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Fourteen women who have accused Uber drivers of sexual assault penned an open letter today demanding the company let them pursue their claims in court.
To better prepare its Apple Watch app, Uber used technology enabling it to view and record what was happening on an iPhone’s screen, even when the Uber app was only running in the background ...
If you permit the Uber app to access location services through the permission system used by your mobile operating system (“platform”), we may also collect the precise location of your device ...
UberX 1. Download the Uber mobile app and sign up. You’ll be asked for an email address and phone number. Before receiving your first Uber ride, you’ll be required to provide a credit card number.
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Can a smartphone app save the taxi industry from Uber? Hansu Kim has bet the future of his taxi company on the app Flywheel—and he wants others to do the same.
Services like HopSkipDrive and Zum and extending ride-hailing apps to kids. Parents are interested in the convenience, but not totally comfortable.
As promised, the Uber app now has a surveillance feature that enables it to track riders from the time of the request until 5 minutes after the trip.
Ride-share drivers use a number of other categories of apps more than the typical mobile user does, according to Lexi Sydow, senior market insights manager at App Annie mobile insights and analytics.
In practices at first used partly to protect drivers from hostile competitors, an Uber app tool called Greyball has also used collected data and other means to dodge authorities in cities that ...
A Manhattan therapist — who was randomly assaulted in broad daylight — is launching her own “Uber for pedestrians” mobile app that seeks to boost street safety in numbers.
Ride-sharing is rapidly edging out taxis in major cities, and here's everything you should know about these apps that are shaking up transportation.