness, that means its…
Wait for it…Google is on the verge, apparently, of offering a ride-share app that would compete with Uber (a company it previously invested in). In the long run, Google hopes to pair it up with its longstanding driverless car research, which company…
The French government is launching “Le Taxi,” a new app that allows passengers to “e-hail” taxis from their computers or
Canberra, Australia will become the first capital in the world to regulate Uber and other ride-sharing services. Uber drivers will be able to legally pick up passengers from October 30 onward in Canberra but the city will require…
The French ban on Uberpop, the version of Uber that allows riders to connect with amateur drivers in private cars for a paid ride, It’s been banned since January, and France’s highest court has now confirmed the ban.
In July, Uber said it had 26,000 Uber driver-partners in New York City, almost double the city’s 13,587 yellow taxis. To be more competitive, the New York taxis started using the luxurious Nissan NV200 minivan…
Uber , the ride hailing company, business growth rate is at 40% every month in India. It’s the second largest market for them after the US. They hope this investment of one billion dollars will lead to over one million trips a day….
An Italian court has ordered Uber to shut down its UberPop service which uses non-professional drivers in their own cars, within two weeks. The company may appeal, but even if it does, the service will be shut down until (and unless) it wins the…
A plan for fixed-rate taxi fares to and from Paris’s two airports has been announced by the government, and it’s already drawing cheers from travelers and big jeers from cabbies who believe the proposed rates are wrong and don’t impose similar rules on rivals such as Uber.
Despite picturing itself as the cozy heart of a “sharing economy,” Airbnb is really serious Big Business. Right now, it’s in the capital markets raising an additional $1 billion in funding—and according to BloombergBusiness, that means its…
Wait for it…Google is on the verge, apparently, of offering a ride-share app that would compete with Uber (a company it previously invested in). In the long run, Google hopes to pair it up with its longstanding driverless car research, which company…