Articles about ofo

Another doggone bikeshare bicycle: Ofo reaches peak performance by being left on mountaintop

No one would ever confuse any of the bikeshare bicycles on the streets of Seattle as mountain bikes. But a… Read More

Ofo picks 3 nonprofits to receive donated bikes as bikeshare company shuts down Seattle operation

As it shuts down service in Seattle, Ofo is donating its bright yellow, shareable bikes to a handful of nonprofit… Read More

Spin is rolling out of Seattle, leaving just one dockless bikeshare service

Spin, the operator of Seattle’s dwindling bright orange bicycles, is shutting down service in the city. The news comes a… Read More

Ofo confirms Seattle departure date, promises refunds to riders

Seattle Ofo customers who prepaid for rides will be refunded according to an email the bikesharing company sent this week.… Read More

TLDR: Amazon’s Whole Foods grocery pick-up service, Magic Leap’s mixed reality headset, Ofo bike graveyard

Today’s featured stories Amazon to offer Whole Foods drive-up grocery pickup for the first time, starting at two stores Hype… Read More

Is this Ofo bike graveyard in Dallas a glimpse into Seattle’s future?

Ofo is shutting down in cities across the U.S. and a new photo from Dallas shows just how hazardous speeding… Read More

TLDR: A more ‘humanlike’ Alexa, Spin’s uncertain future in Seattle, fighting robots at Seattle Art Fair

Today’s featured stories A more ‘humanlike’ Alexa? Amazon shows off ‘home of the future’ and what’s next for voice AI… Read More

Will Seattle become a one-bike town? Spin’s future in city uncertain under new ordinance

Last week, Seattle established permanent rules for dockless bikeshare companies but questions remain about the shape this new mobility service… Read More

Podcast

Week In Geek Podcast: How blueprints for 3D printed guns turned into a national lawsuit

A legal battle over 3D-printed guns is heating up once again. Attorney General Bob Ferguson filed a new lawsuit this… Read More

TLDR: T-Mobile & Nokia’s $3.5B 5G alliance, Ofo shuts down in Seattle, Magic: The Gathering

Today’s featured stories With Sprint acquisition pending, T-Mobile teams up with Nokia in new $3.5B 5G alliance Ofo officially shutting… Read More

Ofo officially shutting down in Seattle after $250K bikeshare fee passes

Ofo confirmed it will shut down operation in Seattle Monday afternoon after the city adopted a new $250,000 annual fee… Read More

Seattle adopts 250K annual fee for bikeshare companies that could pump the brakes on the new mobility service

Seattle approved a new $250,000 annual fee for dockless bikeshare companies that want to operate in the city Monday in… Read More

Ofo prematurely tells Seattle riders it’s shutting down but future in the city remains uncertain

On Friday, Ofo sent emails to Seattle riders announcing plans to shut down its bikeshare program in the city. But… Read More

Chinese bikeshare company Ofo is shutting down in Seattle amid widespread US layoffs

Updated July 29: Ofo communications lead Taylor Bennett shared the following statement with GeekWire Sunday: Because the emails were sent to… Read More

Podcast

Week In Geek Podcast: Facial recognition enters grade schools and Bird scooters landing in Seattle

It was quite a week for controversial news. First up: Would you let a facial recognition program track your kids… Read More

Dockless bikeshare service Ofo reportedly laying off most of US workforce

Update: Ofo confirmed that it is undergoing layoffs in the U.S. but would not say what percentage or number of employees… Read More

TLDR: Prime Day problems & protests, regulating bikeshare in Seattle, Microsoft asks government to regulate facial recognition

Today’s featured stories Updated: Amazon Prime Day off to a rocky start as users report issues with e-commerce website Prime… Read More

Inside Seattle’s proposed bikeshare rules of the road: 20,000 bikes, $250,000 permits

After a year-long pilot and several delays, Seattle is finally ready to establish a permanent dockless bikeshare program. In documents… Read More

TLDR: Video game addiction, Ofo on naked bike riding, Echo Look review & unboxing

[Editor’s Note: TLDR is GeekWire’s tech news rundown show, hosted by Starla Sampaco. Watch today’s update above, subscribe to GeekWire on YouTube, check… Read More

Braking nudes! Seattle’s naked Solstice cyclists use Spin, Ofo and LimeBike in new bike-baring tradition

People who use bike-sharing services are often criticized for not wearing bike helmets, but that was the least of the… Read More

Epic prank by seniors at Seattle high school fills parking lot with bike-share bicycles

Updated, June 8, 12:05 p.m. PT: More details from LimeBike have been added to the story below. If you need… Read More

TLDR: Howard Schultz steps down as Starbucks chair, the state of bike share, new White House app uses Amazon Rekognition

[Editor’s Note: TLDR is GeekWire’s tech news rundown show, hosted by Starla Sampaco. Watch today’s update above, subscribe to GeekWire on YouTube, check… Read More

State of bike share: 10K bikes in Seattle — out of 44K nationwide — and 468K rides, study finds

There were 10,000 dockless bike share bikes scattered across Seattle at the end of 2017, nearly a quarter of all… Read More

Ofo joins Spin and LimeBike warning Seattle riders of brake lines deliberately cut

Ofo is the latest Seattle bike-share service to warn riders of brake lines being cut in acts of vandalism. In… Read More

Everyone wants to know how Seattle’s dockless bike share experiment is going

City planners and researchers are eager to get feedback on Seattle’s novel dockless bike sharing pilot to determine whether it… Read More

TLDR: The International moves to Canada; parking lots for shared bikes; regulators target bitcoin

[Editor’s Note: TLDR is GeekWire’s daily news rundown, hosted by Starla Sampaco. Subscribe to GeekWire on YouTube to catch every episode,… Read More

Do shared bikes need their own parking spaces? Seattle tests designated zones on sidewalks

One of the best parts of the new bike-sharing services is that they’re dockless, or free-floating, allowing riders to leave… Read More

Chinese bike-sharing juggernaut Ofo raises $866 million from Alibaba and other investors

Ofo has raised a massive $866 million in funding. The Beijing-based company operates millions of lemon-yellow dockless shared bicycles around… Read More

Complaints from bike-share workers reflect new reality for labor force that powers sharing economy

After four months working with Ofo, Sean Healy reached a breaking point. He started driving vans and trucks for the… Read More

As Seattle’s bike-sharing pilot concludes, here’s what 2018 has in store for the neon newcomers

Seattle’s novel bike-sharing pilot is crossing the finish line as 2017 comes to a close. With the training wheels off,… Read More