After incurring the wrath of its driver community, Lyft has changed how it’s handling the promised $1,000 bonuses to new drivers. Since the company failed to process some applications in time, it’s extending… Read more »
If you were sad when Lyft’s “Match Muni” promotion ended, today is your day. The company has introduced a new kind of ride discount in San Francisco: Lyft HotSpots. So far,… Read more »
Uber bought mapping company deCarta today, as first reported by Mashable and confirmed by the on-demand ride company. The San Jose-based startup provides technology for turn-by-turn navigation and local search with its… Read more »
Valet parking app Luxe, one of the newer on-demand entrants, is growing fast. On Tuesday it announced its most recent funding via a blog post, a $20 million round led by Venrock and Redpoint. It’s… Read more »
Uber will be publishing a quarterly magazine for its drivers in six of its markets — New York City, Ohio, Boston, Oklahoma, Chicago and San Francisco. You can see the digital… Read more »
Turns out that Uber has a loyalty program for some of its regular customers, but only in select cities. Despite being around a few years, it has gone mostly unnoticed aside from errant tweets… Read more »
Uber isn’t the only one eyeing the inanimate object department. Starting today, Sidecar, the smallest member of the ride-hailing trio, will offer same-day delivery in San Francisco. It will introduce the option to the… Read more »
Zappos has been in the spotlight a number of times in recent months, most noticeably for adopting Holocracy — the non-hierarchical management approach — but that is not the only unusual… Read more »
Uber has relented against New York’s Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC) and handed over its data. As a result, it can now open the five Uber dispatch bases that the TLC shut… Read more »
Google is building its own ride hailing service, according to a Bloomberg report. The company will likely be integrating its service with its self-driving car technology. There’s a pretty big conflict… Read more »