Uber remains the top dog in the rising transportation app market, but its surge pricing model — which places a multiplier on rates when traffic is high — has drawn ire… Read more »
Uber has hired Jeff Holden, until recently a vice president at Groupon, to become its chief product officer. We got to know ex-Amazonian Holden when he launched Pelago, makers of Whrrl… Read more »
Uber has annoyed many traditional taxi drivers, but none more so than in Paris, it seems. As spotted by Rude Baguette, on Monday morning a protest by taxi drivers on the… Read more »
If airlines can rise their prices 12 times at Christmas without a fuss, why can’t a car service? Uber’s CEO offered some new fodder for price policy debates Read more »
Payments processor Braintree is seeing a huge year-over-year jump in mobile payments this holiday season. According to CEO Bill Ready we’re witnessing the pent-up demand from consumers to use their phones… Read more »
Amazon is measured when it comes to revealing its future plans and is reticent to share details. And when it does, it does so with its own ends in mind. That… Read more »
Though eBay is buying Braintree to make PayPal more relevant in mobile, PayPal is showing it has plenty of game in the new smartphone-driven economy. The deal makes PayPal an Uber… Read more »
Santa Monica-based Brighter, which helps people find discount dental services online, plans to extend into markets outside the Los Angeles area starting in 2014. Read more »