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Travis Kalanick

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Uber boosts driver payouts for carpool service in latest reform initiative

Uber is changing how drivers are paid under its UberPool carpooling service, another indication of the ride-hailing giant’s efforts to… Read More

Meet Uber’s choice for CEO: Expedia chief brings ‘internal calm’ and experience with big personalities

The news that Expedia CEO Dara Khosrowshahi has been selected to take over as Uber CEO came as a surprise… Read More

What it’s like to tip in the Uber app: Confessions of a former ride-hailing cheapskate

One of the first times I used Uber was to get to the company’s downtown Seattle office. This was back… Read More

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Week In Geek Podcast: Uber launches in-app tipping, Amazon unveils Prime Wardrobe, and more

Uber has faced some controversy over the past few months, to put it lightly. The company has been the subject… Read More

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Uber CEO Travis Kalanick resigns after facing pressure from investors

The New York Times reported late Tuesday that Uber CEO and co-founder Travis Kalanick has resigned. NYT reporter Mike Isaac… Read More

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Leaked audio reveals sexist insult at Uber meeting addressing culture issues and CEO’s leave of absence

Uber CEO Travis Kalanick announced Tuesday that he is taking a leave of absence from the ride-hailing company amid repeated… Read More

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Uber CEO Travis Kalanick says he’s looking for a COO to help steer his troubled ride-hailing company

Uber is looking to hire a second-in-command to CEO Travis Kalanick to help run the company amid backlash over its… Read More

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Watch Uber CEO Travis Kalanick have it out with a driver over the direction of the company

Uber CEO Travis Kalanick can’t even catch a break in the back of one of his company’s cars these days.… Read More

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Uber engineering chief ousted amid revelations about harassment investigation at Google

Uber’s senior vice president of engineering has been asked to resign after failing to inform the company about sexual harassment… Read More

Arianna Huffington vows to hold Uber’s ‘feet to the fire’ amid harassment allegations

Arianna Huffington is speaking out publicly amid the investigation into alleged sexual harassment at ride-hailing company Uber. Huffington, a member of Uber’s… Read More

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Backlash against Uber re-emerges after former employee details alleged sexual harassment

A former Uber employee’s allegations of sexual harassment in the ride-hailing company’s corporate office has retriggered the #DeleteUber movement on… Read More

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Uber CEO Travis Kalanick quits Trump’s economic council after employee and customer backlash

Just days after defending his position as a member of President Donald Trump’s economic advisory council, Uber CEO Travis Kalanick is stepping… Read More

Donald Trump’s advisory board adds Elon Musk and Uber CEO Travis Kalanick ahead of tech summit

The chief executives of Uber and Tesla are joining an advisory board of 19 business leaders who will have the… Read More

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Uber reaches 2-billion-rides milestone just six months after recording its first billion

Uber needed about six years to register its first one billion rides through its app and just six months to… Read More

Uber execs dodge bullet in France but criminal case reveals flaws in expansion strategy

PARIS — During a two-day trial last week, Pierre-Dimitri Gore-Coty and Thibaud Simphal, the Uber executives facing criminal charges here,… Read More

Hate Uber’s new logo? Join the crowd, as designers take their own shot at app icon

Forget backseat drivers, since unveiling its rebranded look this week, Uber is hearing it from backseat designers who think the… Read More

Uber unveils new app icon, logo and more in big rebranding

You might need a minute before you request your next Uber to locate and or recognize the app icon on… Read More

Uber CEO prosecuted in South Korea for operating illegal service

Another day, another legal problem for Uber. South Korean prosecutors indicted Uber CEO Travis Kalanick and an exec from Uber’s Korean business… Read More

How Uber’s Travis Kalanick is like Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, according to investor Bill Gurley

Uber has been making headlines for challenging city officials in Portland, musing about investigating the private lives of journalists, and poaching executives from rival companies.… Read More

Uber closes giant $1.2B funding round, CEO vows company will be ‘more humble’

Uber has just raised another blockbuster $1.2 billion round of funding at a mammoth $40 billion valuation to power the… Read More

Uber reportedly wants to raise another $1 billion

Uber appears to be raising another meteoric round. A report this afternoon from the Financial Times indicates that the San Francisco-based company… Read More

Uber CEO Travis Kalanick says his company isn’t evil, just scrappy

SAN FRANCISCO – Uber CEO Travis Kalanick is trying to turn a scrappy startup into one of the titans of… Read More

Obama adviser David Plouffe joins Uber to move company beyond challenges of ‘big taxi cartel’

Uber is adding some political muscle to its operations as it continues to engage in a regulatory battles across the… Read More

Uber agrees to cap ‘surge pricing’ during disasters, donate its share to Red Cross

Critics of Uber have often criticized the transportation company’s use of “surge pricing” to up the price of its service… Read More

Uber CEO: Seattle regulations would make our service ‘unusable’

Uber CEO Travis Kalanick is not pleased with the Seattle City Council’s current moves toward regulating Uber and other ride-sharing… Read More

Hate surge pricing? Soon, Uber will tell you when things get cheaper

SAN FRANCISCO– Uber Co-founder and CEO Travis Kalanick knows that the ride-sharing company’s infamous surge pricing is a hard sell,… Read More

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