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Startup Spotlight: Moovn wants to be the Uber for the developing world

Competing with Uber is no easy feat, as investors are quick to point out. That’s what they told Godwin Gabriel… Read More

Report: Uber claims up to 87% U.S. market share as 2016 losses mount to $1.27B

As Uber continues its quest for global domination of the ride-hailing market, the company is piling up sizable losses, including… Read More

Uber offers drivers help with retirement planning, even as fight continues over whether they’re employees

Uber drivers already battling the company over issues such as whether they should even be considered employees got thrown a… Read More

Uber pilot program targets ‘power riders’ with flat-fee pricing system

Uber “power riders” in Seattle and other cities have been invited by the company to try a new beta program… Read More

Otto and Volvo deals help Uber power ahead on autonomous vehicle strategy

Uber says it’s acquiring Otto, a venture working on self-driving trucks, and starting up an autonomous-vehicle experiment with Volvo in Pittsburgh.… Read More

Report: Lyft met with tech giants like Amazon and Apple about potential acquisition

Lyft wants to sell itself, but no one is biting. The New York Times reported Friday that the ride-hailing company… Read More

Seattle councilmembers spar with city staff over timeline for landmark Uber union law

A Seattle City Council committee denied a request from city staff Wednesday for an additional six months to figure out some… Read More

Uber and Lyft criticize Seattle’s data demands as city struggles to implement new union law

The city of Seattle’s landmark law that will let drivers for ride-hailing platforms like Uber and Lyft decide if they want to… Read More

Uber expands UberEATS restaurant delivery service beyond Seattle to Eastside

Uber’s food delivery service is expanding in the Seattle area. The company announced today that UberEATS is now available on… Read More

Court dismisses U.S. Chamber’s suit over Seattle’s Uber union law — but fight is likely to continue

A federal judge on Tuesday threw out the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s lawsuit over the city of Seattle’s landmark Uber unionization law,… Read More

Seattle wants six more months to implement landmark Uber union law

Seattle’s controversial Uber unionization law is the first of its kind in the nation, and the city wants more time to get it… Read More

Uber merges China business with rival Didi after fierce battle, gets 20% share of combined company

Uber’s China business is merging with Didi Chuxing, the country’s top ride-hailing company, in a deal that will help Uber shed massive… Read More

Can technology fuel the next labor movement? Union leaders pursue new innovations to empower workers

Technology as an industry has been largely anti-union. But could technology at last become a powerful tool of the labor movement?… Read More

City of Seattle and U.S. Chamber face off in hearing over Uber union law

Lawyers representing the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the City of Seattle met in court Tuesday for the first of… Read More

Concur and Uber expand business travel partnership

Uber and Bellevue, Wash.-based travel expense platform Concur are expanding on a partnership inked two years ago. The new agreement… Read More

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

Showdown over Seattle’s Uber union law: City asks court to toss U.S. Chamber’s lawsuit

The city of Seattle will ask a federal judge this week to throw out a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Chamber… Read More

Call 911 and get an Uber? Washington, D.C., Fire and EMS looking for solution to ease strain on department

The Washington, D.C., Fire and EMS Department is so taxed by 911 calls that officials are looking into whether Uber… Read More

Study: Venture capital investment in unicorns hits all-time high, as startups suffer

Billion-dollar unicorns like Uber and Snapchat are sucking up more investor money than ever, and early-stage startups are finding it tough… Read More

Uber rolling out Scheduled Rides in Seattle as app chases Lyft’s similar feature

A few weeks after Lyft began testing a feature that lets passengers set up rides in advance, Uber is rolling out… Read More

Walmart partners with Uber and Lyft for grocery delivery as it battles Amazon

Walmart wants to deliver groceries to your door and the grocery giant is getting some help from Uber and Lyft. The… Read More

Uber raises $3.5B from Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund

Uber has raised another massive funding round — this time, from the Middle East. The New York Times reported Wednesday… Read More

Guest post: Lessons from the startup that passed on the chance to be the ‘Uber of China’

I’ve always had the entrepreneurial bug in me. In high school, I sold CDs to friends, discounted telescopes from Costco,… Read More

UberAIR promotion lets customers fly, fly away for holiday weekend on Nantucket

Memorial Day weekend travelers sitting in traffic, at least on the coast of Massachusetts, may catch a glimpse of Uber… Read More

Apple invests $1 billion in Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi; Uber CEO tweets about ‘#ridesharewars’

Apple is putting some major cash behind Uber’s fiercest rival in China. The Cupertino, Calif.-based company is investing $1 billion in… Read More

New CEO of BMW car-sharing service details company’s ambitious ‘on-demand mobility’ plans

Steve Banfield was perfectly happy with his job and colleagues at INRIX, heading up the marketing team at the Kirkland-based traffic data analytics company he… Read More

Ride-hailing battle in China heats up as Uber rival set to raise $2B at $25B valuation

The ride-hailing battle in China continues to ramp up, with Bloomberg reporting late Thursday that Didi Kuaidi is set to raise… Read More

GrubHub CEO: ‘Uber and Amazon are the new boogiemen in the market’

Amazon, Uber, and a whole host of startups are hungry for their share of the food delivery market. But GrubHub has… Read More

Here’s what Uber really thinks about surge pricing — and no, they’re not killing it entirely

Uber is denying an NPR report from earlier today that described the company’s plans to eliminate its controversial surge pricing… Read More

Uber uses Seattle again as a testing ground for new ideas, this time for driver appeals process

Uber is using the Seattle market to test another new idea. As a result of its recent $100 million settlement with… Read More